How To Create Exterior Wall Panels In Revit

Select create new family and navigate to the curtain wall panel family template file.

How to create exterior wall panels in revit.

In the type properties dialog click duplicate to create a new stacked wall type and provide a name. The power of curtain walls is that you don t have to only use glazed panels. The first step in modelling metal sheet cladding is to create a new curtain wall panel family. Create a wall section and open the section view.

Next either import a cad file detail component or just sketch in the profile that you want. In your revit ribbon annotate tab detail panel click component repeating detail. The same principle for the top cut can be added for use at bottom or to flip the slope other way. You can also make the curtain panel empty.

Further parameters could be added for use in a 4d 5d process these have to be shared parameters instead of standard ones so they can be scheduled accordinly. In this dialog basic walls are defined from the bottom to the top of the wall. In my case i have imported a detail component. Also i demonstrate how to create walls and dimension them.

This video demonstrates how to create a 2x6 exterior wall style and 2x4 interior wall style. In fact you can use any wall type available in your project. This is a video showing how to create a panel wall family with how to cut the top accordinly. Right click the stacked wall and select type properties.

From your revit ribbon access element properties type properties. 11 make curtain panel a wall or an empty panel. You will have the contextual tab opened. Revit precast panels using reveals to model precast panels using reveals we need to be in a section or elevation view.