A jamb (from French jambe 'leg'),[1] in architecture, is the side-post or lining of a doorway or other aperture. The jambs of a window outside the frame are called reveals. Small shafts to doors and windows with caps and bases are called jamb-shafts; when in the inside arris of the jamb of a window, they are sometimes called scoinsons.[2]
A doorjamb, door jamb, or sometimes doorpost is the vertical portion of the door frame onto which a door is secured.[3] The jamb bears the weight of the door through its hinges, and most types of door latches and deadbolts extend into a recess in the doorjamb when engaged, making the accuracy of the plumb (i.e. true vertical) and strength of the doorjambs vitally important to the overall operational durability and security of the door.
I'm in a pickle. I have a suspicion that there is a simple step or option that I am overlooking or have set improperly. The issue is that when I place doors in a wall, the jamb doesn't insert relative to the center of jamb within the wall. It has an offset, so the edge of the jamb sits flush with the structure, and the GWB is proud of all of it. Obviously not how you want your doors to behave.
EDIT: Additional info that may help - I've adjusted the General - Insert Relative To setting and the Jamb - Use Wall Depth setting. I've experimented with exterior doors in exterior walls, interior doors with interior walls, and generic doors in both interior and exterior walls. I was following along with a lesson and used the styled doors that the instructor used as well as the same settings they used, and after not getting the expected result, that is when I started to experiment.
You have it set to 'Wall - Insert Location' which means the Door will align with wherever the Insert Location is set for the Wall in question. In your case it is set to the inside face of the exterior (left hand) Wall component:
These settings were only brought in a couple of versions ago so it's possible they aren't included in the tutorial you're watching. It can seem hideously complicated initially but gives you an enormous amount of control over how your doors are set up to insert + saves a lot of time manually editing their position later - especially with external doors which have a specified offset from the outer face of the wall - compared to how it had to be done previously.
What's crazy to me, and maybe it's just an old dog trying to learn a new trick making this hard, but you can right-click the door in the model and select Edit PlugIn Style and there is an Insert Relative To setting which seems like it "should" be the same thing, but it is not.
Not at computer now but that setting is the insert location on the Door rather than the Wall I believe. So you are telling VW which part of the door you want to align with which part of the wall. Hence two settings. Plus you can apply an offset as well ?
Ensuring and maintaining a sturdy connection between the jamb and the sill is no easy feat. Current assembly methods can result in splitting and cracking of the jamb, and weakening of the joint over time, permitting water infiltration. The Endura ADAptive Jamb Boot Pair features pre-drilled screw locations and, once fasteners are installed, supports a more robust corner assembly. The jamb boot also features a pre-applied sealing gasket, which behaves as a sealant between the jamb and sill, protecting against leaks and eliminating the need for caulk.
I'm not sure what is meant by the "Automatic Door Switch" symbol in CA's Library. Does Automatic Door Switch = Jamb Switch? I am trying to figure out how to place a jamb switch, such as would be placed on the hinge side of a door to a storage closet or pantry and turns on the light inside when the door is opened.
I'm not sure what is meant by the "Automatic Door Switch" symbol in CA's Library. Does Automatic Door Switch = Jamb Switch? I am trying to figure out how to place a jamb switch, such as would be placed on the hinge side of a door to a storage closet or pantry and turns on the light inside when the door is opened.
Thank you for the reply. Hmmm....I'm not finding that particular door light switch in my Library no matter what combination of wording I use. That's definitely the type of jamb switch I'm wanting-with the centered actuator. Did you download a manufacturer or bonus catalog that had it?
Oops forgot to check that, it appears to be one I have from here on the Forum at some point, so I can't claim any credit or give it since I didn't note where I got it........ but may have come from 3D Warehouse perhaps..........this was exported in X12 btw.
@solver I understand the need for newer users and those learning to search the Forum first before posting questions so as to minimize wasting the time of those more experienced submitting answers. I am still new to the software and learning and for that matter, I have ZERO CAD experience previous to CA. I've got 35+ years in residential design, drafting and construction, but all of my design and drafting was done the old school way-by hand with pencil/pen and paper/vellum. I think I've initiated a new post 3 or 4 times asking for help to figure something out. You've responded each time with something referring me to utilize the search function. In each of those cases before I posted, I searched multiple times, both on the Forum, Google, YouTube and other places online without success. Only after striking out do I then post asking for assistance. There have been many occasions when I actually did find what I was looking for in a previous post by searching key words, and therefore didn't need to post a question. As I said, I'm new to the software and the forum, and as a newbie I get that I may not always be performing the search with the correct word or phrase to find what I'm looking for, though I always try searching with multiple combinations of words and phrases before I finally give up and post a question.
I actually found the download given above (thanks @Kbird1!) before I logged back into the forum and found @Kbird1's reply with the correct switch I was looking for. However, I found it while searching the "All Content" function on CA's main website, and NOT by utilizing the Forum search function. I see the screenshot of the results you've received Jamb Switch @solver. I used those exacts words and variations thereof several times before I posted yesterday and I never found any post(s) on Jamb Switches in the 7 or 8 pages of Forum search results I looked through, let alone the relevant one which contains the download.
After seeing your search results in the screenshot above, to check myself I repeated the search just now using the words Jamb Switch. Attached is a .pdf of my search result. As you can see, apart from my post now showing up in the results at the top, the rest of the entires look NOTHING like the results you got. Perhaps I am doing or not doing something in my search of the Forum that is not giving me the same results you seem to get. If so, I'd love to know what I'm doing wrong. While it is the case that I'm new to CAD and new to this Forum, I am fully computer literate and belong to many other forums on unrelated topics and never seem to have any problem with those other search functions.
I'll be interested too! I have rotten 'luck' searching for things which sometimes I know are in the forum. I don't think the search engine on here is very robust, but the difference between your search and Eric's (Solver) has me curious. Eric, if you've got any ideas on this difference would love to hear!
In defense of Eric's response about searching though, there really are a load of queries that come into the forum that are answered by well made videos and information documents that Chief has prepared and those usually pop-up in a basic search. If you first try searching however, do not ever be put off to sending in questions. Usually a lot of people learn something from one persons question being answered.
@DzinEye I understand. If it seems like I was being defensive or unappreciative of Solver's responses, that is definitely not my intent. My goal is to learn and understand, and at the very least I'm obviously doing something different in my searches than he's doing. Every time he's replied to search, he's included his own search with relevant results even though I've searched using exactly the same words or nearly the same. I'd love to know how to fix that so that I don't keep doing it.
As I said, I'm new and this is a whole new world for me. I've actually come farther, faster than I'd hoped for. I've got my first plan nearly as complete as I would've done a hand drawn set of plans. Are there mistakes? I'm sure there are, but I figured it would be the perfect first house to do in CA and learn on since I'll be building it and I can identify the mistakes that will invariably reveal themselves in construction.
I'm a somewhat newbie user, and am drafting up a door from LL Eric Wing's Architectural Families course. It calls for starting with modifying the door opening and then inserting a jamb sweep. I thought I followed the steps- entered reference planes for jamb width, shim, stop, etc and locked the profile to those reference lines. The profile sweeps beautifully. If I try to change the size of the door opening, the jamb doesn't move with it. Either have to break constraints or get error messages. Does anyone know why the reference planes aren't moving with the changed opening size?
The Sweep Path flexes fine and dandy. It was the Sketch-Based Profile that couldn't follow the Path. I didn't investigate why. I just recreated the Profile in a Profile Template Family and used that one in place of the Sketched Profile. Maybe it could work as a Sketch if you dimension and lock the Sketch linework. That'll be a chore though because of the tiny corner fillets.
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