Issue Description
In architectural designs, it's common to integrate walls with curtain walls seamlessly. However, a recurring challenge is ensuring that these elements remain dynamically connected. For instance, if adjustments are made to the Curtain Wall such as moving or rotating it can the connected walls automatically adapt to these changes without needing manual corrections? How can this behavior be achieved efficiently?
Solution
A Curtain Wall may be joined to one or more walls in such a way that if you move or rotate the Curtain Wall, then the joined wall will stretch accordingly. To do this:
1: Select the wall(s) and the Curtain Wall. (You can have any number of walls, but only a single Curtain Wall.)
2: Go to Design > Modify Curtain Wall > Join Wall(s) to Curtain Wall.
Or the Connect >Join Wall(s) to Curtain Wall command from the context menu.
3: In the Join Wall to Curtain Wall dialog box, choose one of the following options:
- Curtain Wall Thickness (Default) - These Inside and Outside offset values total the Curtain Wall’s Nominal Thickness, as defined in Curtain Wall System Settings Geometry and Positioning Panel.
- Custom Offset- Enter values for the offset from the Curtain Wall’s Base Surface to the Outside and Inside wall connection points.
- The Outside value: this defines the point at which walls coming from the “Outside” direction of the Curtain Wall will be joined to this Curtain Wall.
- The Inside value: this defines the point at which walls coming from the “Inside” direction of the Curtain Wall will be joined to this Curtain Wall.
4: Click Join. If the ends of the Curtain Wall do not coincide, the eyeball cursor appears: click to define which end of the wall you want to join to the Curtain Wall. As you move the cursor to either end of the wall, a double arrow appears on the wall to indicate that this is end that will be joined if you click now.