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3 Create the wall, using one of the following methods:
■ Draw the wall : By default, Line is active. (If it is not active, click Place Wall tab
➤
Draw
panel
➤
(Line), or select another draw tool.) See Sketching on page 303.
As you draw a wall, you can quickly set its length by entering a value on the keyboard, taking
advantage of the listening dimension feature. See
Listening Dimensions on page 283.
If you want to flip the orientation of the wall about its location line, press the Spacebar as
you draw the wall. This works for all wall drawing tools, such as rectangles, circles, and
3-point arcs.
■ Pick Lines ( ): Select existing lines. Lines can be model lines or edges of elements, such
as roofs, curtain panels, and other walls.
■ Pick Faces ( ): Select either a massing face or a generic model face. The generic model
could be created as in-place or family file based. See Creating Walls from Mass Faces on page
615.
TIP To highlight all vertical faces on the mass or generic model, press Tab. Click to place walls
simultaneously on each highlighted face.
4 Select the wall, and edit its elevation profile or join it to a roof.
5 Add curtain grids and mullions, as desired.
See Adding Curtain Grids on page 770 and Placing Mullions on page 775.
Adding Curtain Grids
If you sketched a curtain wall without automatic grids ( Type-Driven Curtain Element Layout on page 772),
you can add grids manually.
1 Open a 3D view or an elevation view.
2 Click Home tab
➤
Build panel
➤
Curtain Grid.
3 Click Place Curtain Grid tab
➤
Placement panel, and select a placement type. See Selectively
Placing Curtain Grids on page 771.
4 Place the cursor along wall edges; a temporary grid line displays.
5 Click to place the grid lines.
Each section of the grid (design unit) is filled with a separate curtain wall panel of the selected
type.
6 Click Finish Current when you are done.
7 Add additional grid lines, if necessary, or click Modify to exit the tool.
Curtain grid snapping
When you place curtain grids, they snap to evenly spaced intervals on the curtain wall. For example, as you
drag the cursor over a panel, it snaps to the midpoint or to the 1/3 mark of the panel.
When you place curtain grids on walls, sloped glazings, and curtain systems, the curtain grids snap to visible
levels, grids, and reference planes. In addition, curtain grids snap to other curtain grids when you select a
common corner edge. For example, if you place the cursor on a joined edge between 2 curtain walls, the
new curtain grid snaps to an existing curtain grid.
To place mullions on grid lines, see Placing Mullions on page 775.
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