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WYS1WYG

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curtain wall doors have a subframe that allows the installation of hinging and latching hardware. It's generally a 7/8" or 1" face width x 4 1/2" deep tubular shape that could have applied or snap in door stops and it fits inside of the curtain wall mullion and horizontal grid. My question is: is it possible to revise an existing curtain wall door to have this frame and still have it be able to insert into an empty curtain wall panel?

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WYS1WYG

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would this normally be considered more detail

in the model than is necessary? would it be

better to create this as a separate 2D detail?

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eldados

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I just show the frame around the door (mullions part of the curtain) and the door panel fram, if aplicable. as long as the opening is correct to the size door you want, the installer will do the rest.

i tend to think it's too much to model this.

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I agreed that it's too much to model the subframe, until i ran into this problem:  In order to dimension the opening correctly, the door width in the door schedule is larger (i.e. listed at 3'-1.5" instead of 3'-0").  In order to list the door correctly in the door schedule, the curtainwall opening for the door cannot be dimensioned correctly.  Have you encountered this before?  How do you get around it?  If there's no way to get around it, how do you recommend modeling the subframe?

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I've run into the same problem as alibi0614. I've considered creating a second mullion type which would be for the door sub frame and then applying it to the inside of the curtain wall mullion. then the door panel would read the correct size in the door schedule but then I feel I'm getting into a mess of curtain grids and dreading ever making any minor modifications to curtian wall doors. I'm already over complicating things by adding curtain grids to my curtian wall around the perimeter so I can show a 1/2" sealant/backer rod 'panel'.

I like the idea of adding the sub frame to the door panel family but is there a way I can subtract the sub frame thickness from the door size in the schedule? I'm ok with cheating on the dimensions at this point...

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One possiblility is discussed here:

http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?115566-Curtain-Wall-Sealant-Gap-Jamb-Sills/page2

I might be tempted to use a generic wall as the panel with a standard door that fits the opening.  Obviously this door would have the sub-frame instead of a 'normal' frame. 

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