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AEC objects (excluding stairs, columns, roof slabs, grids, and multi-view blocks. These objects might give you
unexpected results when trying to generate a curtain wall from their base curve.)
1
Open the tool palette that you want to use.
If necessary, scroll to display the tool that you want to use.
2
Right-click a curtain wall tool, and click Apply Tool Properties to
➤
Referenced Base Curve.
3
Select the geometry to reference.
If the geometry you want to reference consists of multiple segments, you must repeat this procedure for
each segment.
4
Edit the properties of the curtain walls in the Properties palette, if needed.
Converting a Layout Grid to a Curtain Wall
Use this procedure to create a curtain wall that is based on a 2D layout grid. If you already have 2D layout grids in a
drawing, you can easily convert them to curtain walls. Or if you are already familiar with layout grids, it is an efficient
way to create a curtain wall, and then experiment with the curtain wall commands to learn more about them.
Converting a 2D layout grid to a curtain wall
When you create a curtain wall from a 2D layout grid, you also create a new curtain wall style. The divisions in the
new curtain wall style are taken from the divisions in the layout grid.
Curtain wall grids are one dimensional—divided either horizontally or vertically. To create the horizontal and vertical
patterns in the 2D layout grid, the curtain wall uses a primary grid with a secondary grid nested inside it. For more
information about nested grids, see “
Working with Nested Grids in Curtain Walls
” on page 786.
When you create a curtain wall grid from a 2D layout grid, you need to decide the direction of the primary grid in the
curtain wall. If you select horizontal, the primary grid has horizontal divisions that cross over the vertical divisions of
the secondary grid. If you select vertical, the primary grid has vertical divisions that cross over the horizontal divisions
of the secondary grid.
Specifying primary division directions
The horizontal and vertical lines of the 2D layout grid define the divisions for the curtain wall grids. The grid cells,
frame, and mullions are assigned default definitions. For more information, see “
Assigning Definitions to Curtain Wall
Elements
” on page 785.
1
Open the tool palette that you want to use.
If necessary, scroll to display the tool that you want to use.
2
Right-click a curtain wall tool, and click Apply Tool Properties to
➤
Layout Grid.
3
Select the layout grid to convert.
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Summary of Contents for 00128-051462-9310 - AUTOCAD 2008 COMM UPG FRM 2005 DVD
Page 1: ...AutoCAD Architecture 2008 User s Guide 2007 ...
Page 4: ...1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...
Page 40: ...xl Contents ...
Page 41: ...Workflow and User Interface 1 1 ...
Page 42: ...2 Chapter 1 Workflow and User Interface ...
Page 146: ...106 Chapter 3 Content Browser ...
Page 164: ...124 Chapter 4 Creating and Saving Drawings ...
Page 370: ...330 Chapter 6 Drawing Management ...
Page 440: ...400 Chapter 8 Drawing Compare ...
Page 528: ...488 Chapter 10 Display System ...
Page 540: ...500 Chapter 11 Style Manager ...
Page 612: ...572 Chapter 13 Content Creation Guidelines ...
Page 613: ...Conceptual Design 2 573 ...
Page 614: ...574 Chapter 14 Conceptual Design ...
Page 678: ...638 Chapter 16 ObjectViewer ...
Page 683: ...Designing with Architectural Objects 3 643 ...
Page 684: ...644 Chapter 18 Designing with Architectural Objects ...
Page 788: ...748 Chapter 18 Walls ...
Page 942: ...902 Chapter 19 Curtain Walls ...
Page 1042: ...1002 Chapter 21 AEC Polygons ...
Page 1052: ...Changing a door width 1012 Chapter 22 Doors ...
Page 1106: ...Changing a window width 1066 Chapter 23 Windows ...
Page 1172: ...1132 Chapter 24 Openings ...
Page 1226: ...Using grips to change the flight width of a spiral stair run 1186 Chapter 25 Stairs ...
Page 1368: ...Using the Angle grip to edit slab slope 1328 Chapter 28 Slabs and Roof Slabs ...
Page 1491: ...Design Utilities 4 1451 ...
Page 1492: ...1452 Chapter 30 Design Utilities ...
Page 1536: ...1496 Chapter 31 Layout Curves and Grids ...
Page 1564: ...1524 Chapter 32 Grids ...
Page 1611: ...Documentation 5 1571 ...
Page 1612: ...1572 Chapter 36 Documentation ...
Page 1706: ...Stretching a surface opening Moving a surface opening 1666 Chapter 36 Spaces ...
Page 1710: ...Offsetting the edge of a window opening on a freeform space surface 1670 Chapter 36 Spaces ...
Page 1956: ...1916 Chapter 42 Fields ...
Page 2035: ...Properties of a detail callout The Properties of a Callout Tool 1995 ...
Page 2060: ...2020 Chapter 45 Callouts ...
Page 2170: ...2130 Chapter 47 AEC Content and DesignCenter ...
Page 2171: ...Other Utilities 6 2131 ...
Page 2172: ...2132 Chapter 48 Other Utilities ...
Page 2182: ...2142 Chapter 51 Reference AEC Objects ...
Page 2212: ...2172 Chapter 52 Customizing and Adding New Content for Detail Components ...
Page 2217: ...AutoCAD Architecture 2008 Menus 54 2177 ...
Page 2226: ...2186 Chapter 54 AutoCAD Architecture 2008 Menus ...
Page 2268: ...2228 Index ...