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Curtain Wall Unit Styles
Naming Conventions:
Curtain wall units, while similar in many respects to door/window assemblies
and curtain walls, are limited to simple panel infill definitions. The naming
conventions are similar to those for curtain walls, but you can also include
indicators of cell adjustment parameters as well:
<Major Element (Descriptive) + <Major Element (Descriptive)>...<Optional Cell
Adjustment Parameter)
Example Curtain Wall Unit Style Names:
Example NameCurtain Wall Unit Style Definition
2 x 2 GlazingA curtain wall unit with 2 x 2 glazing pan-
els:
Glazing 4-0 Grow + Pointed MullionsA curtain wall unit with 4’ wide glazing
panels, mullions coming to a point at the
top, with the side cells set to grow until a
new 4’ panel can be added:
Best Practices for Curtain Wall Unit Styles:
■ All curtain wall Unit components should have materials assigned to them.
■ Unless a curtain wall unit is to be scheduled as a separate item, you should
not classify curtain wall unit styles.
■ The Model display representations of curtain wall unit components should
follow “By Material” settings.
■ The “Elevation” display representations components should be assigned
colors with the display rules of your 2D Section/Elevation styles in mind.
Using colors that are coordinated with those styles can be used to automate
linework properties in section and elevation objects.
■ Naming of curtain wall unit components: In order to minimize confusion
when editing curtain wall styles, you should be descriptive and consistent
when naming the components of the style. In general, each name should
end with the type of curtain wall element it refers to. For example, an infill
name might be “Stone Panel Infill.” In particular, care should be taken to
name grids and the divisions they are based on. A grid using a division
named “First Floor Vertical Division” should be named “First Floor Vertical
Grid.”
948 | Chapter 14 Content Creation Guidelines
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