Use this procedure to create a curtain wall tool and add it to a tool palette.
You may want to create your own curtain wall tools if you are placing multiple curtain walls of specific styles with additional properties that you want to be the same each time you add a curtain wall of each type.
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create a tool from a curtain wall in the drawing | select the object, and drag it to the tool palette. |
create a tool from a curtain wall style in the Style Manager | click . Locate the style you want to copy, and drag it to the tool palette. Click OK. Note: You can only drag a style to a tool palette if the style has previously been saved with the drawing. Otherwise you are prompted to save the drawing first, and then create a tool from the style.
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copy a tool in the current tool palette | right-click the tool, and click Copy. Deselect the tool, right-click anywhere in the palette, and click Paste. |
copy a tool from another tool palette | open the tool palette containing the tool you want to copy, right-click the tool, and click Copy. Open the palette where you want to add the tool, right-click, and click Paste. |
copy a tool from the Content Browser | click and locate the tool you want to copy. Position the cursor over the i-drop handle, and drag the tool to the tool palette. |
By default, the style location is set to Undefined (--) and the styles from the current drawing are displayed in the list of available styles. You can however navigate to one of the curtain wall styles drawings shipped with the product under C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\ACA <version>\enu\Styles, or to a user-defined styles drawing.
You can select four options here:
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the base height of the curtain wall | enter a value for Base height. |
start and end miter angles | enter miter values for Start Miter and End Miter. |
the roof line offset from the base height of the curtain wall | enter a value for Roof line offset from base height. |
the floor line offset from the baseline of the curtain wall | enter a value for Floor line offset from baseline. |