8.0/N - Automated Curtain Panel Elevations - O

[ronjon]

Project Background:
I am working on a large facility that is made up of tilt-up concrete panels for the exterior shell of the building. The curtain wall path and panel layouts in plan are both linear and curvilinear. I am using curtain walls as the organizational element with wall objects nested as curtain panels.

Placing openings in the panels that are on a curve proves to be time consuming. To obtain a perpendicular elevation requires placing a building elevation callout for each panel and re-sizing the clip boundary to the length of the panel to place openings.

Proposed Solution:
I am seeking a means to automate the creation of elevations for individual panels.

Suggestions:
1) Provide an option on the shortcut menu to edit the wall perpendicular to the plane of the wall, irregardless of it's current orientation. Edit profile not supported for walls embedded.

2) Provide a visual catalog of all individual curtain panel elevations, similar to the graphic column schedules for Revit Structure.

Thanks in advance!
John

[Steve_Stafford]

The curtain wall path and panel layouts in plan are both linear and curvilinear. I am using curtain walls as the organizational element with wall objects nested as curtain panels.Not addressing your wish directly...Are you referring to placing openings from Modelling>Openings? If so, since you are using walls as the panels in the curtain wall you could use an opening family instead?

[ronjon]

Good call Steve! I should have clarified the opening types: Doors and Windows specifically.