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Figure 8.2
Building massing
in the family
editor
Let's take a moment to clarify the difference between in-place component modeling and
massing. If you need to create a custom-shaped building element, such as the wall shown in
Figure 8.3, you would use the Model In-Place command. You would set the category to Walls
and then use either a blend or a sweep to generate the form of the wall. You'll notice in the
figure that the sectional dimensions of the wall are not consistent.
Figur e 8.3
custom shaped
wall as an in-place
element
If you wanted to use a wall assembly with consistent sectional dimensions but configure
the wall in a complex vertical layout, you would create a mass and then use the Wall By Face
command. In the example shown in Figure 8.4, a generic wall is applied to the face of a mass
that was created by generating a surface between two splines.
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