Bent Rectangular Panels by Pattern

[B. Strube]

I'd like to have a compound curving curtainwall, with curving or bent rectangular panels. It's easy enough to get the overall form created, divide the surface and apply a rectangular pattern. However, then one needs to load a rectangular panel by pattern. Once applied the panels are truely planer, and the surface is faceted. Now most of the time this is a good thing, as it better represents how something might really be constructed. In other words, you would make something that approximates a curved surface out of a bunch or planer elements (very Revit). The problem is, I need to make the panels actually curved or bent. How would one create a panel that follows the oringinal curved surface of the underliing geometry. I've been searching and can't seem to find the answer.

[AP23]

In the past people would would answer you by saying that it would be to expensive which is why revit doesn't have the ability to do it. Luckily since RAC 2010 there is a work around. Use spline by points on a 1/2 step curtain panel pattern based family and don't connect the midden adaptive point. So connect point 1 and 3, 4 and 6. Point 2 and 5 should not be connected. This will bend the the edges.

Download the following file http://buildz.blogspot.com/2009/08/curved-mullions.html and reverse engineer it.