Using Massing Tools To Create Mass Elements - Autodesk 24108-051400-9000 - AutoCAD Revit Architecture Suite 2008 User Manual

Mass elements with assigned materials in rendered view
AutoCAD Architecture provides predefined materials for all common design purposes. These materials contain settings
for roof slabs. You can use these predefined materials, or modify them to your special designs. You can also create your
own materials from scratch.
For more information, see
Other Uses of Mass Elements and Mass Groups
You can use mass elements and mass groups to create 3D body pieces of the building model. For example, you can
apply them to walls as 3D body modifiers.

Using Massing Tools to Create Mass Elements

Tools provided with AutoCAD Architecture let you quickly place mass elements by selecting a massing tool with a
specific style and other predefined properties. You can use the tool with its default settings, or you can change any
properties that are not controlled by the style. You can also use massing tools to create new mass elements by applying
tool properties to existing 3D solids.
Tool palette containing massing tools
The default tool palettes in the workspace contain massing tools that you can use and customize as needed. In addition,
the following catalogs provided with the software contain massing tools that you can add to your tool palettes:
Stock Tool catalog
Sample Palette catalog
My Tool catalog
For more information on accessing tools in these catalogs, see
Custom palettes created by your CAD manager or other users may also contain massing tools with mass element styles
and properties that are customized for your projects or office standards.
Using Materials for Mass Elements and Mass Groups" on page 621.
Content Browser" on page 79.
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