topic Re: Curtain walls won't embed into wall in Revit Architecture Forum

Curtain walls won't embed into wall

gnarkill283 — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 22:16:11 GMT

Curtain walls refuse to embed into walls. I've tried copying similar curtain walls from other floors into the same spot. I've tried using the cut command but it only lets me select curtain wall components such as a mullion. This is occurring when changing the exterior wall and trying to place the window back into the new walls. The curtain wall doesn't cut the wall and just shows up outlined inside the wall.

Re: Curtain walls won't embed into wall

ToanDN — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 22:24:59 GMT

Automatic Embed setting is under Type Properties.

You can also use Cut Geometry to cut the Curtain Wall from the Wall if they overlap.

Re: Curtain walls won't embed into wall

gnarkill283 — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 22:30:23 GMT

Both of those don't work

Re: Curtain walls won't embed into wall

ToanDN — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 22:35:20 GMT

You need hover around the edge and TAB until you see a dashed outline and the bottom status bar says Curtain wall when using Cut Geometry.

Re: Curtain walls won't embed into wall

gnarkill283 — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 22:41:36 GMT

Yea that doesn't work. I've hovered around clicking everywhere. Nothing gets highlighted and when I click something it usually only picks a component and does nothing. Do you want me to post a video of it?

Re: Curtain walls won't embed into wall

ToanDN — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 22:54:50 GMT

No need for your video. Uncheck Curtain wall panel and Curtain wall mullion categories from VG and try again.

Re: Curtain walls won't embed into wall

sharrison — Thu, 03 Aug 2017 17:56:25 GMT

Must be a bug; I found that deleting the wall you want to embed the curtain wall in and reapplying it should pick up the automatically embed parameter and the cut command. I found this usually only happens when copying curtain wall elements and rotating them.

Re: Curtain walls won't embed into wall

stevie_kelly — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 11:39:16 GMT

@gnarkill283 @ToanDN I know this was ages ago, but I was having the same issue today. it turned out that either my wall or my curtain wall was slightly off axis and when I fixed that, the curtain wall embedded automatically.

Re: Curtain walls won't embed into wall

ericksong — Sat, 17 Feb 2018 01:21:27 GMT

Stevie, you saved me hours of messing around. My wall was off a few degrees due to survey accuracy. Cut right away after aligning curtain wall. Thanks a lot.

Re: Curtain walls won't embed into wall

Anonymous — Wed, 06 Jun 2018 20:58:13 GMT

Thanks for the info.

Unreal that Revit has to have perfectly aligned walls. What about existing conditions? What about creating a model that replicates existing conditons where walls are NOT perfect? Amazing. Autodesk really needs to get acclimated to those of us who are using scanned data to replicate existing conditions so that our remodels actually work.

Re: Curtain walls won't embed into wall

ToanDN — Wed, 06 Jun 2018 21:16:07 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:

Thanks for the info.

Unreal that Revit has to have perfectly aligned walls. What about existing conditions? What about creating a model that replicates existing conditons where walls are NOT perfect? Amazing. Autodesk really needs to get acclimated to those of us who are using scanned data to replicate existing conditions so that our remodels actually work.

Curtain wall tool is meant to create vertical systems and they only embed into vertical walls. If your walls do not meet the criteria then cut it using other means such as a void or an opening.

Re: Curtain walls won't embed into wall

g_leblancCT9MX — Thu, 04 May 2023 13:32:57 GMT

thanks for the video but in my case, once I click on the ''cut geometry'' icon, I can select the wall but the curtain wall won't show!! it shows before when I hover on it, but not after I click the icon.... I dont understand how to fix this. Is there a way to setup the curtain walls to automatically imbed into the wall ,not just in plan view but in the elevations/3d also, just like any door or window?

Re: Curtain walls won't embed into wall

g_leblancCT9MX — Thu, 04 May 2023 13:45:10 GMT

in my case the box is checked, the opening created by the new curtain wall shows in plan view but doesn't happen in elevations or 3d.... how do you fix this?

Re: Curtain walls won't embed into wall

kris.kencevski — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 06:36:31 GMT

I am having the same issue, I have selected automatically imbed, my wall is on axis, I tried the above video with no improvement, and tried removing the wall in all ways imaginable and it's still not embedding. It works for some curtain wall but not that one I need. Any other updates?

Re: Curtain walls won't embed into wall

Architex2000 — Wed, 22 May 2024 05:36:40 GMT

Try grabbing the grip at one end and shortening the wall, should then cut in. (worked for me) then drag the grip back to the original spot

Re: Curtain walls won't embed into wall

s45560552 — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 16:50:00 GMT

Thanks, worked

Re: Curtain walls won't embed into wall

SteveKStafford — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 01:09:21 GMT

Old thread with recent update...I'll add, curtain walls will automatically embed (if that type parameter is on) IF it is aligned with the "host" walls center line. Once it is embedded you can usually move forward or backward in the wall's thickness to adjust where the curtain wall is within the host wall. If you try to sketch it away from the center line it may not automatically embed...so I always sketch it right over the center line and then adjust. It's always been more reliable this way.

Re: Curtain walls won't embed into wall

ay_dmagill — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 16:02:31 GMT

We just found this same issue. The existing wall into which we were trying to embed the curtain wall had a "slanted" cross section, which was set to 0°. As soon as we switched the existing wall to a vertical cross section, everything worked as expected.