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I've searched the forums but didn't quite find an answer to this. It seems like a relatively simple issue but I haven't been able to figure it out. I'm trying to create a curtain wall that curves as it goes up. So if you were to look at it in section the profile would be an arc.
The attached image was created as a solid sweep mass but when I try to create wall from face it will only allow me to do so with basic walls. I know I can add a curtain grid to it but I'd like it to be a bounding wall and join with the walls around it. How do I make this mass a curtain wall?

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In plan view create two reference planes and name them (left / right)

Go to an elevation/section view perpendicular to the new ref. planes.

Go to the Massing toolbar and create a new mass.

Create a new Solid Extrusion between the two ref. planes (When you start the Extrusion command you should see a "Work Plane" dialog, select one of the newly created ref. planes)

Create a closed loop to match the curve you desire.

Finish extrusion.

Finish Mass.

Go to a 3D view to see the new Mass you just created.

Choose "Curtain System" from the Massing toolbar.

Select the curved surface and click "Create System" from the options bar.

You should see your new curved curtain wall!

Thanks for the responses. I already built the mass as a curtain system and used it in my model in a similar way to that suggested by HAL, but the issue is that it is still not understood as a Wall in Revit. Meaning that Revit still understand it as a Mass not a Wall when I check its properties. If I try to create curtain wall using the Wall by Face tool in the Massing toolbar I get a warning that says:

"Wall type 'Curtain Wall 1' is incompatible with picked face. Only basic wall types are accepted."

So I can't make a Curtain Wall by Face of that mass but another type like Brick on CMU works. Basic Wall refers to the Category of the object.

The attached image shows the mass modeled the way HAL described but its still recognized by Revit as a Mass not a Wall. Right now the only issue I've faced is Rooms won't be bound by it but I know I can work around that using Room Separation lines. I just wanted to know if there was a way to make that Mass into an actual Curtain Wall.

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