Creating a Curtain Wall Profile

You can nest a detail component within a host sweep profile family (wall sweeps, roof fascia, gutters, and slab edges) and use the visibility controls to specify when the detail component displays within a project. When the sweep is cut in the project, the detail component displays depending on the visibility settings you specified within the host sweep family file. You can also have multiple detail components display at particular visibility levels for a specific view cut host sweep.

Example of curtain mullion with nested detail component

Tip: You can also import a detail, such as a DWG file, and apply the same visibility controls to it.

See also Nesting and Sharing Component Families.

To load a detail component

To add the detail component to the host sweep

To specify detail component visibility

1. Open or create a host sweep family.
2. Click Create tabDetail panel (Detail Component).
3. Click Yes to load a detail component family.
4. In the Load Family dialog, select a detail component family, and click Open.
5. Click in the drawing area to add the detail component to the host sweep family.
6. If necessary, use alignments or dimensions to constrain the location of the detail component.
7. Select the nested detail component.
8. Click Modify | Detail Items tabVisibility panel (Visibility Settings).
9. In the Family element visibility settings dialog, specify the detail level (Coarse, Medium, and/or Fine), and click OK.

   After it is loaded in a project, the host sweep detail displays when cut and at the detail level you specified.