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.
- 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.
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:
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:
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.