Creating Curtain Walls

Curtain Wall lets you create a curtain wall with your own specifications for pattern, mullion, transom, border, and panel.

  1. From the building, click the mass surface that you want to convert to a curtain wall.

    Tip: To display a different isometric view of the building, use the View Selector .

  2. In the Curtain Wall dialog box, click Sizing .
  3. From Sizing, optionally, enter or select new values.
  4. To mirror the pattern of mullions:
    1. In the Curtain Wall dialog box, click Mirror Mullions .
    2. To set the position of the vertical blue line, from the 3D area, click and drag the handle of the vertical blue line.
  5. In the 3D area, make the desired changes to the curtain wall pattern as follows:
    1. To adjust the position of the entire pattern, drag the blue handle of a blue line to one of the predetermined locations indicated by the small x.
    2. To adjust the space between the repeated lines in a pattern definition, reposition the yellow line:

      1. Select a yellow line.
      2. Drag the handle to the desired dimension or enter the appropriate dimension in the value box.

      As you drag the handle, the system displays a ruler to guide you. When positioning yellow lines on a curved surface, the dimension entered is the chord of the arc.

    3. To add additional lines into the repeating pattern, select a gray line.
    4. To remove a yellow line from the pattern definition, right-click the line and click Delete Line.
  6. Click .

 

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