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Creating Curtain Walls ............................................... 786
Adding a Predefined Curtain Wall .................................... 786
Adding a Blank Curtain Wall ........................................ 789
Creating Curtain Grids ............................................ 791
Adding a Wall to a Massing Object ...................................... 798
Are You Experienced? ................................................ 812
Now you can… ................................................... 812
Ch a p t e r 17 Creating Families 813
Creating a Basic Family .............................................. 814
Adding Reference Planes to a Family ................................. 815
Adding Dimensions and Parameters to a Family ........................ 816
The Type Properties Dialog ......................................... 821
Using a Complex Family to Create an Arched Door ........................ 826
Creating a 3D Extrusion within a Family .............................. 830
Creating a 3D Sweep within a Family ................................. 836
Creating an In-Place Family........................................... 842
Are You Experienced? ................................................ 847
Now you can… ................................................... 847
Ch a p t e r 18 Site and Topography 849
Adding a Site within Revit ............................................850
Modifying a Toposurface ........................................... 853
Splitting the Surface................................................. 854
Creating Subregions ................................................. 858
Adding Site Components ............................................. 860
Adding Contour Properties and Labels ................................864
Adding Building Pads to Displace Earth ................................. 866
Adding a Property Line............................................... 869
Creating a Toposurface by Instance ..................................... 870
Creating a Graded Region............................................. 878
Are You Experienced? ................................................ 880
Now you can… ................................................... 880
Ch a p t e r 19 Rendering and Presentation 881
Creating an Exterior Rendering ........................................ 882
Creating Lighting Groups .......................................... 893
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