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mrwarnes471856
2011-02-20, 09:00 PM
i am relatively new to revit and am modeling the toledo museum of glass by SANAA. when i did the girders that connect to the columns, the girders keep shifting and do not line up. the end up off center from each other. any ideas about that? also, the majority of the glass in that building is curved. i cannot get the glass to be a smooth curve. revit keeps faceting the glass. any ideas on how to get around that? thank you

cdatechguy
2011-02-20, 09:59 PM
Just use a wall....but make the structure glass....

hmmm....now I have a picture....I would do an in-place extrusion and make it glass....

d.stairmand
2011-02-21, 06:17 AM
For Curtain Walls:
Instead of using a Standard System Panel - Create a Basic Wall of Glass, then Substitute this into the Curtain Wall. The Standard Panels do not curve, but using a Wall within a Curtain Wall System will