Manipulating Curtain Wall

Curtain Wall elements can be selected as a whole assembly, and when the mouse hovers on the mullion panel, it displays the edit handles. The default edit handles for an active panel count five; one at center and four at sides. Each mullion panel is provided with a toolbox equipped with edit tools used to manipulate a curtain wall assembly. You can thus easily add or remove the entire mullion after placing, or partially omit individual, vertical or horizontal mullions.

There are toolbars that appear for mullion edits handles too. The tools within each group vary for edit handle at intersections, at edge and at corner. These tools are used to manipulate the mullion intersection and how it should be joined with the curtain wall frame.

Panel Edits -Toolbar

The mini toolbar provides the following functions:

Delete – removes the selected mullion panel boundary, thereby merges it with the adjacent mullion panel.
Note: Such manipulated panel cells --that are merged vertically or horizontally would have additional two edits handles in the direction they are merged.
Move – moves the selected mullion panel to the data point defined on other segment of curtain wall.
Copy – copies the selected mullion panel to the data points at destination dividing the mullion panel.
Toggle Visibility – makes the current mullion panel of curtain wall invisible, effecting a clear opening.
Toggle Base Curve Visibility – makes the base line, curve/arc the curtain wall is drawn visible, selectable to manipulate.
Tip: The visible base curve can be selected and when displaced or reoriented, the associated curtain wall assembly too follow.

The below example illustrates how a copy tool functions.

The current mullion is copied into next panel cell where data point is defined. The resultant panel then will have split mullion panels.

You may design a store front including curved and create an opening in the store front -by cutting the true opening (radial cut equivalent to subtracting a pie slice) rather than a square opening.

Mullion Edits -Toolbars

The toolbars for manipulating the joints, corners and ends appear when a mouse hover one of the respective mullion edit handles.

The toolbar activated for edit handles at mullion intersections has 12 manipulating tools:

Original
, Butt Through (2)
, , , Miter Left (4)
, , , Miter Butt (4), and
Miter All.

These tools control intersection conditions of mullion and how the mullions are joined.

The toolbar activated for edit handle at edge provides tool that control the connection of the mullion with the adjoining frame.

This toolbar provides 8 manipulating tools:

Original
Butt Through
Butt To
Butt Left
Butt Right
Miter Left
Miter Right, and
Miter All.

These tools are used to induce a desired design to mullion ends connections.

Similarly, the toolbar activated for edit handle at corner provides tool that control the corner conditions of the mullion.

This toolbar provides 4 manipulating tools:

Original
Butt Through
Butt To, and
Miter.

The default corners for the curtain wall frame thus can be altered to suit the design requirements.