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Creating CoMPlex Curtain Walls 531

12. Open the file c12-Pyramid-Project.rfa from this book’s companion website. Load your
Pyramid-Panel.rfa family into the c12-Pyramid-Project.rfa. Select the surface, go to
the Type Selector, and choose Pyramid-Panel.
Your pyramid shape curtain panel will now be populated across the divided surface, as
shown in Figure 12.71.

Figure 12.71
The pyramid
panel is
populated
across the entire
surface.

Creating Custom Patterns
Although Revit includes a variety of patterns you can use for conceptual curtain walls, at
present there is no way to create your own pattern-based curtain panel template. The current
patterns shipped with the software are hardwired, so there is no way to modify them either;
however, with a bit of creative thinking, you can utilize the provided templates to construct
panels that will conform to a custom pattern concept. When you consider building a custom
panel, it is important to take into account how it will repeat vertically and horizontally. You
will need to break it down into its smallest module. If you think about a repeating architectural
pattern such as a masonry wall, its individual component can be broken down into the brick
that forms that pattern, which is in essence is a rectangle. An example of a hexagon-shaped
panel, constructed within a rectangular pattern, is shown in Figure 12.72.

Figure 12.72
a hexagonal panel
is constructed
within a standard
rectangular pattern.

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