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Exercise 4 — Placing Doors in Curtain Walls

In this exercise, you will learn about a custom door type specifically designed for curtain walls for the house used in the previous exercise using Autodesk Revit.

Objectives:

  • Adjust curtain grid segments to create a panel with the dimensions for a desired door opening.

  • Change a curtain wall panel element into a single or double door.

Assign curtain panels to specific locations on a curtain wall by substitution in-place

  1. Download the start file here.

  2. Open the South-Studio elevation view.

    a. The curtain panel layout looks like this initially..

    b. The finished curtain panel should look like this.

  3. Modify the curtain grid lines as shown below using the techniques learned in Exercise 2 of this module.

  4. Change width of curtain panel indicated by Mark 1 below to receive a door.

    a. Select curtain grid line to reveal temporary dimensions.

    b. Set width = 4’-0” (1.21m)

    c. Hit the Enter key to accept value.

  5. Assign the numbered curtain panels below, curtain panel type: Wood – Dark.

  6. Assign the highlighted panel in light blue below, curtain panel type: Curtain Wall Single Door - Wood

  7. Save the Revit file as: Module03Ex04_Finished.rvt

    This concludes Exercise 4.