For your immediate problem perhaps a mini cheat might work for you.
Revit curtain wall door handle not there.
Place doors in the curtain wall.
This video demonstrates the following.
Also when the cursor is over the curtain wall in the canvas you are not able to place a door.
In part 8 of the tutorial you place a curtain wall at the store entry.
Save for another time.
Press tab until the panel highlights and then click to select it and display the pin icon.
Press tab until the panel is highlighted and then click to select the panel.
I could indulge in a rant about all the problems with revit legends.
Generally our curtain wall doors have a companion regular door not by design but rather by accident as we keep making families.
Click the pin icon to unpin the panel.
I am using the default curtain wall door that came with revit and not customized.
Hey guys i am still learning revit here.
I would like to ask on why i can t see my door handle of my curtain wall door when i place it on my curtain wall.
Modify the grid pattern of a curtain wall.
When performing the procedures you may notice minor differences in functionality and user interface.
Add a curtain wall at the entry.
In the type selector select a curtain wall door to replace the panel.
Press tab until the panel is highlighted and then click to select the panel.
Only curtain wall doors can replace a curtain wall panel.
Also when the cursor is over the curtain wall in the canvas you are not able to place a door.
Instead select the modify tool and position the cursor over the edge of the curtain wall panel that will be replaced by the door.