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How to model a glass wall in Open Studio?

I am trying to model an atrium in Open Studio. Since it is not possible to set a window-to-wall ratio of 1 in Sketchup, I was told to specify the building material as glass in the Open Studio application. However, when I do this (in the Spaces --> Surfaces tab), the model fails because the Surface Type is still defined as a Wall. The only options I have for Surface Type are Floor, Wall, or RoofCeiling.

I have tried leaving the Construction Set for the surface in question as the default ExtWall, and specifying the material as glass. This fails; error being that glass is not an acceptable material for a Wall surface type. I have tried changing the Construction Set to ExtWindow, but this also fails as the surface type is still set to Wall.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

How to model a glass wall in Open Studio?

I am trying to model an atrium in Open Studio. Since it is not possible to set a window-to-wall ratio of 1 in Sketchup, I was told to specify the building material as glass in the Open Studio application. However, when I do this (in the Spaces --> Surfaces tab), the model fails because the Surface Type is still defined as a Wall. The only options I have for Surface Type are Floor, Wall, or RoofCeiling.

I have tried leaving the Construction Set for the surface in question as the default ExtWall, and specifying the material as glass. This fails; error being that glass is not an acceptable material for a Wall surface type. I have tried changing the Construction Set to ExtWindow, but this also fails as the surface type is still set to Wall.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!