Curtain wall modeling - Creating new curtain panel types

Tutorial resources

These downloadable resources will be used to complete this tutorial:

create-curtain-panels_002.rvt - (9 mb)

Transcript

00:04

Hanging across to the

00:05

wall in the atrium.

00:07

We'd like to create a slightly more random pattern

00:10

using a different type of glazing within this curtain wall here.

00:16

So we'll select one of the panels again by

00:18

hovering over it and then using the tab key

00:20

to cycle through and then click to select it.

00:23

And we can see that it's the system panel glaze type

00:27

and we'll click edit type

00:28

to access the type properties here and then duplicate to create the new one

00:33

and we'll name this one bronze glazed

00:36

and then click OK to create that new type.

00:40

Looking at the material parameter, we can see it's currently set to be glass.

00:44

So we'll click on this and then from the ellipses button,

00:46

we'll open up the material browser

00:49

in the list of project materials. We can see the glass material.

00:52

And beneath that, we have the glass bronze glazing material.

00:57

So we'll select this

00:58

and then click OK to assign that onto our new panel type

01:03

just beneath the material parameter. We can see we have a parameter for thickness.

01:07

So it also change this to be two inches thick

01:11

and then click OK to create that new bronze glazing panel type

01:16

and then that's assigned into the panel that we had selected as well.

01:21

So now to assign these into the other panels,

01:24

we could select them one at a time and change them from the type selector.

01:29

But a slightly easier method is to use the match type properties tool.

01:33

So we'll go up to the modify run tab

01:36

and then from the clipboard panel, we can choose the match type properties tool

01:43

looking at the cursor. Now, we can see the paint brush next to it is actually white

01:47

and this means we now need to select the object that we want to match from.

01:51

So again, we'll go over to our bronze glaze panel that we've just created.

01:55

We may need to use the tab key to highlight it, but then we'll click to select it.

01:60

And now we can see the paintbrush has turned black

02:02

and it's ready to now paint around the other panels.

02:05

we can just go over to those panels.

02:07

And each time we click, they'll be changed into the bronze glazing panel type.

02:12

We can just carry on through

02:14

and create the random pattern that we're looking for

02:19

and this will work on other curtain walls as well.

02:21

So if I pan across to the tower, now we can see we have the curtain wall here

02:26

and whilst the tool is still active, so we can see the paint brush is still black here.

02:30

We can click on these panels and these will

02:32

also be turned into the bronze glazing panels.

02:35

So again, we can create a random pattern on this curtain wall.

02:41

So I'll choose modify to finish the match type properties tool

02:45

and that completes the work that we need to carry out to the curtain walls.

Video transcript

00:04

Hanging across to the

00:05

wall in the atrium.

00:07

We'd like to create a slightly more random pattern

00:10

using a different type of glazing within this curtain wall here.

00:16

So we'll select one of the panels again by

00:18

hovering over it and then using the tab key

00:20

to cycle through and then click to select it.

00:23

And we can see that it's the system panel glaze type

00:27

and we'll click edit type

00:28

to access the type properties here and then duplicate to create the new one

00:33

and we'll name this one bronze glazed

00:36

and then click OK to create that new type.

00:40

Looking at the material parameter, we can see it's currently set to be glass.

00:44

So we'll click on this and then from the ellipses button,

00:46

we'll open up the material browser

00:49

in the list of project materials. We can see the glass material.

00:52

And beneath that, we have the glass bronze glazing material.

00:57

So we'll select this

00:58

and then click OK to assign that onto our new panel type

01:03

just beneath the material parameter. We can see we have a parameter for thickness.

01:07

So it also change this to be two inches thick

01:11

and then click OK to create that new bronze glazing panel type

01:16

and then that's assigned into the panel that we had selected as well.

01:21

So now to assign these into the other panels,

01:24

we could select them one at a time and change them from the type selector.

01:29

But a slightly easier method is to use the match type properties tool.

01:33

So we'll go up to the modify run tab

01:36

and then from the clipboard panel, we can choose the match type properties tool

01:43

looking at the cursor. Now, we can see the paint brush next to it is actually white

01:47

and this means we now need to select the object that we want to match from.

01:51

So again, we'll go over to our bronze glaze panel that we've just created.

01:55

We may need to use the tab key to highlight it, but then we'll click to select it.

01:60

And now we can see the paintbrush has turned black

02:02

and it's ready to now paint around the other panels.

02:05

we can just go over to those panels.

02:07

And each time we click, they'll be changed into the bronze glazing panel type.

02:12

We can just carry on through

02:14

and create the random pattern that we're looking for

02:19

and this will work on other curtain walls as well.

02:21

So if I pan across to the tower, now we can see we have the curtain wall here

02:26

and whilst the tool is still active, so we can see the paint brush is still black here.

02:30

We can click on these panels and these will

02:32

also be turned into the bronze glazing panels.

02:35

So again, we can create a random pattern on this curtain wall.

02:41

So I'll choose modify to finish the match type properties tool

02:45

and that completes the work that we need to carry out to the curtain walls.

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