Using Massing: Using Building Maker Tools

2.10.10 7:00-7:50pm

Using Building Maker Tools

Training File = Imperial\RAC_UM_03_Building_Maker_i.rvt

In this exercise, you use the building massing established in earlier exercises to create the exterior shell of the building. You adjust the size of the massing and remake the walls to accommodate the massing changes.

After the shell is complete, you create a camera view for a 3D perspective of the courtyard of the building.

Create floors by selecting faces

1. In the Project Browser, under 3D Views, double-click {3D}.
2. Click Massing & Site tabConceptual Mass panelShow Mass.
3. Zoom in to the building area.
4. Click Massing & Site tabConceptual Mass panelModel by Face drop-downFloor.

   Use the Floor by Face command before adding walls. Adding the walls first makes it difficult to select the floor faces in the mass.

5. Select the 2nd floor in the main building.
   NoteYou begin on the second floor because in previous steps a pad object was placed on the ground. This pad is acting as the floor for the entry level.
6. Click Place Floor by Face tabMultiple Selection panelCreate Floor.
7. Using the previous method, create a floor for the 3rd level.
8. Click Modify.

   Create walls by selecting faces

   9. Click Massing & Site tabConceptual Mass panelModel by Face drop-downWall.
   10. On the Options Bar, for Location Line, select Finish Face: Interior.

       Specify that the location line of the wall is the interior face of the wall.

   11. Select the outside faces of the building. Do not select the pavilion or the main building faces toward the courtyard.
       
       
   12. After the outside walls are placed, use the ViewCube to turn the model to the right back side so the courtyard and pavilion walls can be placed.

       These walls will use a curtain wall family.

   13. Click Place Wall tabElement panelType Selector (Change Element Type) drop-down, and select Curtain Wall 1.
       
       
   14. Select the courtyard faces of the main building and the pavilion faces.
       
       
   15. Click Modify.

Adjust the mass object height

16. Select the main building mass and use the controls to drag the height of the mass up. (The exact height is not important.)

    Changing the height allows you to more easily align the mass object with the correct level in an elevation view.
    
    

17. In the Project Browser, under Elevations (Building Elevation), double-click South.
    
    
18. Zoom in to the building.
    
    
19. Click Modify tabEdit panelAlign.

    In an elevation view, use the Align tool to align the top of the mass with the parapet level of the building.

20. Select the Parapet level.
    
    
21. Select the top of the Main Building mass.
22. Press Esc to end the Align command.
23. In the Project Browser, under 3D Views, double-click {3D}.

    In a 3D view, you can see that the walls no longer line up with the massing used to create them. The Remake tool allows you to recreate the walls if the massing changes.

24. Place the cursor over a basic wall, and press Tab until Chain of walls or lines displays in the Status Bar.
    
    
25. Click to select the walls.

    The entire selection set can be remade at one time to make editing quicker.

26. Click Modify Walls tabModel by Face panelUpdate to Face.

27. Using the previous method, update the curtain walls along the courtyard.
    NoteWhile pressing Ctrl, click to add each curtain wall to the selection set to adjust all of the walls at one time.
    
    
28. Click Modify.




Add a roof

29. Click Massing & Site tabConceptual Mass panelModel by Face drop-downRoof.

    Add a roof to the building to finish the exterior skin of the building.

30. Select the top face of the main building.
    
    
31. Click Place Roof by Face tabMultiple Selection panelCreate Roof.
    
    
32. Click Modify.
    
    
33. Select the roof, and click Modify Roofs tabElement panelElement Properties drop-downInstance Properties.

    Adjust the roof properties so it is offset from the face of the massing by the height of the parapet.

34. In the Instance Properties dialog, for Level Offset, type -1'-6'', and click OK.
    
    
35. Press Esc.
    
    Create a perspective view
    
    
    36. In the Project Browser, under Floor Plans, double-click 01 - Entry Level.
    37. Click View tabCreate panel3D View drop-downCamera.
        • Click outside of the building in the upper-right corner to place the eye position of the camera.
        • Click below the lower-left corner of the building to place the view target.

36. Use the controls of the crop boundary to adjust the view as required.

37. NoteThe view can also be adjusted using the SteeringWheels tools in the perspective view.

38. Use the controls of the crop boundary to adjust the view as required.
    NoteThe view can also be adjusted using the SteeringWheels tools in the perspective view.

39. On the View Control Bar, click Model Graphics StyleShading with Edges.

40. Click Massing & Site tabConceptual Mass panelShow Mass to hide the massing.
    
    

    Rename the view

    41. In the Project Browser, right-click 3D View 1, and click Rename.
        
        
    42. In the Rename View dialog, type Building Courtyard, and click OK.
        
        
    43. Close the file with or without saving it.