Using Massing: Creating a Mass Study Analysis

2.10.10 6:40-6:55pm

Training File = Imperial\RAC_UM_02_Massing_Study_i.rvt.

Using Massing: Creating a Mass Study Analysis

In this exercise, you add floor areas to the mass object based on the levels created in a previous exercise. You then schedule floor areas for preliminary analysis of the building form. After you add a mass for the pavilion to the study, the floor area schedule is updated automatically.

Assign floors to the mass

1. Click Massing & Site tabConceptual Mass panelShow Mass.
2. In the drawing area, select the mass.
3. Click Modify Mass tabMassing panelMass Floors.
4. In the Mass Floors dialog, select the following levels: 01 - Entry Level 02 - Floor 03 - Floor The levels in the project are seen as valid datums that can be used to establish floor levels in the mass object.
5. Click OK.
7. Press Esc.

Create a schedule to report mass floor areas

You create a schedule that totals the floor areas from each level and reports the area of the entire building.

7. Click View tabCreate panelSchedules drop-downSchedule/Quantities.
8. In the New Schedule dialog, under Category, select Mass Floor, and click OK.
9. In the Schedule Properties dialog, under Available Fields, select Mass: Family, and click Add.
10. Using the previous method, add the following fields:
    • Level
    • Floor Area
11. Click OK.
12. Expand the columns to view the entire mass floor schedule.

Modify the schedule properties

13. In the Project Browser, under Schedules/Quantities, right-click Mass Floor Schedule, and click Properties.
14. In the Instance Properties dialog, for Formatting, click Edit.
15. On the Formatting tab of the Schedule Properties dialog, under Fields, select Floor Area, and under Field formatting, select Calculate totals.
16. On the Sorting/Grouping tab, select Grand totals, and in the drop-down list, select Totals only.
17. Click OK twice. (you will now see a grand total under the floor area colum)

Add a mass for the pavilion

18. In the Project Browser, under 3D Views, double-click {3D}.
19. Click Massing & Site tabConceptual Mass panelIn-Place Mass.

    You add a pavilion in the courtyard of the building. The pavilion is not as tall as the other portions of the building and only has a floor on the first level.

20. In the Name dialog, type Pavilion, and click OK.
21. Zoom in to the outline for the pavilion.
22. Click Model In-Place Mass tabDraw panelLine.
23. On the Draw panel, click (Pick Lines).
24. On the Placement panel, click Work Plane.
25. Position the cursor over the edge of the pavilion, press Tab until the edge is highlighted, and click to select it.
    NoteIf it is difficult to select the edge of the pavilion, use the ViewCube to change the orientation, as shown.

    Personal Note: Hold control and select the single lines, when you click the next it appears that you lose the other selection, just continue and trust that it is still selected. The program will tell you if you don't have it right when you try to execute the command. The same goes for trimming too.

    
    
26. Using the previous method, select the other 3 edges of the pad.

    You will only be able to select the long edge of the main building mass for the back edge of the pavilion. Trim this long edge in the next step.

27. Click Modify tabEdit panelTrim.
28. Trim the long back line so that it completes the perimeter of the pavilion.
29. On the Selection panel, click Modify.
30. Select the pavilion boundary.
31. 20. Click Model In-Place Mass tabForm panelCreate Form drop-downForm.

Click the dimension length value for the height (the lower dimension value), type 22', and press Enter.

Click Model In-Place Mass tabIn-Place Editor panelFinish Mass.