topic Re: ArchiCAD 23 Curtain Wall edit boundary in Modeling

ArchiCAD 23 Curtain Wall edit boundary

fuzzytnth3 — Tue, 09 May 2023 14:17:00 GMT

You used to be able to use the Menu command

Design/ Modify Curtain Wall / Extract Boundary to fill

to edit the perimeter boundary of a Curtain Wall in Elevation

However in AC23 I'm not seeing that Command in the menu system and I've tried switching back to the ArchiCAD default Work Environment. So how do I go about editing the boundary of the CW to follow the lines drawn in the attached screenshot?

Re: ArchiCAD 23 Curtain Wall edit boundary

Erwin Edel — Wed, 04 Mar 2020 14:23:40 GMT

I do miss the 'extract boundary to fill' method as it was brilliant for quick mock ups with CW.

That said: open your elevation, select the CW and click 'edit'. You should see a sort of 'layer' menu. If you show 'scheme grid'and hide the other options, you are left with a box 'fill' that you can edit as any other polygon in ARCHICAD. Hope that helps!

Re: ArchiCAD 23 Curtain Wall edit boundary

fuzzytnth3 — Wed, 04 Mar 2020 14:35:11 GMT

Excellent thank you. Means I can issue my drawings today

Re: ArchiCAD 23 Curtain Wall edit boundary

squall_tmo — Wed, 04 Mar 2020 17:45:39 GMT

The "Fill to CW" group of functions is still in ARCHICAD, but they are now hidden:
you just need to go to Options > Work Environment, then go to "Menus" and if you try to organize functions by theme you will find the folder "19 Curtain Wall":
All the old functions are right there, you can place them in your own work environment!

Re: ArchiCAD 23 Curtain Wall edit boundary

Erwin Edel — Thu, 05 Mar 2020 08:47:23 GMT

Ah, that is good to know. Thanks!