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Specifying a Miter Angle for a Curtain Wall Adjacent to Another Object Use this procedure to manually create a mitered corner between a curtain wall and another object, such as a standard wall or a mass element. For example, if your curtain wall connects with a standard wall that is at a 60-degree angle from the curtain wall, you would set the miter angle to 30. The miter angle applies to all infills and horizontal edges that are adjacent to the corner. Vertical edges are not affected. TIP To quickly identify the start and end of a curtain wall, select the curtain wall. The Reverse Direction grip points toward the end of the curtain wall. Frame miter angles for a curtain wall 1 Double-click the curtain wall. 2 Expand Dimensions. 3 Miter the curtain wall on the start or the end point: If you want to miter the curtain wall ... Then ... at its start point enter an angle for Start Miter, and press ENTER. at its end point enter an angle for End Miter, and press ENTER. Attaching Hyperlinks, Notes, or Files to a Curtain Wall Use this procedure to enter notes and attach reference files to a curtain wall. You can also edit notes and edit or detach reference files from a curtain wall. 1 Double-click the curtain wall. 2 On the Properties palette, click the Extended Data tab. 3 To add a hyperlink, click the setting for Hyperlink, and specify the link. 4 To add a note, click the setting for Notes, and enter the text. 5 Click OK. 6 To attach a reference file, click under Reference documents, and attach, edit, or detach a reference file: If you want to ... Then ... attach a reference file click Add, select a file, and click Open. edit the description of a reference file select the file, and click the description. Enter the new text, and press ENTER. edit a reference file double-click the reference file name to start its application. detach a reference file select the file name, and click Delete. 7 Click OK twice. 828 | Chapter 19 Curtain Walls