Forums
|
Forums >> Revit Building >> Technical Support >> Hollow metal window units
|
|
|
active
Joined: Mon, Jun 19, 2006
3 Posts
No Rating |
I've successfully created hollow metal door frames, as well as frames with transoms and sidelites. Now I have an instance where we have a long wall of interior hollow metal framing, similar to attached image with glass infill and a door. It would be great to control the mullions in this system like a curtain system (add/delete mullions, change spacing, etc.), however I have not been able to create a curtain mullion that utilizes a hollow metal frame profile that joins correctly at mullion intersections. Has anyone successfully acheived this as a curtian wall system with custom mullion proflie? Or should I just model the whole unit as a Window component and accept that I have to create unique types for various widths and mullion configurations? Any advice/experiences would be greatly appreciated.
|
This user is offline |
|
 | |
|
|
active
Joined: Wed, Dec 17, 2003
360 Posts
 |
i do these alot and have no problem, did you try storefront along with trying curtain walls. also if you are not sold on revits default profiles for your mullions, try creating your own profile family to match you hollow metal tubes.
-----------------------------------
PWD |
This user is offline |
View Website
|
|
|
active
Joined: Mon, Jun 19, 2006
3 Posts
No Rating |
Bimman, Thanks for the quick reply. I'm glad to hear you've successfully done this. Attached is an image of what I get when using a custom hollow metal profile family I've created - the mullions only join to the nearest face of the next mullion leaving a gap the depth of the rabbet. I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong with my mullion profiles, or something in the wall type setup. I'm using a Curtain Wall family for this. As I understand it, a Storefront is just a Curtainwall family, is it not? If you have any further advice or could post an example wall family that works for me to analyze, it would be much appreciated.
|
This user is offline |
|
|
|
active
Joined: Wed, Dec 17, 2003
360 Posts
|
are you changing the insection type. if you hover over the intersection points you should get some, i think blue lines that show up, try selecting them and the appearance of how the mullions die into each other. from you sketch ilooks like you want your verticals to die into your horiz not go thru them. am i right i my observation.
-----------------------------------
PWD |
This user is offline |
View Website
|
|
|
active
Joined: Wed, Dec 17, 2003
360 Posts
|
ok i think i see what you mean, your center of your mullions are not joining with the other centers of mullions. try my above idea if you have aready not and see what that does. i was looking at it in a differnt way, what i have done is different from what i see you need to do. if all else fails an in place family would do the trick.
-----------------------------------
PWD |
This user is offline |
View Website
|
|
|
site moderator|||
Joined: Tue, May 16, 2006
13079 Posts
 |
I would still do it as a curtain wall and add the stops as an inplace family if I think they needed to be modeled. Most times you are not close enough to really see thes so we just do them in details.
|
This user is offline |
|
|
|
active
Joined: Mon, Jun 19, 2006
3 Posts
No Rating |
Bimman: I have tried cycling thru intersections but they all yield the same result, albiet in a different orientation. WWHub: That is what I thought might be the case, but thought I would ask in case I was missing something obvious. Thanks.
Edited on: Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 12:34:12 PM
|
This user is offline |
|
|
|
active
Joined: Wed, Dec 17, 2003
360 Posts
|
that is a good point hub. if not close enought o see, makes sense to do a detail view of the area in question. i am questioned here from time to time on over desiging my families. i tend to do it so i dont have to make so many detail views. but i am learning when it comes to my tiime i may infact be wasting more by doing more than i need.
-----------------------------------
PWD |
This user is offline |
View Website
|
|
|
Similar Threads |
|
Masonry Hollow Metal Door and Frame |
General Discussion >> Wishlist
|
Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 3:16:14 PM
|
4
|
|
Hollow Metal Door Frame |
Revit Building >> Technical Support
|
Thu, Nov 1, 2007 at 3:09:02 PM
|
2
|
|
Double Hollow Metal Door, parametric w/4 inches top - Revit Architectural 2008 |
Revit Building >> Technical Support
|
Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 9:31:00 AM
|
4
|
|
DOORS - Family - Types - Keys - Nested Families ETC. |
Revit Building >> Technical Support
|
Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 4:23:08 PM
|
1
|
|
Scheduling Pairs of Doors in Revit 2012 |
Revit Building >> Technical Support
|
Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 3:16:32 PM
|
1
|
|
|
Site Stats
Members: | 2056445 | Objects: | 23069 | Forum Posts: | 152325 | Job Listings: | 3 |
|
Search
87981_HM_Frame_Joins.pdf