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Creating CoMPlex Curtain Walls 527

Figure 12.63
Creating a form
from a circle and
four reference
lines

applying Components to a Divided Surface
Now that you have created a pattern-based curtain panel family, you’ll need to load this family
into your conceptual mass family and apply it to the divided surface, replacing the graphical
pattern with the actual component.
1. Download and open the file c12-Square-CWSystem.rfa from this book’s companion
website.

2. Load the family file Square-CWPanel.rfa you created in the previous exercise into this
file by clicking Load Family on the Insert tab of the ribbon, or switch to that file and click
the Load Into Projects button.

3. In the conceptual mass file, select the pattern and divided surface. In the Properties
palette, click the Type Selector, and scroll down the list until you find the name of your
pattern-based curtain panel family.
Your new panel family will be listed under the pattern within which it was designed.
The component will now be applied to the patterned surface, as shown in Figure 12.64.
Note that the more complex the surface and component, the longer it will take to load.

Figure 12.64
The pattern-based
curtain panel
component is
applied to a surface
in a conceptual
mass family.

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