Curtain Wall Edit Mode

About Curtain Wall Edit Mode

Edit Mode Display Palette

Multi-selection of Frames and Panels

About Curtain Wall Edit Mode

Any placed Curtain Wall instance is defined by Curtain Wall System Settings. However, you can use Edit mode and its dedicated member-specific tools to access and change the individual members of a selected Curtain Wall, or to add new custom members to it, using the same input, selection and editing methods as in the normal ARCHICAD workspace.

In Edit mode, each member (Scheme, Frame, Panel, Accessory, Junction) has its own Settings dialog box and its own tool, enabling you to change settings and place new Members in this Curtain Wall. (You cannot create a new Curtain Wall in Edit mode.)

Once you change the parameters of any selected Curtain Wall member in Edit mode, that member is no longer tied to Curtain Wall System Settings; it is a Custom member, and its parameters are locally defined, in its individual tool settings dialog box (e.g. Scheme, Frame, Panel, Junction, and Accessory Settings). Custom parameters are set in Edit mode only.

Enter Edit mode from Floor Plan, Elevation, Section and 3D Window. You can remain in Edit mode even when switching between views.

Enter/Exit Curtain Wall Edit Mode

Enter Edit Mode

To enter Edit mode, select a single Curtain Wall, then do one of the following:

1.Click the Edit button which appears.

2.Use Design > Modify Curtain Wall > Enter System Edit Mode.

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Note: This only works if you have selected a single Curtain Wall.

Exit Edit Mode

Do one of the following:

Click Exit Edit Mode from the display palette.

Use Design > Modify Curtain Wall > Exit System Edit Mode.)

Edit Mode Display Palette

Once you are in Curtain Wall Edit mode, the regular ARCHICAD toolbox is replaced by a special Curtain Wall toolbox and display palette

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Show/Hide Items in Edit Mode

To make editing easier, use the Edit mode display palette to show/hide the Curtain Wall elements as needed (click the eye icons to open or close them), even in the middle of an editing operation.

Right-clicking any of the components (e.g. “Scheme”) means that component will be displayed and the rest hidden.

Note: The Edit mode display palette is a display-only editing aid and does not affect the construction or the output of the Curtain Wall element.

Show/Hide Environment

“Environment,” in this display palette, refers to the rest of the building model, which you can show or hide as needed to assist in editing. Preselection tags will identify the Environment’s model elements in dimmed form, but in Curtain Wall Edit mode, you can edit only Curtain Wall Members.

Note: If you have trouble identifying the edges of these model elements shown as the Environment, try checking Show Contours in View > 3D View Options > 3D Styles.

Edit Curtain Wall System Settings

To edit the System-level Settings without leaving Edit mode, click Curtain Wall Settings at the bottom of the display palette.

Select Curtain Wall Members in Edit Mode

Use the selection tools to select any member(s) of the Curtain Wall. To select all instances of any of the members, activate the tool and click Ctrl+A.

For example, to select the Scheme, activate the Scheme tool and click Ctrl+A: all parts of the Scheme (Grid Lines, Boundary and Reference Line) are now selected. If you also turn off the display of Frames and Panels (by clicking the eye icons in the Edit Mode Display palette), the Scheme is now easy to edit.

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Note: In Curtain Wall Edit mode, you can use the Marquee to limit the scope of the Find & Select function - to find certain Curtain Wall members either inside or outside the Marquee.

Multi-selection of Frames and Panels

When you select a single Frame or Panel of a Curtain Wall in Edit mode, a “Grip” appears with shortcuts for selecting multiple Frames or Panels.

When a Frame is selected, the Grip has two options for quick additional selections:

Select all Frames along the full grid line underlying the selected Frame:

Select all Frames parallel to the selected Frame segment.

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When a Panel is selected, the “Grip” selection shortcut enables you to select all Panels along either the grid’s rows or its columns.

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