Crooked mullions in a curtain wall

[SupremeTaco]

Hey everybody... I'm modeling this performing arts theater for the company that I work for in 3ds Max, but I'd like to improve on my Revit skills and attempt to model it in Revit. To sum it up, there is basically only 2 or 3 right angles in the building... Here's are 2 renders of it... one is an overview without the roof or anything so you can get a sense of the building, and the other is of the glazing system. So how would I go about modeling that curtain wall???

Thanks,
~Bill

[greg.mcdowell]

Nice building - cool challenge.

You can rotate the grids on a Curatin Wall but it's an all-or-nothing thing. You can rotate all the vertical grids one way and all the horizontal grids a different. You might be able to work this design with a series of nested and rotated grids but I doubt it given the complexity of the design. You're probably better off making this a Family (probably in-place).

[twiceroadsfool]

Another option might be faceting the Mass with split sketchlines, before using Curtain System By Face to apply it. (Youll need to use a mass anyway (for the front canted portion, anyway)... But even thats going to be a pain in the arse...

[SupremeTaco]

Thanks for the quick replies!

I have only been using Revit for a few months, and not very often at that, so I'm not 100% clear on what you guys are talking about. However, I will definitely be searching "help" for the those terms and play around to see if I can figure something out.

I'll post another thread in a second about another complicated area of the building.

Thanks again,
~Bill

[sjsl]

You can also create different shaped families via "panels" to get what you are looking for.

[cliff collins]

I would recommend making a series of custom Families--this will allow you to contol the angle of each individual mullion/grid independently.

The curtainwall/storefront tools in Revit are generally best suited to orthogonal grids.
They are powerful in that they can be edited/revised globally and very quickly--esp. good
for simple, large expanses of glass, which is a typical application of curtainwalls.

For more complex/custom areas such as yours, Families are probably the best tools.

cheers.....

[SupremeTaco]

Looks like I'm going with custom families! Not a huge issue, but it sure was a lot easier in 3ds max... It's quite a challenge switching to Revit!

[cliff collins]

Yep--Revit does require a different approach to modelling--but with the benefits of BIM.

We use both Revit and Max.
Modelling is (if possible) done completely in Revit,
then rendering/animations done in Max--via FBX file format transfer from Revit to Max.

Good stuff!

cheers....