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Transcript
00:08
INSTRUCTOR: Curtain walls are wall families
00:10
with a complex structure.
00:12
You can define a spacing of grid lines
00:14
in both the horizontal and the vertical dimensions,
00:17
and you can even apply mullions to these grids.
00:20
Now, you can use curtain walls to define glazing walls, stone,
00:23
or metal penalization, or any number of other complex design
00:27
ideas.
00:28
So let's start by zooming in in the lower right-hand portion
00:31
of the plan, and we'll add a small vestibule
00:33
to the exterior of the building.
00:35
To do this, we're going to run the wall command,
00:37
because curtain walls are just simply
00:39
one of your available wall families.
00:42
So let's choose the storefront type from the curtain wall
00:45
family, and then I'll come over here to the Properties palette,
00:49
and set the desired height.
00:50
So for this one, I'm going to set the unconnected height
00:53
to 14 feet.
00:55
My start point will be about three feet off
00:58
of the right-hand side of the building,
01:00
and then I'll click to place that first point,
01:03
and move straight down, and when the dimension reads 10 feet,
01:07
I'll click to place the second point.
01:09
I'll move to the left, and when the dimension reads 22 feet,
01:13
I'll click, and then I'll come back up to the original wall
01:17
and click again to complete the shape.
01:20
Now, I want to modify the mullions and grids
01:23
in the front portion of this vestibule
01:26
to accommodate a door entry.
01:28
And I think the easiest way to do
01:29
that is going to be to switch views.
01:31
So let's double click the South Elevation View to open that up,
01:36
and then I'll zoom in on the vestibule
01:38
that we've just created.
01:39
So here, we're looking at that curtain wall,
01:42
and what I want to do now is widen the middle bay in order
01:47
to accommodate a doorway.
01:49
So, to do that, we're going to add a few more custom grid
01:52
lines.
01:53
We're going to go to the Architecture tab
01:55
and use the Curtain Grid Tool.
01:57
Now, to do this, you highlight either the vertical edge,
02:01
or the horizontal edge of the curtain wall
02:04
and it will add a grid perpendicular to the point you
02:07
click.
02:08
So let's add one here in the second bay
02:10
by highlighting the top horizontal edge
02:13
at about one foot off of the middle, and then I'll click.
02:16
And then I'll repeat on the other side,
02:19
also at about one foot off of the middle.
02:22
And I'll click the Modify tool to cancel.
02:25
Notice that when I added those two grid lines,
02:27
it automatically added mullions to those grids.
02:31
Now, you can actually select those individual mullions.
02:35
And if you use your Control key, you
02:37
can select more than one mullion.
02:39
And in fact, what I want to do is highlight each of these five
02:44
mullions, being careful not to get the curtain wall,
02:46
I want to make sure it says mullion before I click,
02:49
and you'll see here on the Properties Palette
02:52
that it will say curtain wall mullions, five.
02:55
So as long as you've selected these five mullions,
02:58
you're ready to continue.
02:60
And notice that each one of them has a little pushpin
03:03
icon on them.
03:04
Now that behavior we just saw, that's
03:06
just simply telling us that the curtain wall
03:08
itself is driving the behavior of those mullions,
03:12
and causing them to be placed in those locations.
03:16
If we un-pin those mullions, then we can customize them.
03:19
Notice that right now, it's grayed out.
03:21
We couldn't make any changes.
03:23
So if we come up here, we can click the Unpin Tool
03:26
or you can type U-P, and now notice that we could actually
03:30
change the mullions to a different type of mullion,
03:33
or in fact, what we want to do is remove those mullions.
03:37
So simply press the Delete key and all five of those mullions
03:40
will now disappear.
03:41
Now, notice that there's still a line here, and here,
03:44
and in fact, if you highlight that line,
03:46
you'll see that that's a curtain wall grid.
03:49
Press your Tab key and it will go out to the curtain wall.
03:51
Press it again, it will highlight
03:53
the chain of curtain walls, and eventually,
03:55
if you keep tabbing, it should highlight the internal panel
03:60
that's there.
04:01
And notice that we have a panel, a thin panel on the left.
04:04
And if we tab again, we have a larger panel in the middle.
04:07
What I want to do is merge all three of those panels
04:11
together that you see there into one big panel.
04:14
So let's move our mouse away from that selection
04:17
without actually finishing the selection.
04:19
Come back and select this curtain grid line,
04:22
and then here on the ribbon, you'll see an Add
04:25
and Remove Segments button.
04:28
Click that, and simply touch the part of the grid line
04:32
that you want to remove.
04:33
Click an empty space to deselect,
04:35
and repeat on the other side.
04:37
Add Remove segments, remove this piece, click away from it,
04:41
highlight the edge of this big bay
04:43
now, press Tab a few times until it reaches out and allows you
04:49
to select that single panel.
04:52
So notice that now, instead of three separate panels there,
04:55
we have one big panel in that location.
04:59
Now, it is also pinned, because it is also being driven
05:03
by the curtain wall itself.
05:05
But we can unpin it using this icon, or type U-P again,
05:08
or use the tool on the ribbon.
05:10
And that would allow us to customize it,
05:12
much the same way as we were able to do with the millions.
05:16
Here, what I want to do is actually change the type
05:19
to something else.
05:20
But the one that I want isn't on my list.
05:23
So, before I try to customize it, what I'll do instead
05:27
is go to the Insert tab, and click Load Family.
05:32
Load Family will go to whatever folder you were in previously.
05:35
So for me, it was in the commercial doors folder,
05:37
and I'll back up one step.
05:39
That shows me that here, we have a few different curtain wall
05:42
doors, and the one that I want is the curtain wall
05:45
double storefront, and I'll click Open to load that one in.
05:50
Now, I'll highlight that edge again,
05:52
and press Tab and continue to tab
05:54
until I can select this panel.
05:57
And I will click to select it.
05:59
If you haven't already underpinned it,
06:01
go ahead and do so now, open up the type selector list,
06:05
and notice that the curtain wall double store front door is now
06:09
available on that list.
06:11
You can choose it from the list, and it will replace that panel
06:14
with that door.
06:15
Now, I'll go ahead and click anywhere to deselect,
06:18
and I'll click back on the level one tab,
06:20
and you can see that that door displays properly
06:23
here in the floor plan as well.
00:08
INSTRUCTOR: Curtain walls are wall families
00:10
with a complex structure.
00:12
You can define a spacing of grid lines
00:14
in both the horizontal and the vertical dimensions,
00:17
and you can even apply mullions to these grids.
00:20
Now, you can use curtain walls to define glazing walls, stone,
00:23
or metal penalization, or any number of other complex design
00:27
ideas.
00:28
So let's start by zooming in in the lower right-hand portion
00:31
of the plan, and we'll add a small vestibule
00:33
to the exterior of the building.
00:35
To do this, we're going to run the wall command,
00:37
because curtain walls are just simply
00:39
one of your available wall families.
00:42
So let's choose the storefront type from the curtain wall
00:45
family, and then I'll come over here to the Properties palette,
00:49
and set the desired height.
00:50
So for this one, I'm going to set the unconnected height
00:53
to 14 feet.
00:55
My start point will be about three feet off
00:58
of the right-hand side of the building,
01:00
and then I'll click to place that first point,
01:03
and move straight down, and when the dimension reads 10 feet,
01:07
I'll click to place the second point.
01:09
I'll move to the left, and when the dimension reads 22 feet,
01:13
I'll click, and then I'll come back up to the original wall
01:17
and click again to complete the shape.
01:20
Now, I want to modify the mullions and grids
01:23
in the front portion of this vestibule
01:26
to accommodate a door entry.
01:28
And I think the easiest way to do
01:29
that is going to be to switch views.
01:31
So let's double click the South Elevation View to open that up,
01:36
and then I'll zoom in on the vestibule
01:38
that we've just created.
01:39
So here, we're looking at that curtain wall,
01:42
and what I want to do now is widen the middle bay in order
01:47
to accommodate a doorway.
01:49
So, to do that, we're going to add a few more custom grid
01:52
lines.
01:53
We're going to go to the Architecture tab
01:55
and use the Curtain Grid Tool.
01:57
Now, to do this, you highlight either the vertical edge,
02:01
or the horizontal edge of the curtain wall
02:04
and it will add a grid perpendicular to the point you
02:07
click.
02:08
So let's add one here in the second bay
02:10
by highlighting the top horizontal edge
02:13
at about one foot off of the middle, and then I'll click.
02:16
And then I'll repeat on the other side,
02:19
also at about one foot off of the middle.
02:22
And I'll click the Modify tool to cancel.
02:25
Notice that when I added those two grid lines,
02:27
it automatically added mullions to those grids.
02:31
Now, you can actually select those individual mullions.
02:35
And if you use your Control key, you
02:37
can select more than one mullion.
02:39
And in fact, what I want to do is highlight each of these five
02:44
mullions, being careful not to get the curtain wall,
02:46
I want to make sure it says mullion before I click,
02:49
and you'll see here on the Properties Palette
02:52
that it will say curtain wall mullions, five.
02:55
So as long as you've selected these five mullions,
02:58
you're ready to continue.
02:60
And notice that each one of them has a little pushpin
03:03
icon on them.
03:04
Now that behavior we just saw, that's
03:06
just simply telling us that the curtain wall
03:08
itself is driving the behavior of those mullions,
03:12
and causing them to be placed in those locations.
03:16
If we un-pin those mullions, then we can customize them.
03:19
Notice that right now, it's grayed out.
03:21
We couldn't make any changes.
03:23
So if we come up here, we can click the Unpin Tool
03:26
or you can type U-P, and now notice that we could actually
03:30
change the mullions to a different type of mullion,
03:33
or in fact, what we want to do is remove those mullions.
03:37
So simply press the Delete key and all five of those mullions
03:40
will now disappear.
03:41
Now, notice that there's still a line here, and here,
03:44
and in fact, if you highlight that line,
03:46
you'll see that that's a curtain wall grid.
03:49
Press your Tab key and it will go out to the curtain wall.
03:51
Press it again, it will highlight
03:53
the chain of curtain walls, and eventually,
03:55
if you keep tabbing, it should highlight the internal panel
03:60
that's there.
04:01
And notice that we have a panel, a thin panel on the left.
04:04
And if we tab again, we have a larger panel in the middle.
04:07
What I want to do is merge all three of those panels
04:11
together that you see there into one big panel.
04:14
So let's move our mouse away from that selection
04:17
without actually finishing the selection.
04:19
Come back and select this curtain grid line,
04:22
and then here on the ribbon, you'll see an Add
04:25
and Remove Segments button.
04:28
Click that, and simply touch the part of the grid line
04:32
that you want to remove.
04:33
Click an empty space to deselect,
04:35
and repeat on the other side.
04:37
Add Remove segments, remove this piece, click away from it,
04:41
highlight the edge of this big bay
04:43
now, press Tab a few times until it reaches out and allows you
04:49
to select that single panel.
04:52
So notice that now, instead of three separate panels there,
04:55
we have one big panel in that location.
04:59
Now, it is also pinned, because it is also being driven
05:03
by the curtain wall itself.
05:05
But we can unpin it using this icon, or type U-P again,
05:08
or use the tool on the ribbon.
05:10
And that would allow us to customize it,
05:12
much the same way as we were able to do with the millions.
05:16
Here, what I want to do is actually change the type
05:19
to something else.
05:20
But the one that I want isn't on my list.
05:23
So, before I try to customize it, what I'll do instead
05:27
is go to the Insert tab, and click Load Family.
05:32
Load Family will go to whatever folder you were in previously.
05:35
So for me, it was in the commercial doors folder,
05:37
and I'll back up one step.
05:39
That shows me that here, we have a few different curtain wall
05:42
doors, and the one that I want is the curtain wall
05:45
double storefront, and I'll click Open to load that one in.
05:50
Now, I'll highlight that edge again,
05:52
and press Tab and continue to tab
05:54
until I can select this panel.
05:57
And I will click to select it.
05:59
If you haven't already underpinned it,
06:01
go ahead and do so now, open up the type selector list,
06:05
and notice that the curtain wall double store front door is now
06:09
available on that list.
06:11
You can choose it from the list, and it will replace that panel
06:14
with that door.
06:15
Now, I'll go ahead and click anywhere to deselect,
06:18
and I'll click back on the level one tab,
06:20
and you can see that that door displays properly
06:23
here in the floor plan as well.
Any referenced datasets can be downloaded from "Module downloads" in the module overview.
Transcript
00:07
NARRATOR: Since curtain walls are actually just walls,
00:10
you can take existing walls and change them into curtain walls.
00:14
So it's pretty easy to do.
00:16
All we have to do is make a selection of one or more walls.
00:19
I'll select this wall, hold my Control key,
00:21
and pick this one and this one.
00:23
And then come over here to the type selector
00:25
and choose a curtain wall type.
00:27
So I'll come down here under curtain wall
00:29
and choose a storefront.
00:31
So you'll see each of those three walls changes
00:33
now to a curtain wall.
00:34
And if we use our Zoom in region command,
00:38
we can Zoom in and get a better look at the result there.
00:41
Now of course, that produces a small problem
00:44
with the connection between the vestibule and that new curtain
00:47
wall.
00:48
So let's address that next.
00:49
So I'm going to click an empty space
00:51
to deselect those new curtain walls,
00:54
and then I'll go to my Modify tab.
00:56
And why don't we try shifting the size of this vestibule
01:01
a little bit so that these walls on the outside edges
01:04
line up with these mullion right here.
01:07
The best way to do that is to use our line command or type
01:10
AL as the keyboard shortcut.
01:12
So here I can actually highlight the curtain wall
01:16
grid that defines the location of that mullion
01:19
and use that as the alignment edge,
01:21
and then use the center line of the curtain wall
01:25
and that will actually move the curtain
01:27
wall to line its center line up with that other curtain wall
01:31
grid.
01:31
I can repeat it here on the other side.
01:34
And that takes care of lining both of those
01:37
up in a more natural way.
01:39
But notice what happened along the front facade
01:42
of the building.
01:43
The spacing of the grid lines that
01:46
were defining the bays along the front has now been distorted.
01:51
So what I'm going to do is actually come up here
01:53
to my undue command, click the dropdown
01:56
and undo those last two operations both align commands.
01:60
And that'll put both of those walls back where they were.
02:03
So there's a step that we want to do first before performing
02:06
the alignment.
02:07
So let's click the Modify tool to cancel out
02:09
of the align command, and then select the front curtain wall.
02:12
Now you want to be careful about how you select it.
02:14
If you're highlighting one of the mullions and you click,
02:17
you're only going to get the mullions.
02:18
So you want to make sure you're getting that dash
02:20
line down the middle of the curtain wall
02:22
and that it says storefront curtain wall
02:24
and that's when you want to click.
02:26
With that curtain wall selected, let's go to the Edit type
02:30
button here on the properties palette.
02:33
That will display the type properties window.
02:35
Now you want to be very careful that you
02:36
don't make any modifications here just yet because if you
02:39
do it's going to affect every instance of storefront
02:42
throughout the entire project.
02:44
So what we want to do is duplicate it first.
02:48
We'll give this new duplicate a name such as front entry,
02:54
and now we're free to make any modifications we like
02:57
because those modifications will only apply to instances
03:00
of the front entry which at the moment
03:03
is just the single front wall that we have selected.
03:07
What do we want to change?
03:08
The problem that we were having when we aligned
03:10
was the vertical and horizontal grid layouts
03:14
are being performed automatically
03:16
at a fixed spacing.
03:18
And we don't want that to occur anymore.
03:20
We want those grid lines to stay right where they are.
03:23
So all we have to do is turn off the automatic rules
03:26
and set it to None.
03:28
Now I'm going to do it in both directions
03:29
horizontal and vertical and then click OK.
03:33
Now when you do that, that will actually
03:34
generate a Warning because Revit is unsure
03:37
what we want to do next.
03:39
You see a moment ago we were controlling
03:41
the spacing of the grid lines automatically.
03:43
If we turned that rule off, what Revit wants to know
03:47
is do we also want to remove the grid lines that
03:49
were defined by that rule or do we
03:51
want to keep the original grid lines where they are?
03:54
Well, we want to keep those grid lines.
03:56
We don't want to delete them.
03:57
So delete is an option but that would remove all of the grid
03:60
lines and all of the mullions.
04:01
You can see one of them highlighted here in orange.
04:03
So don't use delete grid line, instead click OK.
04:07
And what that does is it just simply makes
04:10
these grid lines now unique.
04:12
Notice they don't have a pushpin on them
04:14
anymore like the mullions or the panels do.
04:16
So the mullions in the panels are still
04:18
being driven by the curtain wall type
04:19
but the grid lines are not.
04:21
That means we can go back to our line tool or type AL,
04:25
we can pick our grid line and then align the first curtain
04:28
wall, pick our second grid line and align the second curtain
04:32
wall.
04:32
Notice that the same thing occurs
04:34
that it shifts the position of both of those two side walls.
04:37
But this time it did not mess with the spacing of the grid
04:41
lines because those grid lines are now
04:43
independent and freestanding.
04:45
Now we still have a small gap here
04:47
between the two curtain walls that's
04:49
easily fixed with trim and extend multiple elements.
04:53
So I'll pick that tool next.
04:54
Pick one of these front edges here of the horizontal curtain
04:58
wall, and then extend this and this to meet that edge.
05:03
Click the Modify tool to cancel.
00:07
NARRATOR: Since curtain walls are actually just walls,
00:10
you can take existing walls and change them into curtain walls.
00:14
So it's pretty easy to do.
00:16
All we have to do is make a selection of one or more walls.
00:19
I'll select this wall, hold my Control key,
00:21
and pick this one and this one.
00:23
And then come over here to the type selector
00:25
and choose a curtain wall type.
00:27
So I'll come down here under curtain wall
00:29
and choose a storefront.
00:31
So you'll see each of those three walls changes
00:33
now to a curtain wall.
00:34
And if we use our Zoom in region command,
00:38
we can Zoom in and get a better look at the result there.
00:41
Now of course, that produces a small problem
00:44
with the connection between the vestibule and that new curtain
00:47
wall.
00:48
So let's address that next.
00:49
So I'm going to click an empty space
00:51
to deselect those new curtain walls,
00:54
and then I'll go to my Modify tab.
00:56
And why don't we try shifting the size of this vestibule
01:01
a little bit so that these walls on the outside edges
01:04
line up with these mullion right here.
01:07
The best way to do that is to use our line command or type
01:10
AL as the keyboard shortcut.
01:12
So here I can actually highlight the curtain wall
01:16
grid that defines the location of that mullion
01:19
and use that as the alignment edge,
01:21
and then use the center line of the curtain wall
01:25
and that will actually move the curtain
01:27
wall to line its center line up with that other curtain wall
01:31
grid.
01:31
I can repeat it here on the other side.
01:34
And that takes care of lining both of those
01:37
up in a more natural way.
01:39
But notice what happened along the front facade
01:42
of the building.
01:43
The spacing of the grid lines that
01:46
were defining the bays along the front has now been distorted.
01:51
So what I'm going to do is actually come up here
01:53
to my undue command, click the dropdown
01:56
and undo those last two operations both align commands.
01:60
And that'll put both of those walls back where they were.
02:03
So there's a step that we want to do first before performing
02:06
the alignment.
02:07
So let's click the Modify tool to cancel out
02:09
of the align command, and then select the front curtain wall.
02:12
Now you want to be careful about how you select it.
02:14
If you're highlighting one of the mullions and you click,
02:17
you're only going to get the mullions.
02:18
So you want to make sure you're getting that dash
02:20
line down the middle of the curtain wall
02:22
and that it says storefront curtain wall
02:24
and that's when you want to click.
02:26
With that curtain wall selected, let's go to the Edit type
02:30
button here on the properties palette.
02:33
That will display the type properties window.
02:35
Now you want to be very careful that you
02:36
don't make any modifications here just yet because if you
02:39
do it's going to affect every instance of storefront
02:42
throughout the entire project.
02:44
So what we want to do is duplicate it first.
02:48
We'll give this new duplicate a name such as front entry,
02:54
and now we're free to make any modifications we like
02:57
because those modifications will only apply to instances
03:00
of the front entry which at the moment
03:03
is just the single front wall that we have selected.
03:07
What do we want to change?
03:08
The problem that we were having when we aligned
03:10
was the vertical and horizontal grid layouts
03:14
are being performed automatically
03:16
at a fixed spacing.
03:18
And we don't want that to occur anymore.
03:20
We want those grid lines to stay right where they are.
03:23
So all we have to do is turn off the automatic rules
03:26
and set it to None.
03:28
Now I'm going to do it in both directions
03:29
horizontal and vertical and then click OK.
03:33
Now when you do that, that will actually
03:34
generate a Warning because Revit is unsure
03:37
what we want to do next.
03:39
You see a moment ago we were controlling
03:41
the spacing of the grid lines automatically.
03:43
If we turned that rule off, what Revit wants to know
03:47
is do we also want to remove the grid lines that
03:49
were defined by that rule or do we
03:51
want to keep the original grid lines where they are?
03:54
Well, we want to keep those grid lines.
03:56
We don't want to delete them.
03:57
So delete is an option but that would remove all of the grid
03:60
lines and all of the mullions.
04:01
You can see one of them highlighted here in orange.
04:03
So don't use delete grid line, instead click OK.
04:07
And what that does is it just simply makes
04:10
these grid lines now unique.
04:12
Notice they don't have a pushpin on them
04:14
anymore like the mullions or the panels do.
04:16
So the mullions in the panels are still
04:18
being driven by the curtain wall type
04:19
but the grid lines are not.
04:21
That means we can go back to our line tool or type AL,
04:25
we can pick our grid line and then align the first curtain
04:28
wall, pick our second grid line and align the second curtain
04:32
wall.
04:32
Notice that the same thing occurs
04:34
that it shifts the position of both of those two side walls.
04:37
But this time it did not mess with the spacing of the grid
04:41
lines because those grid lines are now
04:43
independent and freestanding.
04:45
Now we still have a small gap here
04:47
between the two curtain walls that's
04:49
easily fixed with trim and extend multiple elements.
04:53
So I'll pick that tool next.
04:54
Pick one of these front edges here of the horizontal curtain
04:58
wall, and then extend this and this to meet that edge.
05:03
Click the Modify tool to cancel.
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Transcript
00:07
INSTRUCTOR: You can use curtain walls
00:09
in a lot of interesting ways, including embedding them
00:12
in other walls to make them behave almost like windows.
00:15
Now, to start this example, I actually
00:17
need to build the curtain wall type that I want to use.
00:20
And that's going to take place here
00:21
on the Families branch of the project browser.
00:24
So locate the Families branch, expand it, and then
00:27
locate the Curtain Wall Mullions category and expand that.
00:31
And then, finally, the Rectangular Mullion and
00:34
expand one more time.
00:36
So the Rectangular Mullion family has these three types,
00:39
initially.
00:40
And what I want to do is right click the 2 and 1/2 by 5
00:43
inch rectangular type and duplicate it.
00:47
Now, it will stay selected, and it will be in Rename mode.
00:51
And I want to change it from
00:57
And then if I look at the end here,
00:60
there's a number 2 at the end.
01:01
And I'll just remove that.
01:03
So now I have one called
01:07
and I'll double click to edit its properties.
01:10
Now, just calling it 6" by 24" doesn't actually
01:13
change it to that size.
01:15
So notice that its thickness is still 5 inch,
01:18
and its width is still at 2 and 1/2.
01:21
So let's change the thickness to 2 feet.
01:23
So you just simply type
01:26
Or you can type in 24 inches.
01:28
And then the width is actually divided into two.
01:31
So because we want a 6 inch width,
01:33
I'm going to do 3 inches.
01:35
Don't forget the inch symbol.
01:37
An alternative is you can do 0 space 3 to go 0 foot 3 inches.
01:42
But if you just put in 3, it'll be 3 feet,
01:44
and you'll have a really large mullion.
01:47
So make sure it's 2 feet in this direction.
01:53
So now we have a mullion to use, but now we
01:56
need to assign that mullion to a custom curtain wall.
01:59
So let's stay here on the project browser.
02:02
Scroll down, locate the Walls category next.
02:05
Expand that.
02:07
Then we'll locate the Curtain Wall family, expand it,
02:10
and then we'll right click the Storefront Curtain Wall type
02:15
and choose Duplicate.
02:17
That will create Storefront 2.
02:20
Let's double click that.
02:21
And what we can do is rename it right here, Ribbon Window.
02:26
Now, just like we saw a moment ago,
02:29
renaming it doesn't actually change anything about it.
02:31
So we still have to make a few modifications here.
02:34
And the most important modification
02:36
that I want to make is I want to use that new mullion
02:38
type that we just created as the border of this curtain wall.
02:43
So if you scroll down and locate the mullion properties,
02:46
you'll see that there's vertical mullions
02:48
and horizontal mullions.
02:49
And there's a border 1 and a border 2 for each condition.
02:53
So that gives us a total of four border conditions.
02:56
Think of it as left, right, top, and bottom.
02:58
So what I want to do is set all four of those
03:01
to 6 by 24 inch rectangular.
03:05
Now, scroll back up to the top.
03:07
And there's a Join Condition option,
03:10
and there are several choices here.
03:12
And the way it's currently set the verticals
03:15
would all be continuous, which means
03:17
the internal mullions would interrupt our horizontal border
03:20
at the top and bottom.
03:22
And we don't want that.
03:23
So let's do Border and Vertical Grid Continuous.
03:27
This will give us more of a picture-frame-type effect,
03:30
where the border on all four sides
03:32
will be continuous all the way around.
03:35
So let's click OK on that.
03:36
Now, nothing appears on screen because all we've done
03:39
is build the type that we want to use.
03:41
So now we need to actually create a curtain wall using
03:45
this new Ribbon Window type.
03:47
So, what I'm going to do is go to the Architecture tab
03:50
and click the Wall tool, or type WA.
03:54
Open up your Type selector on the Properties palette
03:57
and notice that the ribbon window is now
03:60
among your choices.
04:01
So we've defined that new type, and it's available here
04:04
for use.
04:05
Now, I want this to behave a little bit more like a window.
04:09
So if we look at the heights that are set here,
04:12
it's currently going to be at 0 from level 1,
04:15
right at the ground, and go up a total of 14 feet.
04:18
So why don't we change those settings
04:19
to make it a little bit more like a window?
04:21
Let's do 3 foot 4 inches to kind of set a sill height.
04:25
And then instead of a full 14 feet tall,
04:27
let's drop that down to about 5 feet
04:29
tall for the unconnected height.
04:31
Now I'm going to come over here and highlight the existing
04:34
exterior wall.
04:36
And this is important.
04:37
If I click directly on top of an existing wall,
04:40
then this curtain wall will embed itself in the wall,
04:43
and it will behave like another insert.
04:45
So I'll go ahead and click anywhere on this wall.
04:48
Move straight down along the length of the wall.
04:50
And when the temporary dimension reads about 50 feet,
04:55
that's what I'm going to click to set
04:57
the other end of the wall.
04:58
So notice that this curtain wall drew right
05:01
on top of the existing wall and embedded itself in
05:05
and even cut a hole in the wall.
05:07
There's a temporary dimension that appears right here.
05:10
And it's currently centered on the existing wall,
05:13
so we can actually shift that.
05:14
So I'm going to highlight the lower dimension of 6 inches
05:17
and make that 0.
05:19
And notice that that shifts the entire curtain wall
05:22
and kind of makes it pop out of the exterior wall
05:25
just a little bit.
05:26
Let's click the Modify tool to cancel the command.
05:28
And really the best way to see the result of what we've done
05:31
is to go to our default 3D view.
05:34
So let's click that small little birdhouse icon.
05:37
I'll hold down the Shift key and drag my wheel
05:40
to orbit slightly.
05:42
I'll roll the wheel to zoom in.
05:44
And then you can see very clearly
05:46
now that we have our curtain wall right here,
05:48
and it has actually embedded itself
05:51
within that exterior wall.
05:53
You can also see the other curtain walls
05:55
that we've created, including the vestibule and its doorway.
05:59
And that gives you a much better look
06:01
at what the results of the curtain wall
06:03
work that we've been doing are.
00:07
INSTRUCTOR: You can use curtain walls
00:09
in a lot of interesting ways, including embedding them
00:12
in other walls to make them behave almost like windows.
00:15
Now, to start this example, I actually
00:17
need to build the curtain wall type that I want to use.
00:20
And that's going to take place here
00:21
on the Families branch of the project browser.
00:24
So locate the Families branch, expand it, and then
00:27
locate the Curtain Wall Mullions category and expand that.
00:31
And then, finally, the Rectangular Mullion and
00:34
expand one more time.
00:36
So the Rectangular Mullion family has these three types,
00:39
initially.
00:40
And what I want to do is right click the 2 and 1/2 by 5
00:43
inch rectangular type and duplicate it.
00:47
Now, it will stay selected, and it will be in Rename mode.
00:51
And I want to change it from
00:57
And then if I look at the end here,
00:60
there's a number 2 at the end.
01:01
And I'll just remove that.
01:03
So now I have one called
01:07
and I'll double click to edit its properties.
01:10
Now, just calling it 6" by 24" doesn't actually
01:13
change it to that size.
01:15
So notice that its thickness is still 5 inch,
01:18
and its width is still at 2 and 1/2.
01:21
So let's change the thickness to 2 feet.
01:23
So you just simply type
01:26
Or you can type in 24 inches.
01:28
And then the width is actually divided into two.
01:31
So because we want a 6 inch width,
01:33
I'm going to do 3 inches.
01:35
Don't forget the inch symbol.
01:37
An alternative is you can do 0 space 3 to go 0 foot 3 inches.
01:42
But if you just put in 3, it'll be 3 feet,
01:44
and you'll have a really large mullion.
01:47
So make sure it's 2 feet in this direction.
01:53
So now we have a mullion to use, but now we
01:56
need to assign that mullion to a custom curtain wall.
01:59
So let's stay here on the project browser.
02:02
Scroll down, locate the Walls category next.
02:05
Expand that.
02:07
Then we'll locate the Curtain Wall family, expand it,
02:10
and then we'll right click the Storefront Curtain Wall type
02:15
and choose Duplicate.
02:17
That will create Storefront 2.
02:20
Let's double click that.
02:21
And what we can do is rename it right here, Ribbon Window.
02:26
Now, just like we saw a moment ago,
02:29
renaming it doesn't actually change anything about it.
02:31
So we still have to make a few modifications here.
02:34
And the most important modification
02:36
that I want to make is I want to use that new mullion
02:38
type that we just created as the border of this curtain wall.
02:43
So if you scroll down and locate the mullion properties,
02:46
you'll see that there's vertical mullions
02:48
and horizontal mullions.
02:49
And there's a border 1 and a border 2 for each condition.
02:53
So that gives us a total of four border conditions.
02:56
Think of it as left, right, top, and bottom.
02:58
So what I want to do is set all four of those
03:01
to 6 by 24 inch rectangular.
03:05
Now, scroll back up to the top.
03:07
And there's a Join Condition option,
03:10
and there are several choices here.
03:12
And the way it's currently set the verticals
03:15
would all be continuous, which means
03:17
the internal mullions would interrupt our horizontal border
03:20
at the top and bottom.
03:22
And we don't want that.
03:23
So let's do Border and Vertical Grid Continuous.
03:27
This will give us more of a picture-frame-type effect,
03:30
where the border on all four sides
03:32
will be continuous all the way around.
03:35
So let's click OK on that.
03:36
Now, nothing appears on screen because all we've done
03:39
is build the type that we want to use.
03:41
So now we need to actually create a curtain wall using
03:45
this new Ribbon Window type.
03:47
So, what I'm going to do is go to the Architecture tab
03:50
and click the Wall tool, or type WA.
03:54
Open up your Type selector on the Properties palette
03:57
and notice that the ribbon window is now
03:60
among your choices.
04:01
So we've defined that new type, and it's available here
04:04
for use.
04:05
Now, I want this to behave a little bit more like a window.
04:09
So if we look at the heights that are set here,
04:12
it's currently going to be at 0 from level 1,
04:15
right at the ground, and go up a total of 14 feet.
04:18
So why don't we change those settings
04:19
to make it a little bit more like a window?
04:21
Let's do 3 foot 4 inches to kind of set a sill height.
04:25
And then instead of a full 14 feet tall,
04:27
let's drop that down to about 5 feet
04:29
tall for the unconnected height.
04:31
Now I'm going to come over here and highlight the existing
04:34
exterior wall.
04:36
And this is important.
04:37
If I click directly on top of an existing wall,
04:40
then this curtain wall will embed itself in the wall,
04:43
and it will behave like another insert.
04:45
So I'll go ahead and click anywhere on this wall.
04:48
Move straight down along the length of the wall.
04:50
And when the temporary dimension reads about 50 feet,
04:55
that's what I'm going to click to set
04:57
the other end of the wall.
04:58
So notice that this curtain wall drew right
05:01
on top of the existing wall and embedded itself in
05:05
and even cut a hole in the wall.
05:07
There's a temporary dimension that appears right here.
05:10
And it's currently centered on the existing wall,
05:13
so we can actually shift that.
05:14
So I'm going to highlight the lower dimension of 6 inches
05:17
and make that 0.
05:19
And notice that that shifts the entire curtain wall
05:22
and kind of makes it pop out of the exterior wall
05:25
just a little bit.
05:26
Let's click the Modify tool to cancel the command.
05:28
And really the best way to see the result of what we've done
05:31
is to go to our default 3D view.
05:34
So let's click that small little birdhouse icon.
05:37
I'll hold down the Shift key and drag my wheel
05:40
to orbit slightly.
05:42
I'll roll the wheel to zoom in.
05:44
And then you can see very clearly
05:46
now that we have our curtain wall right here,
05:48
and it has actually embedded itself
05:51
within that exterior wall.
05:53
You can also see the other curtain walls
05:55
that we've created, including the vestibule and its doorway.
05:59
And that gives you a much better look
06:01
at what the results of the curtain wall
06:03
work that we've been doing are.
Curtain walls can be used for a variety of design features. Whether your application is a full glazed wall exterior curtain wall, strip window or interior glass partitions, the curtain wall can prove quite versatile.
Catch-up file completed to this point: 09_Medical Center_Curtain-Walls_A.rvt
Be sure that Level 1 floor plan is the current view. Close any other open view tabs or windows.
Figure 9–1 Begin drawing a curtain wall
Figure 9–2 Use onscreen temporary dimensions to guide the length of each curtain wall segment
Figure 9–3 Finish by clicking back on the original wall
You can adjust the mullion spacing as needed. This is sometimes easier in elevation.
Figure 9–4 The Curtain Grid Tool
A dashed vertical line will appear indicating where the gird will go when you click.
Figure 9–5 Add a vertical curtain grid using the temporary dimension to guide you
Figure 9–6 Create another grid on the opposite side
You can’t use the Door tool to add a door in a curtain wall. Instead you replace one of the panels in the curtain wall with a specially configured curtain wall door. There are some of these in the default Doors folder of the out-of-the-box library. But first, let’s prepare the bay we need.
Verify that the quantity on the Properties palette, just below the Type Selector, reports that we have 5 items selected.
Figure 9–7 Select the mullions in the middle where we want the door to go
It is important to first unpin them. When they are pinned, they are controlled by the overall settings of the curtain wall and cannot be changed or deleted. Unpinning allows us to modify them separately without changing the overall settings of the curtain wall’s type.
The grid segment will remove merging the two bays (see Figure 9–8).
Figure 9–8 Use the Add/Remove Segments command to remove the two empty gridline segments and merge them into one large bay
Revit should remember the last folder you loaded from above; the Commercial folder. The family we need is in the Doors folder. Which is back one level from the Commercial folder.
Figure 9–9 Browse to the Doors folder and load a curtain wall door family
If you don’t have this folder or family, a copy has been provided with the dataset. You can load it from there.
You may have to tab a second time to highlight the panel.
Figure 9–10Use the tab key to select the panel and unpin it
Figure 9–11 Replace the unpinned panel with the recently loaded curtain door family
Catch-up file completed to this point: 09_Medical Center_Curtain-Walls_B.rvt
You can replace walls already in the file with Curtain Walls as the building design progresses.
Figure 9–12 Using the ctrl key, select the three walls shown
Zoom in and study the results. If necessary, you can tap the spacebar to flip the walls while they are still selected to make sure the glazing is on the outside (see Figure 9–13).
Figure 9–13 Basic Walls can be substituted with Curtain Walls
For now, we will ignore the intersection of the curtain wall and the wall at J10. But let’s address the connection between the curtain wall and the entry foyer built in the previous exercise.
Figure 9–14 The Align tool
Figure 9–15 Align the foyer curtain wall with a mullion
The curtain wall moves just fine but notice that the spacing of mullions along the bottom curtain wall adjusts as well; but they don’t stay symmetrical. If this is not obvious, try aligning the curtain wall on the other side as well. It will be more obvious then (see Figure 9–16).
Figure 9–16 Akign the other side and then note the change to the mullion spacing
Figure 9–17 Undo the previous alignments, then duplicate the curtain wall type on the entry wall
Figure 9–18 Remove the automatic grid spacing in both directions
Figure 9–19 Click OK to dismiss the warning
What we have done here is disable the automatic spacing of gridlines on this segment of curtain wall. This means that now when you move the adjoining walls, they will no longer try to adjust the mullion spacing.
Figure 9–20 Re-align the walls with the mullions and then extend them to close the gaps
Catch-up file completed to this point: 09_Medical Center_Curtain-Walls_C.rvt
We can also use curtain walls like windows. We do this by embedding them in another wall. In this way we can create a strip window along the south elevation of the building.
2.5" x 5" rectangular 2 will appear.
Figure 9–21Create a duplicate mullion type
Figure 9–22 Change the thickness and width of the new mullion type to match the name we gave it
There are four total: Border 1 and 2 for each of horizontal and vertical.
Figure 9–23 Change the border condition all the way around to use the new mullion type
Figure 9–24 Draw a new curtain wall using the new type directly on top of the existing exterior wall
The curtain wall will be centered on its host wall.
Figure 9–25 Shift the curtain wall outward by editing the temporary dimension
Figure 9–26 Check your progress in other views
