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1 Open the tool palette that you want to use, and select a curtain
wall tool.
NOTE Alternatively, you can click Home tab ➤ Build panel ➤ Wall
drop-down ➤ Curtain Wall .
2 On the Properties palette, expand Basic, and expand General.
3 If desired, you can enter a description for the curtain wall by
clicking the Description setting.
4 Select a style.
The curtain wall style determines many settings of the curtain
wall, like the grid, the frames and mullions used, as well as cell
infills and display settings. For information about curtain wall
styles, see Curtain Wall Styles on page 1422.
5 Under Bound Spaces, define if this curtain wall can be used as a
bounding object for associative spaces.
You can select three options here:
â– Yes: this curtain wall can be used as bounding object for
associative spaces.
â– No: this curtain wall cannot be used as bounding object for
associative spaces.
â– By style: this curtain wall will use the bounding settings from
the curtain wall style.
For more information on associative spaces, see Generating
Associative Spaces on page 2904.
6 Expand Dimensions.
7 Modify the dimensions of the curtain wall:
Then …If you want to specify …
enter a value for Base Height.the base height of the curtain wall
enter miter values for Start Miter
and End Miter.
start and end miters
enter the appropriate value for roof
line offset from base height. This
define an offset of the roof line from
the curtain wall base height
offset can be set only during the
insertion of the curtain wall.
1408 | Chapter 21 Curtain Walls
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