Curtain Wall Archicad 22 Floor/ Ceiling

[Anonymous]

Hi,

The release notes say the revised curtain wall tool in AC22 can be used for floors and ceilings. Is there any more info on this? It seems that setting 0 degrees for the slant angle is not possible. So that means "sure you can use this tool for tiled floors and ceilings... as long as you want a 1 degree slope!" Am I missing something?

[Laszlo Nagy]

This has been a feature since the Curtain Wall was introduced in AC12. Just use the "Boundary" Geometry Method. The Boundary geometry method always creates the Curtain Wall in a plane parallel to the Cut Plane of the Viewpoint. So on the Floor Plan it creates a Curtain Wall in a horizontal plane, in Sections/Elevations it creates a Curtain Wall in a vertical plane.

[mikas]

If you have done your design work with vertical curtain wall already, and want it horisontal, you can rotate the vertical curtain wall 90° in 3D window. It will loose the ability to be slanted by a number, so I guess it transforms to a boundary drawn curtain wall, like Laszlo described.

[Mats_Knutsson]

I often use CW as ceiling but if there is a hole inside the ceiling it has not been doable before. I doubt 22 is any different.

[Barry Kelly]

Mats_Knutsson wrote:
I often use CW as ceiling but if there is a hole inside the ceiling it has not been doable before. I doubt 22 is any different.

You can't just cut a hole but can't you add a frame around where you want the hole and then delete the frames and panels inside that area?
Or is this not what you mean?
It should be easier to add frames in 22.

Barry.

[mikas]

That seems to be the only way now. I can't find that command in AC21 enymore ("Subtract Fill from Boundary") nor it's relative commands (Redefine, Add..). They are in there with AC20, but not with 21. Anyone with the latest AC22, is it in there again maybe?

Well, they have a lot of new features in AC22 with curtain walls, so lets see..

[James B]

mikas wrote:
That seems to be the only way now. I can't find that command in AC21 enymore ("Subtract Fill from Boundary") nor it's relative commands (Redefine, Add..). They are in there with AC20, but not with 21. Anyone with the latest AC22, is it in there again maybe?

Well, they have a lot of new features in AC22 with curtain walls, so lets see..

Those commands were only removed from the default WE menu. But could/can be added back via the WE - in AC21 and AC22. They were removed due to the new edit mode for CW in Section/Plan in AC21.
However, the commands still didn't create holes

[mikas]

Thank You James, found them.