Curtain Wall Doors And Windows; Creating Roof Inserts - Autodesk 24000-000000-9860 - Revit Architecture - PC User Manual

6 If desired, you can label any permanent dimensions that you may have added. See
7 Save the family by clicking File menu

Curtain Wall Doors and Windows

Curtain wall doors and windows are curtain wall panel families you can create to add directly to curtain
walls. When you create the families, you are creating panels that can schedule as doors and windows. The
door or window will resize to the size of the curtain wall panel.
There are predefined curtain wall door and window families: Curtain Wall Sgl Glass.rfa, Curtain Wall Dbl
Glass.rfa, Curtain Wall-Store Front-Dbl.rfa, Curtain Wall Awning.rfa.
The following procedure is a general procedure for creating a curtain wall door or family. Your steps may
differ based on design intent.
1 Click File menu
2 In the Open dialog, choose Door - Curtain Wall.rft for a curtain wall door or Window - Curtain
3 Be sure to sketch lines to the 4 reference planes in the template: top, bottom, left, and right. Do
4 Save the family.
5 In a project view, create a curtain wall with panels. Size the curtain wall grid cells to the size of
6 Load the curtain wall door or window family.
7 Select a panel in the current wall. From the Type Selector, choose the family type you created
8 If desired, create a new door or window schedule to include the curtain wall doors or windows.

Creating Roof Inserts

Roof inserts are families placed in roofs. They follow the slope of the roof. When creating a roof insert, you
should include an opening as part of the family.
The following is a general procedure for creating a roof insert. Steps may vary based on design intent.
1 Click File menu
2 In the dialog, select the Generic Model roof based.rft template and click Open.
3 Open the Front Elevation view.
4 Start by creating an opening. On the Design Bar, click Opening.
5 From the Go To View dialog, choose the view in which to sketch the opening, for example,
6 Sketch the opening. For more information about sketching, see
7 Click Finish Sketch.
8 Create some solid geometry over the opening, such as an extrusion over the opening. For more
9 Click Finish Sketch.
10 Click File menu
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Dimensions on page 359.
extension.
New
Wall.rft for a curtain wall window, and click Open.
not dimension to the overall width or height of the door or window.
the curtain wall door or window you created.
to swap in the family.
New
The view contains roof geometry for adding a new insert.
Floor Plan: Level 2.
information on creating solid geometry, see
Save, to save the new roof insert family.
Save. Revit Architecture saves the file with an RFA
Family.
Family.
Solid Geometry Tools
Labeling
Sketching on page 251.
on page 380.