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If you want to use the display properties of the curtain wall style, instead of using material display properties, you can
turn off the material assignments in the display properties of the curtain wall style.
Material definitions consist of display components that correspond to component types of objects. For example, the
Linework component of a material is used for all linework in plan view. The Surface Hatch component of a material is
used to hatch all object surfaces in three dimensional (3D) model views and in elevations.
Curtain Wall Materials and Display Components
The following table identifies the material component that corresponds to each curtain wall component in the specified
views.
Material Component Curtain Wall Component
Plan, Plan High Detail, Plan Low Detail, Screened, Reflected Plan
Linework Frame Definitions
Linework Mullion Definitions
Linework Infill Definitions
Linework Frame Definitions Hatch
Linework Mullion Definitions Hatch
Linework Infill Definitions Hatch
Model
3D Body Frame
3D Body Mullion
3D Body Infill
Assigning Materials to a Curtain Wall Style
Use this procedure to assign materials to the individual components of a curtain wall style. When you assign a material
to a curtain wall component, the component uses the display properties of the material instead of the style display
properties.
You can assign a material to any physical component of the curtain wall. Custom components and components that
are only symbolic graphics do not use materials for their display properties. For example, the frame, mullion, and infill
are physical components of a curtain wall. The cell marker is a symbolic component.
NOTE If a material assignment does not determine the display properties of a curtain wall component, you can change the
display properties of the curtain wall style as described in
“ Specifying the Display of Curtain Walls ” on page 799 .
1 Open a tool palette that has a curtain wall tool.
2 Right-click a curtain wall tool, and click Curtain Wall Styles.
3 Select the style you want to edit.
4 Click the Display Properties tab.
5 Select the display representation where you want the changes to appear, and select Style Override.
6 If necessary, click .
7 Click the Layer/Color/Linetype tab.
8 Select By Material for any component to which you want to assign a material, and click OK.
If the setting for By Material is not available, the display of this component cannot be determined by a
material.
9 Click the Materials tab.
10 Select the component you want to change, select the value for Material Definition, and select a different
material definition.
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