Create Curtain Wall in the 3D Window
Input the Curtain Wall using the usual methods for a construction tool.
Note: If your Scheme has a fixed-size grid pattern, the ghost feedback ...
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Create a Slanted or Double-Slanted Wall
To draw a wall whose vertical axis is slanted on either or both sides:
1.Go to Wall Settings (Geometry and Positioning panel).
2.Click the ...
Create a Polygon Wall (PolyWall)
To define a polygonal wall block of free shape, choose the Polygon Wall Geometry Method in the Info Box. Polygon Walls can contain Doors or Windows. For Polygon Walls, only simple fills are available (no composites).
Note: If your polygon wall contains a window with a board, an ...
Place Door- or Window-Type Panel in Curtain Wall
You can place a GDL-based panel which behaves like a window or a door. Some of these are predefined in ARCHICAD and are listed in the Type pop-up list in the Panel Type and Geometry panel:
Even though these Curtain Wall Panels function as Doors or Windows, they do not use Door/Window ...
Create a Trapezoid Wall
The Trapezoid or Non-Parallel method allows you to draw straight Walls whose thickness is not constant.
You draw this type of Wall as a straight Wall, except that you will first enter the thickness of the Wall at its two endpoints, using the Wall Thickness fields in the Info Box ...
Create a Curved Curtain Wall: Geometry Methods
You can create a curved Curtain Wall in the Floor Plan, Section/Elevation/IE window, or 3D window.
When defining the geometry of a curved ...
Draw Curtain Wall Boundary in the Section Window
In this example, create a Curtain Wall by drawing a freehand Boundary in Section.
1.Go to the Floor Plan.
2.Draw a Section Line in the Floor ...
Create Grid Pattern Graphically
Use this workflow to graphically create a custom Curtain Wall grid pattern, in the 3D or Section-type window (using Edit mode).
Note: Another ...
Adding Insulation to Walls: Renovation Workflow
If you want to add a layer of insulation to an existing wall, you simply add an insulation skin to the composite wall. However, you cannot assign “New” status to just a single component of a wall - only to the wall itself.
To distinguish (for Renovation Filter purposes) the new ...
Positioning Curtain Wall in Section
Use this workflow in a Section-type window when extruding a Curtain Wall from a Reference Line.
The input plane in the Section window coincides ...