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Unfold the Curtain! Think Outside the Curtain Wall
Tool in Autodesk® Revit®
Philip Chan
BIM Manager - Lake|Flato Architects

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Class Summary
You have probably used the curtain wall tool the way it is meant to be
used. However, if you think outside the box, the curtain wall system can
become your favorite tool in Autodesk Revit software. In this class, we will
unfold the tricks of how to strategically plan and create your own custom
families for curtain walls. We will show you how to use curtain walls to
generate quantity count schedules with different categories of families. We
will also showcase some of the real-world project samples of how we have
used the tool.

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Learning Objectives
At the end of this class, you will be able to:
 Explain how to use curtain wall as an alternative solution
 List the pros and cons of curtain wall tool
 Explain how nested family works in curtain wall
 Create your own design elements

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About the Speaker:
 Philip Chan currently is the BIM Manager at Lake|Flato Architects in San
Antonio, Texas. Philip is responsible for directing the usage of BIM in the
office. He develops, maintains and administrates all Revit templates and
contents, and conducts continued education for the staff in the use of
Revit for best practice.
 LEED A.P.
 Autodesk Revit Certified Professional
 AU Virtual Speaker in 2010
 Season Speaker at local Revit User Group

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About Lake|Flato Architects:
 Established in 1984
 AIA Firm of the Year - 2004
 Nationally recognized for work in sustainable design; six projects have
received the national Top Ten Green Projects award by the AIA
Committee on the Environment (COTE)
 With a staff of more than 60 employees, the team works in various
market sectors, including residential, independent schools, higher
education, visitor centers and civic and cultural projects.
 Our work has been featured in two Monographs, over 70 books and 120
national and international publications

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About Lake|Flato Architects:
“Lake|Flato Architects create
high-performance buildings
that successfully merge with
the landscape, supporting our
belief that design and
sustainability are two sides of
the same coin.”

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About the Audience:
 Architects?
 Interior Designers?
 Landscape Designers?
 Engineers?
 Teacher & Academic Professors?
 Contractors?
 Fabricators?
 Others?

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Introduction
This class will focus on the use of traditional Curtain Wall System and
Slope Glazing tool in Revit. Since both of them use the same set of rules
to define the system, for modeling wall and roof respectively, the
techniques showcased in this class could be interchangeable in some
cases.

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Curtain Wall and Slope Glazing
Curtain Wall Command Slope Glazing Command

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Curtain Wall’s Properties
Instance Parameters Type Parameters

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Slope Glazing’s Properties
Instance Parameters Type Parameters

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Curtain Wall’s Anatomy

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Curtain Wall Sub-Elements
 Curtain Grids
 Mullions
 Curtain Panels
 Curtain Wall Doors and Windows

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Choosing the Right Template
Curtain Mullions Template Curtain Panels Template

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Tilt-up Wall Panel System
Tilt-up Wall System using Curtain Wall
(Panel Joint Detail)

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Precast Concrete Panel System
(Perot Museum by Morphosis)

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Corrugated Wall Panel
Corrugated Perforated Wall Panel at Arizona State University
(Render Image in Revit)

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Corrugated Roof Decking
Open metal structure truly expressed as corrugated roofing

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Standing Seam Roof
Standing Seam roof created with basic and slope glazing tool

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Custom Millwork
Kitchen millwork using custom curtain panel

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Conclusion
 Understand how the curtain wall system is composed (i.e. what is
Curtain Panel vs. Mullion)
 Is the grid repetitive or manually defined?
 Understand the limitation of Curtain Panel and Mullion and know how
to get around it
 Understand how nested families are used when nesting into the
Curtain Panel family
Remember: The only limit is your imagination: Be creative and
experiment!

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Thank You!
Email: pchan@lakeflato.com
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/philip-chan-leed-
ap/16/845/640
Please Fill Out Survey at Kiosk

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