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Creating a Curved Curtain Wall
Use this procedure to create a curved curtain wall in a drawing.
The display of curved objects is dependent on the facet deviation set in the application. For information see “ Facet
Deviation ” on page 900.
Drawing a curved curtain wall segment
1 Open the tool palette that you want to use, and select a curtain wall tool.
If necessary, scroll to display the tool that you want to use.
2 On the Properties palette, expand Basic, and expand General.
3 If desired, you can enter a description for the curtain wall by clicking the Description setting.
4 Select a style.
The curtain wall style determines many settings of the curtain wall, like the grid, the frames and mullions
used, as well as cell infills and display settings. For information about curtain wall styles, see “
Curtain Wall
Styles ” on page 762.
5 Under Bound Spaces, define if this curtain wall can be used as a bounding object for associative spaces.
You can select three options here:
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Yes: this curtain wall can be used as bounding object for associative spaces.
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No: this curtain wall cannot be used as bounding object for associative spaces.
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By style: this curtain wall will use the bounding settings from the curtain wall style.
For more information on associative spaces, see “ Generating Associative Spaces ” on page 1587.
6 Select Arc for Segment type.
7 Expand Dimensions.
8 Modify the dimensions of the curtain wall:
Then … If you want to specify …
enter a value for Base Height. the base height of the curtain wall
enter miter values for Start Miter and End Miter. start and end miters
enter the appropriate value for roof line offset from base
height. This offset can be set only during the insertion of the
curtain wall. define an offset of the roof line from the curtain wall base
height
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