Wall Sweeps: Curved Window Openings Not Generating Properly

[TasnimTarannum]

I have created a Sweep profile according to this video (https://youtu.be/PND9RA0OYLc?si=FDwCwd1t5PfhUCYY&t=115), but it doesn't create a proper opening for a curved door or window. It's okay for rectangular or square-shaped openings, but not with curved ones. What can I do?

[Lachlan-JWP]

The curves are not cutting the way you want, but neither are the cuts at the bottom or top of the window. The Revit handles a wall sweep is to sweep the profile along the full length (if horizontal) of the wall. A vertical opening will cut the profile neatly parallel to the profile, a horizontal opening will completely cut the sweep at the origin.

The only way to cut wall sweeps on a curve is to use an in-place mass solid form joined to the wall sweeps.

[TasnimTarannum]

Thank you. It works only when I create the in-place mass and join or cut the geometry, but once I add a window, the issue remains the same.

 

[Lachlan-JWP]

You can remove the opening from the window family, but you'll have to do a lot of work to apply this to every opening/door/window in the cladding. Is it necessary to model the cladding at all? I would add a wall layer with the correct thickness and apply a material to it that had the right appearance in elevation, then I'd just use a repeating detail to show the cladding in section. This would only need to be done in a couple of places and would save you a lot of time and effort.

[ToanDN]

Use wall reveals instead of wall sweeps.

[Lachlan-JWP]

@ToanDNI get the same issue when using wall reveal instead of sweeps.

[ToanDN]

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@Lachlan-JWP wrote:

@ToanDNI get the same issue when using wall reveal instead of sweeps.

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That is because your reveals are very wide.  OP reveals should be minimal.