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Create and apply new curtain panel types.
Type:
Tutorial
Length:
6 min.
Tutorial resources
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Transcript
00:04
And looking around the model,
00:06
we can zoom in and see the first curtain wall that we want to work on.
00:10
And it's the one here between the tower and the main building.
00:14
As it's quite difficult to see,
00:16
we'll first select the curtain wall
00:19
and then going down to the view control bar
00:21
from the temporary hide isolate tool.
00:24
We'll choose isolate element.
00:28
And now we can see that this is the only object that's visible in the view.
00:32
And that's gonna make it a lot easier for us to work on.
00:36
Looking at the curtain wall,
00:38
we have a narrow column of panels down the left hand side here
00:42
and these are where it meets against the main building.
00:45
And we'd like these to be metal panels
00:47
rather than the glass panels that they currently are.
00:50
So we'll start by selecting one of those panels
00:53
and we'll need to move the cursor over the edge of the panel
00:57
and then use the tab key to cycle through the objects until the panel is highlighted.
01:02
And then we'll click to select it,
01:05
looking at the type selector, we can see it's the system panel glazed type.
01:10
So we'll come back to the panel itself and then we'll right click
01:14
and from the right click menu here,
01:16
we can see we have select panels
01:19
and we'll choose a long vertical grid from the cascading menu.
01:23
So now we can see we have all the panels selected down this first column
01:27
and looking at the type selector here,
01:29
we can see we have eight curtain panels and they're all this system panel glazed.
01:33
So we need to create a new one.
01:35
So we'll click edit type
01:37
and then from the type properties here,
01:39
we'll click duplicate to create a new panel type
01:42
and we'll name this metal panel.
01:46
Now we'll click OK
01:47
to create that new panel
01:49
and looking at the type parameters here,
01:51
we can see the material is currently set to glass.
01:54
So we'll select this
01:56
and then using the ellipses button that appears,
01:58
we'll open up the material browser.
02:02
Once this is open,
02:03
we'll use the search box at the top here to search for metal materials.
02:09
And then from the search results, we'll choose the aluminum material here at the top
02:14
and then we'll click OK, to assign this on to our new metal panel type.
02:19
We'll click OK. Once more to just now save the changes.
02:23
And now the panels that we had selected
02:25
are of the new metal panel type. And if I deselect them here,
02:29
we can see that reflected in their finish.
02:33
So you can see we have these smaller horizontal rows of panels
02:36
and they need to be the same aluminum panel that we've just created.
02:41
So to select these, we first need to pick one of them.
02:44
So again, we'll hover near the edge of one panel
02:46
and use the tab key to cycle through until it's highlighted
02:49
and then click to select it.
02:52
Now we'll right click and again from the select panels menu,
02:55
we'll choose the
02:56
along horizontal grid option
02:59
to select all of the panels along that row.
03:03
Looking at the type selector,
03:04
we can see that we have multiple types selected as the first
03:07
panel in the row is already of the metal panel type,
03:10
but that's ok.
03:11
We'll just click on the type selector
03:13
and scroll down and choose the metal panel to assign into this row.
03:17
Once again,
03:18
we'll deselect these and we can see that they
03:19
have that metal material finish on them now,
03:22
so we'll repeat this for the row above.
03:24
So again, we'll hover over one of the panels and
03:27
tab through until it's highlighted and select it.
03:30
And then right click and choose the a
03:33
long horizontal grid under the select panels menu.
03:37
And once they're selected from the type selector, again,
03:39
we'll choose the metal panel type to assign onto these panels.
03:46
Now, for the row above, we'll do this slightly differently.
03:49
So I'll put my cursor just to the left of the
03:53
row of panels here and then holding the mouse button down.
03:56
I'll drag across the select door that's in that area looking up at the type selector,
04:00
we can see we have multiple categories selected and, and below that,
04:03
we can see we have 39 objects.
04:07
So we'll get to the modify ribbon tab
04:09
and we'll choose the filter button here from the selection panel.
04:13
And once this is open, we'll undertake the curtain wall grids and curtain wall
04:18
ions
04:19
to be left with just the curtain panels
04:22
and then click. OK?
04:24
And we'll now have just a curtain wall panel selected.
04:27
So again, from the type selector, now we can come and choose the metal panel type.
04:34
So we'll repeat this once more for the top row.
04:37
So again, starting to the left of the row here,
04:39
we'll hold the mouse button down and when they select all in that area,
04:44
and then we'll get up to the modified ribbon again and choose the filter tool.
04:47
Once more.
04:48
Only this time, I'll choose the check none button here
04:52
which will uncheck all of the categories here. And then we can just recheck the
04:56
current panels category
04:58
and then click. OK? To have those selected.
05:01
Then for the final time on this curtain wall,
05:03
we can swap these in the type selector to be the metal panel type.
05:08
So now that we have all of those metal panels assigned into the curtain wall,
05:12
we finished the work that we need to do.
05:14
So we'll go back to the view control bar
05:16
and from the temporary hide isolate tool, we'll choose reset,
05:19
temporary hide isolate
05:21
and then that will bring the rest of the model back.
05:23
And we can see the curtain wall in its place with the rest of the model.
Video transcript
00:04
And looking around the model,
00:06
we can zoom in and see the first curtain wall that we want to work on.
00:10
And it's the one here between the tower and the main building.
00:14
As it's quite difficult to see,
00:16
we'll first select the curtain wall
00:19
and then going down to the view control bar
00:21
from the temporary hide isolate tool.
00:24
We'll choose isolate element.
00:28
And now we can see that this is the only object that's visible in the view.
00:32
And that's gonna make it a lot easier for us to work on.
00:36
Looking at the curtain wall,
00:38
we have a narrow column of panels down the left hand side here
00:42
and these are where it meets against the main building.
00:45
And we'd like these to be metal panels
00:47
rather than the glass panels that they currently are.
00:50
So we'll start by selecting one of those panels
00:53
and we'll need to move the cursor over the edge of the panel
00:57
and then use the tab key to cycle through the objects until the panel is highlighted.
01:02
And then we'll click to select it,
01:05
looking at the type selector, we can see it's the system panel glazed type.
01:10
So we'll come back to the panel itself and then we'll right click
01:14
and from the right click menu here,
01:16
we can see we have select panels
01:19
and we'll choose a long vertical grid from the cascading menu.
01:23
So now we can see we have all the panels selected down this first column
01:27
and looking at the type selector here,
01:29
we can see we have eight curtain panels and they're all this system panel glazed.
01:33
So we need to create a new one.
01:35
So we'll click edit type
01:37
and then from the type properties here,
01:39
we'll click duplicate to create a new panel type
01:42
and we'll name this metal panel.
01:46
Now we'll click OK
01:47
to create that new panel
01:49
and looking at the type parameters here,
01:51
we can see the material is currently set to glass.
01:54
So we'll select this
01:56
and then using the ellipses button that appears,
01:58
we'll open up the material browser.
02:02
Once this is open,
02:03
we'll use the search box at the top here to search for metal materials.
02:09
And then from the search results, we'll choose the aluminum material here at the top
02:14
and then we'll click OK, to assign this on to our new metal panel type.
02:19
We'll click OK. Once more to just now save the changes.
02:23
And now the panels that we had selected
02:25
are of the new metal panel type. And if I deselect them here,
02:29
we can see that reflected in their finish.
02:33
So you can see we have these smaller horizontal rows of panels
02:36
and they need to be the same aluminum panel that we've just created.
02:41
So to select these, we first need to pick one of them.
02:44
So again, we'll hover near the edge of one panel
02:46
and use the tab key to cycle through until it's highlighted
02:49
and then click to select it.
02:52
Now we'll right click and again from the select panels menu,
02:55
we'll choose the
02:56
along horizontal grid option
02:59
to select all of the panels along that row.
03:03
Looking at the type selector,
03:04
we can see that we have multiple types selected as the first
03:07
panel in the row is already of the metal panel type,
03:10
but that's ok.
03:11
We'll just click on the type selector
03:13
and scroll down and choose the metal panel to assign into this row.
03:17
Once again,
03:18
we'll deselect these and we can see that they
03:19
have that metal material finish on them now,
03:22
so we'll repeat this for the row above.
03:24
So again, we'll hover over one of the panels and
03:27
tab through until it's highlighted and select it.
03:30
And then right click and choose the a
03:33
long horizontal grid under the select panels menu.
03:37
And once they're selected from the type selector, again,
03:39
we'll choose the metal panel type to assign onto these panels.
03:46
Now, for the row above, we'll do this slightly differently.
03:49
So I'll put my cursor just to the left of the
03:53
row of panels here and then holding the mouse button down.
03:56
I'll drag across the select door that's in that area looking up at the type selector,
04:00
we can see we have multiple categories selected and, and below that,
04:03
we can see we have 39 objects.
04:07
So we'll get to the modify ribbon tab
04:09
and we'll choose the filter button here from the selection panel.
04:13
And once this is open, we'll undertake the curtain wall grids and curtain wall
04:18
ions
04:19
to be left with just the curtain panels
04:22
and then click. OK?
04:24
And we'll now have just a curtain wall panel selected.
04:27
So again, from the type selector, now we can come and choose the metal panel type.
04:34
So we'll repeat this once more for the top row.
04:37
So again, starting to the left of the row here,
04:39
we'll hold the mouse button down and when they select all in that area,
04:44
and then we'll get up to the modified ribbon again and choose the filter tool.
04:47
Once more.
04:48
Only this time, I'll choose the check none button here
04:52
which will uncheck all of the categories here. And then we can just recheck the
04:56
current panels category
04:58
and then click. OK? To have those selected.
05:01
Then for the final time on this curtain wall,
05:03
we can swap these in the type selector to be the metal panel type.
05:08
So now that we have all of those metal panels assigned into the curtain wall,
05:12
we finished the work that we need to do.
05:14
So we'll go back to the view control bar
05:16
and from the temporary hide isolate tool, we'll choose reset,
05:19
temporary hide isolate
05:21
and then that will bring the rest of the model back.
05:23
And we can see the curtain wall in its place with the rest of the model.
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