Learn how to substitute an opaque wall with a curtain wall and define the grid layout through parametric Rules.

Getting Started

Make sure you have the source files downloaded for this exercise. You can get them with the links above.

Create a new Curtain Wall

1. Open Revit file: Lab03_E1_Creating curtain walls.rvt.
2. Open the First Floor plan view.
3. Select the wall that is indicated to be changed.
4. In Properties Palette select the Curtain Wall 2 type.

Note: Curtain Wall 2 creates a single pane of glass for the curtain wall instead of creating any automatic mullion geometry

5. In Properties Palette click the Edit Type button.
6. In the Type Properties dialog box click Duplicate...
7. Rename the new Curtain Wall to Residence North Wall and click OK
8. Set the type property Layout to Fixed Number for both Vertical Grid and Horizontal Grid. This exposes a number to the properties palette.
9. In the properties palette set the grid properties as shown
10. Click Apply
11. Hit ESC twice to exit the modify command.
12. Open the North-Residence elevation view and confirm your curtain wall looks like shown below:

Save your file

Save your file as Spring2024_3262_firstinitial_lastname_LAB03_EX01.rvt

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