Modifying curtain mullions

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Let's zoom into the atrium at the end of the building here.

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And we can see the curtain wall that needs to be modified.

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If I select the curtain wall,

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we can see it's the curtain wall panels type

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and I'll click edit type here. So we can review its type properties

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and looking at the type parameters.

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I can see the vertical grid is set to a maximum spacing of 6 ft

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and the horizontal grid is set to a fixed number

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that we can edit on each instance of the curtain wall.

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It also has mullions assigned into the type properties here which will

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be applied along each grid line on the curtain wall itself.

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So I click, OK to exit out here without making any changes,

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we can see in the model that we have the vertical grid lines with the malls

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spaced across the curtain wall at a

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maximum 6 ft apart.

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And looking at the instance properties,

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you can see we have a horizontal grid number of two

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and therefore we have two grid lines with mullions applied and three panels.

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So let's change this to three.

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And now we can see we have an extra row of panels with the mullions on those grid lines.

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In order to customize the layout of the panels on a specific curtain wall,

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we can add in extra grid lines separate to those created via the type properties.

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In order to do this, we'll go to the architecture ribbon tab

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and from the build panel, we'll click the curtain grid tool,

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viewing the options on the place curtain grid ribbon.

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We have it set to place the grid line across all segments.

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Now as I move my cursor over the curtain wall

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as it intersects an existing horizontal grid line,

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it prompts to place a vertical grid line at that location.

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And similarly, if I move to a vertical grid line,

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then it will prompt to place a horizontal grid line at

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that intersection across the entire width of the curtain wall.

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So I'll place a horizontal grid line

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just beneath the first one here that we have

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and now it's placed,

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I let it a temporary dimension to adjust its position to

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be 12 ft from the bottom of the curtain wall.

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So I'll repeat this by placing another one just beneath the grid line above.

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And again, we'll adjust the temporary dimension.

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So it's 12 ft above the grid line below.

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I'll click modify to finish placing the curtain grids.

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And now this is done,

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we can see that we have the mullions applied across

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those grid lines as specified in the type properties.

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So now we look at how we can modify the curtain grids to give us a custom pattern.

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So I'll zoom in a little bit as we need to pick the actual grid line.

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And as I move my cursor over the edge of the mullion and the panel,

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we can see from the tool tip and also from the status bar. Below

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that, if I click, we'll select the actual curtain wall itself. So

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we use the tab key on the keyboard to cycle

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through the objects until the curtain grid line is highlighted.

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And then we can click to select that.

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Now we have the temporary dimensions back. So we could edit those.

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If you wanted to move the grid line

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and looking up on the modify cutting grids ribbon,

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we have the add remove segments tool. So let's click that.

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And now as we go over the grid line,

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if we click on one of the segments,

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we'll see that that segment disappears

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and its associated money and is deleted and the panel is merged into one big panel.

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So we can repeat this along the grid line,

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clicking on the segments that we want to get rid of.

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And that way the mullions will disappear

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and the panels will be merged together.

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If we need to reinstate one of those, simply clicking on the segment,

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we'll add it back in

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and also split the panels and add the money too.

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So now I'll click modify to finish editing the grid line.

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And if we hover over the grid line,

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we can see that it's still a continuous grid line.

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But with every other segment being used to create the pattern that we see,

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so we can repeat this with the grid line above. So

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let's select this. We may need to tab through again to highlight it.

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We can see we have the pin symbol.

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So this lets us know that it's come via the type properties.

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But looking at the modify cut mord ribbon there,

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we still have the add, remove segments. So we'll click this

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and we can click on the segments to remove

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and give us the offset pattern that we're looking for.

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We'll repeat this once more with the grid line above. So

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let's select that

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and then click on the add, remove segments tool again.

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And once again,

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we'll click on the segments to remove to give us the

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offset pattern that we're looking for in this curtain wall.

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So now we'll go back to the architecture ribbon tab

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and we choose to add in another curtain grid

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and looking at the placement options here, we change this to one segment

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and then

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its panning up a little here. We can see as we go over the grid line,

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it's only highlighting one segment either side of that grid line. And when we click

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just the one segment will be divided,

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we can also do this to a horizontal grid line as well.

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So we can create some quite ornate patterns.

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But now choosing, modify to finish that and selecting the grid line.

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We can see it's divided across the entire curtain wall

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and we could use the add, remove segments

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to come and add in the segments at the

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same height on different panels along that grid line.

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We see as we've added those grid lines that the mullions have also been placed

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because they were specified in the type properties of this curtain wall.