topic Re: Change curtain wall glazing type in Revit Architecture Forum

Change curtain wall glazing type

Anonymous — Tue, 16 Apr 2019 17:20:52 GMT

I am trying to change the tint of the glazing on a few curtain walls in my current project, but I am not able to apply a material to them. I also cannot get to the materials for the curtain walls through the "edit type" option.

Am I able to edit the materials on a curtain wall? If so, how?

Re: Change curtain wall glazing type

ToanDN — Tue, 16 Apr 2019 17:24:35 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:

I am trying to change the tint of the glazing on a few curtain walls in my current project, but I am not able to apply a material to them. I also cannot get to the materials for the curtain walls through the "edit type" option.

Am I able to edit the materials on a curtain wall? If so, how?

Yes, several ways:

1. You can go to the project browser, look for the curtain panel type, duplicate it and change the material for the new type. Then go back to the model, select the panels you want to change material, unpin them and change the new panel type.

2. Just unpin the panels you want to change material and use paint tool to paint a new material over them.

Re: Change curtain wall glazing type

barthbradley — Tue, 16 Apr 2019 17:24:42 GMT

You can apply materials to the Panels. Is this what you are wanting to do?

Re: Change curtain wall glazing type

Anonymous — Tue, 16 Apr 2019 17:51:09 GMT

Yes, that is what I'm trying to do, but it didn't work.

Re: Change curtain wall glazing type

Anonymous — Tue, 16 Apr 2019 17:52:39 GMT

Neither one of those options worked for me.

Re: Change curtain wall glazing type

ToanDN — Tue, 16 Apr 2019 18:00:22 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:

Neither one of those options worked for me.

Are those system panels or panel families? Works fine here with system panels.

Re: Change curtain wall glazing type

Anonymous — Tue, 16 Apr 2019 18:06:50 GMT

They are system families

Re: Change curtain wall glazing type

barthbradley — Tue, 16 Apr 2019 18:14:23 GMT

Duplicate to create another System Panel with a different material and replace the one you want with this new one.

Re: Change curtain wall glazing type

Anonymous — Tue, 16 Apr 2019 18:13:00 GMT

I don't have a system panel, I have a system family.

Re: Change curtain wall glazing type

ToanDN — Tue, 16 Apr 2019 18:15:51 GMT

Just share your file here.

Re: Change curtain wall glazing type

barthbradley — Tue, 16 Apr 2019 18:16:38 GMT

You mean you don't have a Panel assigned to your Curtain Wall? Just Mullions?

Re: Change curtain wall glazing type

Anonymous — Tue, 16 Apr 2019 18:18:01 GMT

It's a curtain wall system family with mullions.

Re: Change curtain wall glazing type

barthbradley — Tue, 16 Apr 2019 18:21:34 GMT

What is shown for Curtain Panel in its Type Properties?

Re: Change curtain wall glazing type

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Apr 2019 11:12:36 GMT

It shows "none"

Re: Change curtain wall glazing type

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Apr 2019 12:32:18 GMT

I figured it out.

Re: Change curtain wall glazing type

barthbradley — Wed, 17 Apr 2019 16:54:26 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:

It shows "none"

Well, that answers it. No curtain panel = no geometry; no material. Assign a panel, and then to replace certain panel instances by TAB-selecting a panel, unpinning and selecting another panel Type in the Properties drop-down.

Re: Change curtain wall glazing type

ToanDN — Wed, 17 Apr 2019 17:33:09 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:

It shows "none"

If the default curtain panel of the curtain wall type is "None" then Revit will automatically assign the system panel "Glazed" to your curtain wall. The method above (duplicate the Glazed type to create a new type with a new material) will definitely work.

Re: Change curtain wall glazing type

Hmimu — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 16:52:43 GMT

SO... If you have a "System Family" and you want to select the "System Panel". Select your "Curtain Wall" then 'right click' and look for "Select Panels on Host" on the displayed menu. That's your 'System Panel'. Unpin them and on the properties menu 'click' on the 'edit type' button. There you can modify the system panel properties, such as "material" in which you can now choose a different glazing.

Remember to duplicate the material if you are going to change it. On the 'Apearance' tab look for " Index of Refraction" and choose your value click apply and done.