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Curtain Walls: Introducción 

En este artículo se hace unarápida revision de los Muro Cortina o Curtain Walls, en Revit.

Veremos que son y cómo se usan . And to conclude, we will produce a very simple uildin!

model containin! a couple o" Curtain #alls

 

$ow e"ore we start% &lease don't con"use Curtain Walls with Curtain Systems. Althou!h

they use the same components (and produce asically the same thin!)* they are di""erent.

Curtain +ystems use a set o" pre*de"ined parameters to produce curtain wallin! with set

centres "or the mullions. sin! simple Curtain #alls alon! with curtain !rids and mullions is a

much more intuitive, creative process.

 

-irst o" all, a little it o" theory%*

 

Curtain Wall 

 A Curtain #all (within Revit Architecture) is a special type o" wall. t can e "ound nestled in

with all the other wall types/.

 

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Curtain Grids 

0he Curtain #all is ale to host 1Curtain 2rids3* which can e placed usin! the tool "ound on

the 1Build3 ta o" the 1Home3 menu//..

 

Mullions 

4nce the Curtain #all has one or more 1Curtain 2rid lines3 placed onto it, the !rid lines can

then host 1Mullions3* which are "ound ad5acent to the 1Curtain 2rid3 tool/

 

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0he three components types descried aove have a hierarchical relationship etween them.

6ou MUST have a Curtain Wall to act as a host "or the Curtain 2rid. 6ou MUST have

a Curtain Grid to act as a host o" the Mullions.

 

Ri!ht% $o more theory* let's 5ust !et started.

 

'll start with a lan7 Revit &ro5ect "ile. 'm !oin! to select the #all tool and set the wall type to

1Curtain Wall3. 4nce have done this can proceed to place a len!th o" Curtain #all within

my model space//.

 

 And here is my section o" Curtain #all, as seen in a 89 view. &retty uninspirin! at the

moment: " we select the Curtain #all and ta7e a loo7 at it's Properties/..

 

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/they are quite similar (in terms o" the various parameters) to any other wall type. -or

e;ample% 6ou can control the ase and the top via <evel constraints, etc.

 

<et's press on and add some Curtain Grid lines. "irst select the Curtain Grid tool/.

 

4nce the tool is selected, can now 5ust hover over the wall and clic7 to place my !rid lines. t

is proaly easier to do this in anElevation or Section view/..

 

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n the aove ima!e you can see that have placed a numer o" Curtain Grid Lines. 4nce

placed, the 2rid <ines can e easily moved y "irst selectin! them*and then simply dra!!in!

them, or chan!in! the value o" the temporary dimensions/..

 

4=% +o we've !ot our Curtain #all and we've !ot some Curtain 2rid lines hosted onto it. <et's

add some Mullions. -irst select the Mullion tool/.

 

 And then simply clic7 on each o" the Curtain 2rid lines you have 5ust placed, in order to add aMullion/.

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'll switch to a 89 view and >oom in a little//.

 

n the aove ima!e you can clearly see the Mullion elements that have een added to the

Curtain 2rid lines. -or a asic introduction to Curtain #alls, that's aout it: n other articles we

will loo7 at how you can create your own custom Mullion elements* so that you can accurately

model an 1o""*the*shel"3 curtain wallin! system.

 

?ut e"ore we "inish, 5ust a couple more thin!s aout Curtain #alls/..

 

Curtain Panels.

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 A Curtain Panel is the area ounded y Curtain 2rid lines. #hen you start with 5ust a sin!le

run o" Curtain #all* then entire wall is one lar!e panel. As you start rea7in! up the wall y

addin! !ird lines, you are automatically "ormin! more panels. Each o" these panels is 12lass3

y de"ault. ?ut as each panel is a distinct Revit element, you can do interestin! thin!s with

them. &lease $ote% t can e a it tric7y to select the a panel* you may need to use the 1 TAB3

7ey to cycle throu!h various selections in order to reach a panel/.

 

4nce selected, you can chan!e it to a di""erent panel type, y usin! the Type Selector 3 drop*

down menu/.

 

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n the aove ima!e have chan!ed two o" the de"ault panels (one to 1+olid3 and other to

12la>ed 9oule 9oors3). 6ou will "ind a variety o" di""erent panel types in your Component

<irary

 

Embedding Curtain Walls in other walls 

6ou can easily create a nice !la>ed screen in a solid wall y 1emeddin!3 a section o" Curtain

#all into a 1@ost3 wall/.

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0o do this you use the 1Cut 2eometry3 tool. A separate article is dedicated to e;plainin! how

to do this.

 

Editing the Profile of a Curtain Wall 

ust li7e any other wall, you can easily 1edit the pro"ile3 o" a Curtain #all. ust select the wall

and then clic7 on 1Edit &ro"ile3. ?e"ore start editin! the pro"ile/.

 

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 And a"ter have "inished editin! the pro"ile/.

 

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$ote that the pro"ile can contain arc se!ments* to which Revit will simply add curved

Mullions. -or an article on how to Edit wall pro"iles, see here.