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Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 12:56:07 PM | CURTAIN WALL VS WINDOW

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Can someone explain the differences and benefits between using a curtain wall vs. window?  I've been using a lot of window components for exterior windows I'm building as-builts of, but I'm starting to think maybe I should use curtain wall system for some of them?

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Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 1:16:58 PM | CURTAIN WALL VS WINDOW

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This is so nicely gridded out that I would probably use a curtain wall for everything. But it's also nice being consistent with windows vs. curtain walls for scheduling purposes in a typical scenario.  I've caught people editing wall profiles to leave a 3x4 void to fill with curtain wall instead of windows.  BAD.


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Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 3:22:52 AM | CURTAIN WALL VS WINDOW

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I HAVE BEEN USING WINDOWS WHEN I CAN AND USING CURTAIN WALLS WHERE THE WINDOW IS THE FULL WIDTH AND HEIGHT OF THE WALL. AS YOU CAN ONLY PLACE WINDOWS IN A WALL.

HOW DO I PLACE A CILL/SILL BELOW A CURTAIN WALL WINDOW?


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Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 7:25:32 AM | CURTAIN WALL VS WINDOW

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You wrote: "...AS YOU CAN ONLY PLACE WINDOWS IN A WALL...."   I'm not sure what you mean by this.  You might not understand all the tools available to you.  In your curtain wall properties, there is a switch setting called "automatically embed".   If that is on and you place a curtain wall in a wall area, the curtain wall will cut a hole in the wall.


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Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 8:05:19 AM | CURTAIN WALL VS WINDOW

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SORRY

I MEANT WINDOWS CANT BE FREE-STANDING THEY MUST BE PLACED IN A WALL. BUT WHERE THERE IS NO WALL AND ONLY FULL WIDTH AND HEIGHT GLAZED WALL I HAVE USED A GLAZED CURTAIN WALL.

CAN I ADD A CILL TO A GLAZED CURTAIN WALL?


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Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 8:13:52 AM | CURTAIN WALL VS WINDOW

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W@e don't know what you want for your 'cill', we say 'sill' here. 

 

What do you place along the bottom of your curtain wall?  I would think you use a mullion.  That mullion can be a stock item or a mullion that you created.  .... So obviously it can be any shape you want, even a compound shape.  But it would be all one material. 

 

If you need two different materials, Then you could add another horizontal grid so that you could have two seperate 'mullions' - one just above the other.

 

Another option is to use a wall sweep below your curtain wall (assuming there is a wall there) or you could just do an in-place sweep.


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Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 11:22:52 AM | CURTAIN WALL VS WINDOW

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YES SILL HAHA

THANK YOU! NEVER THOUGHT TO EDIT MULLION!

 


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