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Problem: the two current options for profiled curtain wall frames create unnecessary workarounds/steps. "Profiled Frame" is great, but it requires a Frame and a Cap (not all frames have a cap). "Profiled Butt-Glazed Frame" is obviously good for true butt-glazing conditions, but it is also the workaround when a frame with a single profile is desired (no cap), however the limitation presents itself when a Simplified 3D Detail Level is used:
It appears that the "Profiled Butt-Glazed Frame" only considers geometry on the interior side of the glazing when a simplified detail level is active. Good in theory, until this frame type is needed as a workaround. So now what I'll have to do is split my custom profile in two, using one half of it as the "cap", even though in reality it's a single extrusion.
Scenario / Use Case: basic storefront systems (at least in the US) have both 1- and 2-piece frames (not butt-glazed), such as the head and jamb as seen below in the manufacturer details:
As it stands, we can't create a single profile to accomplish these conditions, without the simplified view looking incorrect (we use both levels of 3D Detail, depending on the view scale).
Wish: that a third type of profiled-frame be added to the curtain wall tool, which would allow 1-piece frames that appear correct in both "Detailed" and "Simplified" 3D Detail levels.
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