CURVED CURTAIN WALL IN REVIT

Create Curtain Wall curved segment 

• File – Architecture Tab – Wall under Build Panel- Wall: Architectural 

• Under Properties palette select Curtain wall- Storefront

• Use the Modify Tab- Under Draw Panel -use Arc to Place wall.

 

Create New Wall Type 

• File – Architecture Tab – Wall under Build Panel- Wall: Architectural 

• Under Properties palette select Basic wall 

• Use the Modify Tab- Under Draw Panel -use Line to Place wall.

• Click Edit type in Properties palette

• Duplicate the wall and rename as Glass Panel wall

• Under Structure click Edit

• In Edit Assembly set the Thickness as 20mm

• And Assign Material as Glass.

 

• Click Edit type in Properties palette

• Duplicate the wall and rename as Glass Panel wall

• Under Structure click Edit

• In Edit Assembly set the Thickness as 20mm

• And Assign Material as Glass. 

• Click ok.

 

• Select the Curtain wall panel

• In the Properties palette click Edit type.

• Under Type properties Edit curtain panel from None to the created wall name Glass Panel wall.

• The profile of the curtain wall changes as shown below.

  

• Curvature of the panel is corrected but the mullions are not following the curved glass wall profile.

Create Wall Sweep within new wall type:

• Select the Curtain wall panel

• In the Properties palette click Edit type.

• Under Structure click Edit .

• Set Section View of the wall.

• Can click on Sweep to add sweep to the wall.

• Add the default Sweep and click ok.

• It is added to the wall and reflected in the section.

• It is applied to the wall it follows the curvature of the wall.

• But it is too big and does not look like mullions.

Use new wall sweep profile for Glass 20mm wall type

• Under Project Browser – Families- Profile- Profile_Reveal_Brick_Course

• Right click on it and Edit it.

• Family profile opens.

• To view the Dimension enable the Visibility graphic (VG).

• Click on Annotation categories – Dimensions (check the box)

• Now you can view the dimension.

 

• Click Family type

• Create a new Family Type and name as Mullion Sweep type.

• Set the dimension of the Mullions 150x150x50mm

• Insert into the wall should be half of the

• Wall thickness hence 75mm

• Click ok.

• Change Profile usage from Reveal to Wall Sweep.

• Save the family As Wall Sweep Mullion profile.

• Load into project.

• Edit the wall and set the Sweep to the Wall Sweep Mullion profile

Edit the Glass wall and using sweep set the material (Aluminium) and offset to -10mm to align with the Vertical Mullions.

 

• Select the curtain wall and set the Horizontal Mullions to None

 

Create another Wall Type

• Create another Wall TypeUsing Tab select one panel.

• Right click – Select Panel – Along Horizontal panel.

• Duplicate the Glass panel wall and give a name as Glass panel wall-Top.

• Under Structure of this wall click Edit.

• Click Sweep.

• Select the Existing profile and Duplicate the profile

• Set the from position as Top .