Curtain Wall STRUGGLES

[DaveOlufs]

I feel like an idiot. I have been trying to install a simple glass storefront with a door in it. Why does this curtain wall put a frame in a frame and why does it put the door upside down???

What looked like a door handle was about 36" from the top of a 7ft high door. I got rid of the door handle. But I can not change the swing direction. I'm an idiot with 34 years of drafting experience and I can't put a simple #$%^&* door in a curtain wall or storefront. Not to mention that I've screwed something up so bad that every time I go to save or view in 3d, I have to hit the continue but because it's WRONG...

I really struggle with this AC. I'm ready to throw it out and start drawing in 2d. At least I know it will work and I don't have to play games and can concentrate on design and not struggle with the application to put a simple door or window in...

I just want to concentrate on design and not fight with this program.

And what's with all the joints in the frame system?

And who can figure out how to install an overhead door that looks like a real world installation? Why does AC try to force the OH door into an opening. It covers the opening, either inside or outside... NOT in the opening at least where I've been working.

Very frustrated...

[Anonymous]

DaveOlufs wrote:
Another thing I noticed was that in the CW tool box, once I set all the parameters for a door, I couldn't use the Eye Dropper/Syringe to transfer the parametric settings to the next door. So... I had to set the parameters for each individual doooooor. That was very helpful.

This is strange. I have had no trouble using the eyedropper and syringe tools on the curtainwalls.