To Create a Curtain Wall With User-Specified Settings

Use this procedure to add a curtain wall with settings that you specify.

Tip: To ensure that the Properties palette is displayed before you select a tool, right-click in the drawing area, and click Properties.

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.

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:

   • Yes: this curtain wall can be used as bounding object for associative spaces.
   • No: this curtain wall cannot be used as bounding object for associative spaces.
   • By style: this curtain wall will use the bounding settings from the curtain wall style.
6. Expand Dimensions.
7. Modify the dimensions of the curtain wall:

   If you want to specify …	Then …
   the base height of the curtain wall	enter a value for Base Height.
   start and end miters	enter miter values for Start Miter and End Miter.
   define an offset of the roof line from the curtain wall base height	enter the appropriate value for roof line offset from base height. This offset can be set only during the insertion of the curtain wall.
   define an offset of the floor line from the curtain wall base line	enter the appropriate value for floor line offset from base line. This offset can be set only during the insertion of the curtain wall.

   Tip: The length of the curtain wall is defined on screen. You can however, edit it in the Properties palette later.
8. To make further edits to the roof line and floor line, expand Advanced, and click the Roof/floor line worksheet.
9. In the drawing area, specify the insertion point of the curtain wall.

   You can move or hide the Properties palette to expose more of the drawing area.

   Note: If you have Dynamic Input activated on the application window status bar (DYN), you can use dynamic dimensions to specify the curtain wall length and angle. After clicking the start point of the curtain wall, dynamic input fields for length and angle appear around the curtain wall preview. Enter values as desired, and use the Tab key to switch between input fields.
10. Specify the endpoint of the curtain wall, and press Enter.