Planning – sliding doors

edit_room Switch to the Roomprocessing.
Select this symbol or click the right mouse button and select “room editor” (F2).

sliding_doors_symbol Select ‘create front’.
Now you will see the promptbar and a dialogue of sliding doors settings. Here you can insert the sliding doors.

Select series, system height, number of tracks and type of bottom track
– Define the starting point of the front by clicking on the work area with the left mouse key (check current cursor grid)
– Define the length and direction of the front using the mouse or console (see Wall) – Use the ESC key to finish creation

The system must be drawn in a clockwise direction! Otherwise the back of the doors will be at the front – this can be checked by double-clicking the front.

– The sliding door front properties are displayed in the info window (3D view)

Possibility A: Create a front with the mouse

With a left-click on the view you can set a starting point for the front. Move the mouse to the desired point and left-click again. You can fix as many points as you wish. Stop this process with ‘Esc’. A front cannot be built unless you fix at least two points.

Remember that fronts can only be fixed in angles of 45° and 90°.

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Possibility B: Create fronts with the Promptbar

With the prombtbar exact measurements in millimeters and degrees of angles can be entered. Type help to get a list of possible commands.

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The sliding door front properties can be changed using the corresponding pop-up menu (right mouse key on front → Settings: Sliding door front):

• General tab: Series, number of tracks, dimensions, other depending on the series
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• Track partitioning tab: Dust excluding brush or seal rubber left and/or right Profile direction, type, parking position, sliding door brakes
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• Bottom track tab: on surface or inserted, bottom track insert, tile track depending on the bottom track selected
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• Wall connection tab: Side, type and width of wall connection
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• Frame / guiding rails tab: Frame or complete doors with panel, doors without or without angled door guiding rails
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Details of the front

With a right mouse click on the front you can open a dialogue for fronts. Here you can change dimensions, top and bottom tracks, surfaces, etc.

Front elemnts toolbar
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Panel-dividing rails in 18 or 28mm height horizontal, vertical or diagonal
→ For multiple panels the most expensive panel will be used as the basis for prices

Glued dividing rails (single- or double-sided) in 18 or 28mm height horizontal, vertical or diagonal

Positioning (in 3D view) using the mouse or at the specified height (top edge height)

Dividing rails can be evenly spread or aligned to other dividing rails using the pop-up menu:

Positioning using the mouse
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Pop-up menu → even spread
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Positioning by the upper edge height left (600mm and 1100mm)
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Positioning using the mouse
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Pop-up menu → align other dividing rails
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How to add handles and handle bars to doors

– Handle bars with automatic lengths:
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handle_bars_automatic– Handle bars with defined length:
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– Handle, rectangular or semi-circular at defined height:
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– For handles or handle bars on the rear of the door the front must be turned:
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Change material / surface (in 3D view)

material_oberflaeche_aendern Select ‘Change material/surface’– The range of materials available to choose depends on the system being used
change_material_surface_1– The full range of materials available for the room (floor and wall) can always be selected
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 change_color_all

How to define panels for a sliding door front

– Select panel:

– If desired, de-select fiberboard (none) or select second panel for the rear side (only available for 4mm-thickness glass):
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– Use for all parts (alle Teile)
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How to define additional panels parts

– Apply to one part (ein Teil)
– Click on panel parts
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– Mouse on panel → Info window will display all panels
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How to define profile surfaces for doors and tracks

– Select profile surface
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– Apply to all parts → Click any profile
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– Bottom track in white → Apply to one part → Click on bottom track
– Mouse on profile → The info window will display the profile surface
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How to change the width of the doors

– Clicking the right mouse key on the sliding door front (in 2D view / room or 3D view) opens the pop-up menu: Settings sliding door front…
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1. Track partitioning tab
2. Remove check, enter desired dimension
→ This action will only work if there is a check in the system so that the planning program can calculate the difference
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– All dimensions will immediately be recalculatedchange_width_doors_2

How to create a parking position

– Clicking the right mouse key on the sliding door front (in 2D view / room or 3D view) opens the pop-up menu: Settings sliding door front…
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– Track partitioning tab:
1. Left click on the parking position location (moves the door from the back to the front track)
2. A left click replaces the door with an empty space
→ The dust excluding brush will be removed automatically, the widths will be adjusted
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How to reduce the number of doors

– Track partitioning tab:1. Left click on the parking position location (moves it from the back to the front track)
2. Left click replaces the door with an empty space
3. Left click deletes the door
→ The dust excluding brush is activated automatically, the widths are adjusted
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How to fit doors with sliding door brakes

– A right mouse click on the sliding door front (in 2D view / room or 3D view) opens the pop-up menu: Settings sliding door front…
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– Track partitioning tab:
1. First right mouse click on the door inserts a sliding door brake left
2. Second right click inserts a sliding door brake right
3. Third right click inserts sliding door brakes on both sides
4. Fourth right click deletes both sliding door brakes for the doordefine_brakes

How to change door profiles

– A right mouse click on the sliding door front (in 2D view / room or 3D view) opens the pop-up menu: Settings sliding door front…
– Track partitioning tab (Example for S1 500 series):
1. First left mouse click on the door profile changes the asymmetric profile from profiled to the front to profiled at the back
2. Second left click on the door profile changes the profile from asymmetric to symmetric
3. Third left click on the door profile changes the profile from symmetric to rectangular
4. Fourth left click on the door profile changes the rectangular back into asymmetric profile profiled at the front
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→ Depending on the series fewer or no profile changes will be available
Planning – sliding doors