Walls and Curtain Walls - Autodesk Revit Architecture 2015 Essentials - page 29

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Note that you can't
combine stacked walls
or add curtain walls to
your stacked wall.

FigUre 2.4 Type properties of a stacked wall

Stacked walls have a unique option available (select and then right-click)
called Break Up. When a stacked wall is broken up, the segments are reduced to
individual basic walls. The basic walls represent the same dimensions specified
in the stacked wall.

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Keep in mind there is
no method to convert
the basic wall seg-
ments to the original
stacked wall.

Curtain Wall types
Curtain walls are more complex than basic walls or stacked walls. They consist
of four elements: a simple wall-segment definition, curtain grids, panels, and
mullions. Curtain wall types can be completely instance based (allowing each to
vary) or can be driven entirely by the wall type properties that set grid spacing,
panels, and mullion types for interior and border conditions (Figure 2.5).

hosting elements in Walls

Walls can host other types of elements that are meant to create openings. As
long as the walls exist, the elements they are hosting exist as well. Doors and
windows are examples of commonly used hosted elements.