Curtain wall with steel perforated panel

[BIM_Dreamer]

how to do this in revit a perforated steel panel (elevation view) with mullion support behind? any help is much appreciated. thank you

[ToanDN · Accepted solution]

Assign a perforated material. There are several in Revit appearance asset library.

[BIM_Dreamer]

@ToanDNcan you show me how? im still learning in revit. thank you

[barthbradley]

Hard to tell what I'm looking at in that photo, but those look like awfully tiny holes from where I'm sitting. If they are, there's no good reason to model them -- or even render them.  

Please provide more information about what we are looking at in that photo.  Is that an exterior view of a several story height building facade -- or an extreme close-up view of a portion of the panel?  

[barthbradley]

Alex is standing in front of a curtain wall with 5x8 perforated steel panels. 

Get the point?   

[mhiserZFHXS]

Agreed with Barth. You do not want to actually model this. If you really want it to be semi-transparent, then use materials in your rendering software that do this. Don't actually have the geometry perforated in the model.

[ToanDN]

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@BIM_Dreamer wrote:

@ToanDNcan you show me how? im still learning in revit. thank you

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[BIM_Dreamer]

how to do it  with 150x100mm mullion behind the panel? please show me step by step. thank you

[BIM_Dreamer]

any reason why my mesh images dont show up in my 3mm thk wall? thank you

[ToanDN]

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@BIM_Dreamer wrote:

any reason why my mesh images dont show up in my 3mm thk wall? thank you

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Change the view to Realistic. 

[BIM_Dreamer]

client dont need to set in a realistic view, only in hidden view which be able to see the hole in perforated panel. thank you

[ToanDN]

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@BIM_Dreamer wrote:

client dont need to set in a realistic view, only in hidden view which be able to see the hole in perforated panel. thank you

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Then go to Graphic Tab and assign a surface pattern.  It will be very dense if you use a true-to-size pattern.  

[BIM_Dreamer]

another way beside than that, need to show like perforated panel with thickness of holes? thank you

[ToanDN]

You can create it yourself using pyRevit add in. Or just Google "perforated pattern pat file". Again, unless you zoom in very close, the pattern will look solid black from the distance.

[ToanDN]

How many square meters of perforated panels in your project?

[BIM_Dreamer]

5 sides the longest length is 52500mm and  all 59750 height? thank you

[BIM_Dreamer]

i don't have pyrevit addin.

[ToanDN]

How big is a hole and how far apart?

[BIM_Dreamer]

hole is 200mm and 200mm apart. thank you

[barthbradley]

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@BIM_Dreamer wrote:

5 sides the longest length is 52500mm and  all 59750 height? thank you

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52500mm X 59750mm?  With 200mm diameter holes?  

Like this?

https://www.walcoom.com/application/perforated-metal/perforated-metal-facade.html