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Creating a free-form mass and adding panels

Creating a free-form mass and adding panels - Revit Tutorial

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Creating a free-form mass and adding panels

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- Well, so far we've been creating perfectly vertical curtain walls, for the most part. Of course when you think of curtain walls, generally you think of freeformed shapes. That's what we're going to do here. By using the Massing tools in conjunction with structural grids, we will layout a freeform mass. We'll then add panels to that mass and we'll be done. So under Projects, let's grab a new Architectural project. On the Architecture tab, let's click the Grid button. I'm going to put a grid right here. I'm going to click it, and turn both bubbles on, I'm going to select gridline one, I'm going to click Copy, I'm going to make sure Multiple is selected. I'm going to click a base point, and come out about 25 feet. And do it again, and let's make one more. Now I'm going to hit Escape. I'm going to click Grid again. I'm going to add a horizontal one. I'm going to select it, turn this bubble on, and I'm going to call that gridline A. I'm going to copy gridline A, down 40 feet. I'm going…

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