3.4.A Creating Curtain Walls & Setting Properties

Workflow

Demo

Practice Exercise (Optional)

Download Practice File: Starting Point

1. Begin by changing all of the exterior walls with type Generic to type Curtain Wall 1.
2. Duplicate this curtain wall type to make a new wall type and set the type properties to use a fixed number for the horizontal and vertical grid layout.
3. Select all of the north and south walls to use this new curtain wall type, and set their instance properties to have 1 horizontal grid line and 6 vertical grid lines (creating tall, thin curtain panels).

When you have completed this exercise, your model should look like this:

Download File: Ending Point