topic Re: How to make this curtain wall? in Modeling

How to make this curtain wall?

Anonymous — Fri, 26 May 2023 10:42:02 GMT

Hi everybody, I want to ask what is the easiest way to make curtain wall like one on the picture below. The problem for me is because the wall is inclined for about 10 degrees (but thats not matter how much degrees, it is important that it is inclined) and i want divisions also inclined in plane of that wall. I scanned my sketch so i hope that you will understand my question.
PS. I must admit that i never used curtain wall tool before, but i used wall tool with columns and beams.

Re: How to make this curtain wall?

Laszlo Nagy — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:28:24 GMT

You should create the Curtain Wall in Section using the Boundary method.
You draw the boundary in Section and that's it.
Just make sure that you model the full surface as if it was standing upright. You will do the 10 percent slant later.

Re: How to make this curtain wall?

Laszlo Nagy — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:35:34 GMT

In 3D you can edit the Curtain Wall and you can set the primary and secondary grid of the Curtain Wall to be at an angle other than 90 degrees.
Similarly you can move the whole grid to position it to the exact desired location.

Notice that in the little palette in the upper left corner of the 3D Window I switched on Scheme and turned off Frame and Panel to be able to easier manipulate the Scheme of the Curtain Wall.

Re: How to make this curtain wall?

Laszlo Nagy — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:40:04 GMT

Now that the Primary Grid is at the correct orientation, go to the Section and measure the needed angle between the Primary and Secondary Grid.

Here I said the Secondary Grid should be parallel to the upper edge of the Curtain Wall.

Re: How to make this curtain wall?

Laszlo Nagy — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:42:28 GMT

Now I go back to editing the Curtain Wall in 3D.
I use the Move Grid command to move a grid intersection point to the upper left corner of the boundary.

Re: How to make this curtain wall?

Laszlo Nagy — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:45:37 GMT

No I go to the System Settings and set the exact distances between the Primary and Secondary Frame.

Re: How to make this curtain wall?

Laszlo Nagy — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:49:46 GMT

Finally, I go to the 3D Window, select the Curtain Wall and use the Design\Curtain Wall\Curtain Wall Free Rotate command to rotate it 10 degrees.
First you have to define the Rotation axis with 2 clicks, then the rotation angle with another 2 clicks.

Re: How to make this curtain wall?

Laszlo Nagy — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:56:50 GMT

On your sketch it looks like your Grids are not even parallel, like none of your Grid Lines are parallel.
In such a case you would have to draw the Frames one by one.

Re: How to make this curtain wall?

Anonymous — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:06:44 GMT

Thanks Laszlo, really good tutorial. I understood the whole procedure, just i have the problem at the start. I don't know how to change default scheme, and put divisions the way i want, not to change and delete the panels which came with default scheme.

Re: How to make this curtain wall?

Laszlo Nagy — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:18:26 GMT

Use the Frame Tool when editing the Curtain Wall in 3D.
Click anywhere on the boundary polygon of the Curtain Wall and it will start drawing a new Frame.
Click again anywhere on the boundary polygon of the Curtain Wall and a new Frame will be drawn between the two given points.
This way you can draw as many new Frames as needed.

Re: How to make this curtain wall?

Anonymous — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:26:29 GMT

ok i got it about the frames, but i also have problem with rotation. I cant activate z axis to incline wall. I can activate x and y but my cursor won't match the z axis

Re: How to make this curtain wall?

Laszlo Nagy — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:35:16 GMT

I don't fully understand this question.
I mean, the Z axis is the vertical axis. If you just rotate a Curtain Wall on the Floor Plan, that would be rotation around a vertical axis, right?
Can you post a screenshot?

Re: How to make this curtain wall?

Anonymous — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:52:25 GMT

I wanted to show that when i open wall in 3D and want to rotate by curtain wall free rotate, i can choose just x or y direction of rotation. No matter how to move my cursor I cant activate z direction!? When I click left it activates x axis, right is for y axis, and it would be logical when i click up to activate z axis but it won't. I hope that you understood my problem now

Re: How to make this curtain wall?

Laszlo Nagy — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:09:48 GMT

This is why I am saying: do it in the Floor Plan Window.
You can do it normally with the rotate Pet-Palette command, there is no need to do it with the Free Rotate command.

Re: How to make this curtain wall?

Anonymous — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:29:06 GMT

Ok i've done it now...not in flor plan window but in section...so easy thanks for help