In a curved curtain wall with several arc segments is it possible to subdivide the whole length in panels of same with?

[infoWBN4V]

Hi everyone.

I am working on a curtain wall that has a several tangent curved segments.

For now I am controlling each curved segment separately, subdividing each of them in a number of segments that gives similar panel widths for each segment. I cannot use the Fixed panel numbers because each arc segment has its own length which is not a multiple of the panel width.

What I want to achieve is to work in a way that I can treat the whole curved line, with all its segments as a single curtain system so that I can subdivide it in a fixed number of panels, each of them with the same length, no matter where these panels get distributed in each arc segment.

Is this possible?

I am attaching a floor plan.

Thanks so much.

[Pshupe]

Have you tried a Conceptual Mass using a Curtain Wall System?  That way you can create the whole curve as a single face and apply the CW system as a single unit.

Regards Peter.

[barthbradley]

I think your best option would be to do those panel the way I suggested initially.  As actual panels that have a rotation parameter.  How many panels do you have? Betcha it would be easier to manually input each panel's rotation angle than it would be to solve for to this.   

[ToanDN]

Model the curve as a mass > divide the surface > set U or V to Maximum or Minimum distance depends on your design criteria, then assign a pattern based curtain panel to the divided surface, or an Adaptive family + repeater to the divided surface.

[infoWBN4V]

Thanks for you reply.
I will definitely try that. One question, though?
Once I create a wall from face, the wall does not follow the Mass right?
So, in case the curvature of the curtain wall changes, and I change the
mass, I have to remake the curtain wall,right?
Thanks again.

[infoWBN4V]

Thanks Bradley.
Well I guess that even if it's the same curtain wall than in previous
posts, the question was different now. In the actual solution the panels
does not measure the same because I subdivide each arc segment. Now I need
them to measure the same in the whole length, with all the arc segments
together.
The issue of the rotation was solved. In any case, thanks.

[ToanDN]

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@infoWBN4V wrote:
Thanks for you reply.
I will definitely try that. One question, though?
Once I create a wall from face, the wall does not follow the Mass right?
So, in case the curvature of the curtain wall changes, and I change the
mass, I have to remake the curtain wall,right?
Thanks again.

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You can update the wall when the mass change with a button.

[Pshupe · Accepted solution]

If you change the mass you can update the face to the new mass shape.  When you select the curtain system there will be a button that says "update to face".  This will automatically adjust the curtain wall system to the updated shape of the mass face.

Regards Peter.

[infoWBN4V]

Awesome.
I'll try that