User Manual - Page 1674

For AUTOCAD 2011.

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NOTE The component name in the Custom Display Component dialog box must
match the name of element definition in the Design Rules tab. Otherwise the
element definition does not display properly.
For more information about the display system, see Display System on page
777.
Materials and Display Properties
You can use materials to control the display of both default and custom infills,
frames, and mullions. When you assign materials to the element definitions
you create, you do not need to define these definitions as custom display
components. For more information, see Specifying the Materials of a Curtain
Wall Unit Style on page 1615.
Adding Curtain Wall Unit Element Definitions as Display
Components
Use this procedure to add curtain wall unit element definitions. Before you
can control the display properties of curtain wall unit elements according to
the definition assigned to the element, you must create display components
for each element definition.
1 Click Manage tab ➤ Style & Display panel ➤ Style Manager .
2 Expand Architectural Objects, and expand Curtain Wall Unit
Styles.
3 Select the curtain wall unit style that you want to change.
4 Click the Display Properties tab.
5 Select Model as the display representation.
6 Click .
The default list of components includes only the three basic
elements and cell markers.
Default Model display components for curtain wall units
1618 | Chapter 21 Curtain Walls
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