6.1.A Using Conceptual Mass Families

Workflow

Demo

Practice Exercise (Optional)

• Use Phases tool to create two new project phases.
• Duplicate the default 3D view.
• Set the Visibility/Graphics overrides for this new view to show the Mass elements category.
• Load several mass families from the Revit Library to use in modeling the conceptual mass for a building form. Load these mass families:
• Box
• Cone
• Cylinder
• Dome
• Gable
• Barrel Vault
• Move and resize these mass elements as desired to create the shape of a building form that you’d like to explore.
• Resize and reshape the elements by adjusting their instance and type properties.
• Use the Move tool to position the elements alongside or intersecting other elements as needed to create your form.
• Use the Join Geometry tool to merge two overlapping masses into one.
• Try cutting away part of one mass by removing the part that intersects with another mass.
• Position two masses so that part of one intersects another. For example, try position a cylinder mass -- that might represent a special entry area -- so that it intersects with a box -- representing the whole building.
• Use the Cut Geometry tool to subtract one mass from other. For example, try cutting the cylinder mass geometry out of the box mass.