How To Create Exterior Wall Panels In Revit

Create a wall section and open the section view.

How to create exterior wall panels in revit.

This is a video showing how to create a panel wall family with how to cut the top accordinly. The power of curtain walls is that you don t have to only use glazed panels. On the structure tab click the drop down on the wall button and select wall reveal. This video demonstrates how to create a 2x6 exterior wall style and 2x4 interior wall style.

In your revit ribbon annotate tab detail panel click component repeating detail. From your revit ribbon access element properties type properties. 11 make curtain panel a wall or an empty panel. Next choose horizontal or vertical placement then click on the wall in the location where you want the joint.

The same principle for the top cut can be added for use at bottom or to flip the slope other way. In this dialog basic walls are defined from the bottom to the top of the wall. In fact you can use any wall type available in your project. You can also make the curtain panel empty.

Revit precast panels using reveals to model precast panels using reveals we need to be in a section or elevation view. Right click the stacked wall and select type properties. Also i demonstrate how to create walls and dimension them. Select create new family and navigate to the curtain wall panel family template file.

In the type properties dialog click duplicate to create a new stacked wall type and provide a name. Click edit on the structure parameter. Next either import a cad file detail component or just sketch in the profile that you want. Further parameters could be added for use in a 4d 5d process these have to be shared parameters instead of standard ones so they can be scheduled accordinly.