Troubleshooting Mass Floors And Conceptual Design Analysis; Cannot See The Mass In A View; Cannot See Mass Floors In A View; Cannot Select Or Tag A Mass Floor - Autodesk 24000-000000-9860 - Revit Architecture - PC User Manual

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Troubleshooting Mass Floors and Conceptual Design Analysis

When using mass floors to analyze a conceptual design, you may encounter the following issues.

Cannot See the Mass in a View

Symptom: You opened a view, but you cannot see the mass.
Issue: The Show Mass tool is not active, or the view is zoomed in too close to the mass.
Solution: Try the following:
On the View toolbar, click
Type ZF to Zoom to Fit.
Type VG (Visibility/Graphics). On the Model Categories tab of the Visibility/Graphic Overrides dialog,
expand Mass. Make sure that Mass and Mass Floor are selected. Click OK.

Cannot See Mass Floors in a View

Symptom: You opened a view and you can see the mass, but you cannot see mass floors.
Issue: The visibility/graphic setting for mass floors is turned off.
Solution: Do the following:
1 Type VG (Visibility/Graphics).
2 On the Model Categories tab of the Visibility/Graphic Overrides dialog, expand Mass.
3 Select Mass and Mass Floor.
4 Click OK.

Cannot Select or Tag a Mass Floor

Symptom: You cannot select or tag a mass floor.
Issue: In a drawing, the mass is the first selectable element.
542 | Chapter 10 Conceptual Design with Massing Studies
Description
The phase during which the mass floor is created. See
1263.
The phase during which the mass floor is demolished. See
page 1263.
(Show Mass).
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