Curtain Walls: Advanced Design Techniques |
| |
|
Curtain Wall Doors and Windows |
| Curtain walls can host specially designed doors and windows. Keep in mind that standard doors and windows cannot be hosted by a curtain wall. These specially designed elements are recogniz-able by a name that indicates they are curtain wall doors/ windows. Revit schedules them as doors and windows, but their behavior is dependent on the curtain wall. Curtain wall doors and win-dows adapt their width and height to fill in grid cells. Essentially, they behave exactly like panels—they’ve just been made to appear and schedule as doors or windows. To insert a door within a cur-tain wall, choose File Load Library Load Family. Navigate to the Doors folder, and select a curtain wall door (single or double). Figure 11.29 shows a curtain door panel has been swapped with a glazing panel. |