Using Massing: Using Massing Tools

1.15.10 12:00-12:15pm

Using Massing: Using Massing Tools

Training Files = Imperial\RAC_UM_01_Massing_Tools_i.rvt

In this exercise, you create massing for the main building. You use the building pad created in a previous exercise to establish the massing.

Create a mass for the main building

1. In the Project Browser, under 3D Views, double-click {3D}.
2. On the View Control Bar, click Model Graphics StyleHidden Line.
3. Zoom in to the building pad.
4. Click Massing & Site tabConceptual Mass panelIn-Place Mass.
5. In the Massing - Show Mass Enabled dialog, click Close.
6. In the Name dialog, type Main Building, and click OK.

   The massing that you create for the main building is a simple extrusion of the shape already established by the pad object.

7. Click Model In-Place Mass tabDraw panelLine.
8. On the Draw panel, click (Pick Lines).

   The boundary can be established quickly using the Pick Lines option.

9. On the Placement panel, click Work Plane.
10. Position the cursor over the outline of the pad, and press Tab until Chain of walls or lines displays in the Status Bar.
11. Click to select the outline.
12. On the Selection panel, click Modify. The portion of the building in the courtyard (the pavilion) will have different massing. You remove this portion of the boundary and use the Trim/Extend tool to close the boundary loop.
    
13. While pressing Ctrl, select the 3 lines representing the pavilion and the line to the left of the pavilion, and press Delete. Note: To select an individual line segment instead of the chain of lines, press Tab to highlight the segment, and click to select it.


Click Modify tabEdit panelTrim.
Select the main building boundary line to the left of the pavilion.
Select the line to the right of the pavilion. The boundary is now a closed loop.
Click Modify.
Select the boundary you just created.
Click Modify Lines tabForm panelCreate Form drop-downForm.
In the drawing area, click the dimension value for the height, type 40', and press Enter.
Click Model In-Place Mass tabIn-Place Editor panelFinish Mass.
On the View Control Bar, click Model Graphics StyleShading with Edges.
Close the file with or without saving it.