Creating A Mass Family; Creating An In-Place Mass; Creating A Mass Family Outside Of A Project - Autodesk 256B1-05A761-1301 - AutoCAD Revit Structure Suite 2010 User Manual

Creating a Mass Family

You can create masses within a project (in-place masses) or outside a project (loadable mass families). In-place
masses are used for mass forms that are unique to a project. Loadable mass families are typically used when
you will be placing multiple instances of the mass in a project, or when you will use mass families in multiple
projects.
To create in-place masses and loadable mass families, use the conceptual design environment. You can nest
other mass families into the mass family that you are creating. (See
page 527.)
If you are importing geometry into a family, see
Model Families

Creating an In-Place Mass

1 Click Massing & Site tab
In order to create a mass, Show Mass mode must be activated. If Show Mass mode is not activated when you
click In-Place Mass, Revit Architecture activates it for you.
2 Enter a name for the in-place mass family, and click OK.
3 Create the desired shapes using the tools on the Draw panel. See
4 When you are finished, click Finish Mass.
Related topics
Conceptual Design Environment
Using Multiple Mass Instances in a Project
Controlling Visibility of Mass Instances
Analyzing a Conceptual Design

Creating a Mass Family Outside of a Project

1 Click
2 In the New Concept Model dialog, select Mass.rft, and click Open.
on page 626.
Conceptual Mass panel
on page 527
on page 594
New Conceptual Mass.
Conceptual Design Environment
Considerations for Imported Geometry in Mass or Generic
In-Place Mass.
on page 592
on page 626
Forms on page 551.
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