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Angled cut in curtain walls (wall cladding) - workarounds don't seem to work

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ale_jablonski
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Angled cut in curtain walls (wall cladding) - workarounds don't seem to work

Hi guys, I've been trying to do an angled cut on this wall cladding in order to match with the rafter/beam without success.

ale_jablonski_0-1648775483481.png(fig. 1)

Details:

- I created this wall cladding using a Metric Curtain Wall Panel template. 

- Each part of the curtain wall is looking like this, I think the high number of individual parts worsen the problem (since it covers long faces of the shed).

ale_jablonski_1-1648775708611.png(fig. 2)

What I have tried with no success:

- Cut geometry using a reference plane;

- Attach top/base using a reference plane;

- Edit profile/boundaries of the curtain wall;

- Select curtain wall and change the angle of the grid;

- Repeat the profile (fig 2.) a couple times after each other on family creation in order to create longer/less parts(?).

 

I haven't tried any mass solution yet because It shouldn't have such a complex solution for this case I guess.

 

If you guys have any ideas I would much appreciate it. 
Thanks.

 

 

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ToanDN
in reply to: ale_jablonski

Custom curtain panels only work with rectangular shapes.  Workarounds:  Use vertical mullions with a corrugated profile to create vertical ribs.  No panels at all.

 

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Corrugated A.png

 

FWIW: This entire corrugated structure is modeled with Curtain Walls having only Mullions.  Opening and gables were made by editing the Curtain Wall profiles.  

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RDAOU
in reply to: ale_jablonski

@ale_jablonski 

 

What @barthbradley  suggested is brilliant (only mullions) but what if you want to quantify panels...right?

Several ways to do so

  1. use a pattern based component on a divided surface
  2. add a void in the custom panel to cut the top at an angle 
  3. or even simply cut and trim the curtain wall to the shape you desire (USING only Panels similar to the below GIF)...ie: what @ToanDN  stated on custom panels working only for rectangular shaped walls is not entirely true 

 

Parametric Custom Curtain Panel 1.gif

 

Parametric Custom Curtain Panel 2.gif

 

      RDAOU_0-1648844924321.png

 

 

 

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Really appreciate your replies guys.

 

Ah, I forgot to mention one thing I've done, which is: I used an existing curtain wall profile (Curtain_Wall-Exterior_Glazing) and then edited type using the one I created:

ale_jablonski_0-1649020175722.png

 

Since I'm beginner/intermediate and haven't really been using curtain walls much, I don't know how to put in practice some of the solutions you guys suggest 😂, sorry.

 

As far as I understood what @barthbradley and @ToanDN suggested, they simulate the cladding with mullions only, right? It's cool but I really wanted a real cladding on it.

 

@RDAOU thanks for all the effort making the gifs. I'll try to create a family using a Metric Curtain Panel Pattern Based yhis time and see what happens.

 

 

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ToanDN
in reply to: ale_jablonski

If you insist on using a custom curtain panel family then don't change the curtain wall profile, so that it accepts the custom panel. Use an in place mass with a solid form to cut the curtain wall to the shape you want.

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I still haven't found out how to cut the claddings guys hehe. I noticed that when I try to use a Metric Curtain Panel Pattern Based and fill up the square with the cladding extrusion, it gets ridiculously heavy and slow, impossible to manage.

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hung3XGFH
in reply to: RDAOU

@ToanDN solution works with curved curtain walls.

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