Add or Modify a Curtain Wall Assembly

This dialog can be used to:

define and add a "curtain wall" sub-assembly to a "Custom Wall" assembly in the project, or
modify or view "curtain wall" sub-assembly to a "Custom Wall" assembly in the project.

Description / Assumptions / Limits	Required inputs
Curtain Wall Wall consists of self-supporting grid comprising most of the exterior wall envelope area. Grid system is aluminum (100mm deep mullions) on 2 m centers vertically and 1.5m horizontally. Provided take-off assumes every vertical mullion in the curtainwall is structurally connected via structural steel at every floor. Viewable Glazing consists of a double glazed unit of two 6mm glazing panes Spandrel Opaque Glazing consists of one pane of 6 mm glazing and metal backpane with a user defined thickness of High Density Fiberglass insulation (includes framing materials). Spandrel Panel consists of a galvanized metal steel facing and metal backpan with a user defined thickness of Medium Density Mineral Wool insulation (includes framing materials). Note: The Impact Estimator does not explicitly support single paned glass. In order to model single pane glass, the Bill of Materials halves the area and counts it as Double Glazed Soft Coated Argon glazing in m2, i.e. 100m2 of single paned glass = 50m2 of double paned glass.	Name Percent Viewable Glazing (%) Percent Spandrel Panel (%) Thickness of Insulation (mm or in) Note: The % combination of Viewable Glazing and Spandrel Panel must sum to 100%.

Description / Assumptions / Limits

Required inputs

Curtain Wall

Wall consists of self-supporting grid comprising most of the exterior wall envelope area.
Grid system is aluminum (100mm deep mullions) on 2 m centers vertically and 1.5m horizontally. Provided take-off assumes every vertical mullion in the curtainwall is structurally connected via structural steel at every floor.
Viewable Glazing consists of a double glazed unit of two 6mm glazing panes
Spandrel Opaque Glazing consists of one pane of 6 mm glazing and metal backpane with a user defined thickness of High Density Fiberglass insulation (includes framing materials).
Spandrel Panel consists of a galvanized metal steel facing and metal backpan with a user defined thickness of Medium Density Mineral Wool insulation (includes framing materials).

Note: The Impact Estimator does not explicitly support single paned glass. In order to model single pane glass, the Bill of Materials halves the area and counts it as Double Glazed Soft Coated Argon glazing in m2, i.e. 100m2 of single paned glass = 50m2 of double paned glass.

Name
Percent Viewable Glazing (%)
Percent Spandrel Panel (%)
Thickness of Insulation (mm or in)

Note: The % combination of Viewable Glazing and Spandrel Panel must sum to 100%.

Seismic Note:

There are no seismic adjustments for this assembly.

Field Descriptions:

Name:

Enter a name for this assembly. All assemblies within a project must be uniquely named within each assembly group. Names maybe alphanumeric (e.g., foundation 1).

Units:

Here you can set the units of measure as either "SI" or "Imperial". Changing the default units here affects only the current assembly but will not override the Default Units of Measure nor the Units of Measure settings for open projects or any other assemblies within open projects.

Percent Viewable Glazing:

Enter the percent of viewable glazing. The % combination of Viewable Glazing, Spandrel Panel and Opaque Glazing must sum to 100%.

Percent Spandrel Panel:

Enter the percent of spandrel panel. The % combination of Viewable Glazing, Spandrel Panel and Opaque Glazing must sum to 100%.

Spandrel Details

Thickness of Insulation: Enter the insulation thickness.
Spandrel Panel Type:: Click a radio button to select whether the spandrel panels are metal or opaque glass.

Help Button:

Click the "Help" button to open the Help pop-up window.

OK Button

Click the "OK" button to accept and save the current assembly settings and close this dialog.

Cancel Button

Click the "Cancel" button to discard the current assembly settings and close this dialog.

Notes:

Length:: The length is inherited from the "Custom Wall" assembly to which this wall "component" sub-assembly belongs.
Height:: The height is inherited from the "Custom Wall" assembly to which this wall "component" sub-assembly belongs.
Openings:: Openings are not captured for this "component" wall assembly. Rather, openings are defined for the the "Custom Wall" assembly to which this wall "component" sub-assembly belongs.
Envelope:: Envelope information is not captured for this "component" wall assembly. Rather, openings are defined for the the "Custom Wall" assembly to which this wall "component" sub-assembly belongs.
Duplicate:: This wall "component" sub-assembly can only be duplicated using the "Duplicate" button available in the "Add or Modify Custom Wall" assembly dialog.
Delete:: This wall "component" sub-assembly can only be deleted using the "Delete" button available in the "Add or Modify Custom Wall" assembly dialog.