Change curtain wall glazing type

[Anonymous]

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?

[ToanDN]

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@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?

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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.

[barthbradley]

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

[Anonymous]

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

[Anonymous]

Neither one of those options worked for me.

[ToanDN]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Neither one of those options worked for me.

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

[Anonymous]

They are system families

[barthbradley]

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

[Anonymous]

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

[ToanDN]

Just share your file here.

[barthbradley]

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

[Anonymous]

It's a curtain wall system family with mullions.

[barthbradley]

What is shown for Curtain Panel in its Type Properties? 

[Anonymous]

It shows "none"

[Anonymous]

I figured it out.

[barthbradley]

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@Anonymous wrote:

It shows "none"

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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.  

[ToanDN · Accepted solution]

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@Anonymous wrote:

It shows "none"

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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.

[Hmimu]

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.