Walls and Curtain Walls - Autodesk Revit Architecture 2015 Essentials - page 25

Chapter 2

Walls and Curtain
Walls

Walls in the Autodesk ® Revit ® Architecture software can range a great
deal in complexity. Early in the design process, walls and curtain walls can
be more generic, essentially serving as vertical containers for space and
function. They can also be associated to masses in order to create incredibly
complex shapes. As the design progresses, these generic walls and curtain
walls can be swapped out for more specific vertical compound walls that
indicate a range of materials as well as geometric sweeps and reveals.
In this chapter, you'll learn to:

▶ Create walls using several different methods

▶ Host elements in walls

▶ Modify wall parameters

▶ Modify and reset wall profiles

▶ Create and customize a curtain wall

▶ Embed a curtain wall in a basic wall

▶ Add/remove grids and add a curtain wall door

Understanding Wall types
and parameters

Revit Architecture has three fundamental types of walls: basic, stacked, and
curtain walls. In this section, we will cover some of the important aspects
of each. This is not intended to be an exhaustive guide to creating and
editing each wall type but rather an overview to provide some background
knowledge before we continue with the exercises throughout this chapter.