INSTRUCTOR CAD131 FALL10 LECTURE 16
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Cuyamaca College - Architecture
CAD131_FALL10_LECTURE_16 Agenda Review Notes Lecture Break Project Work Go HOME!
Class 16 Using Massing In this lesson, you learn to: Use massing tools to create building massing objects. Create mass floors based on building levels. Schedule floor areas. Use Building Maker tools to create floors, walls, and a roof from the massing faces. Create a perspective view.
Topics: Using Massing Tools Creating a Mass Study Analysis Using Building Maker Tools
Creating a Mass Study Analysis
In this exercise, you add floor areas to the mass object based on the levels created.
You then schedule floor areas for preliminary analysis of the building form. After you add a mass for the Building to the study, the floor area schedule is updated automatically.
In this exercise, you create massing for the main building. You use the building pad created in a previous exercise to establish the massing.
The levels in the project are seen as valid datums that can be used to establish floor levels in the
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Create a schedule to report mass floor areas
You create a schedule that totals the floor areas from each level and reports the area of the entire building.
On the Formatting tab of the Schedule Properties dialog, under Fields, select Floor Area, and under
Field formatting, select Calculate totals.
Sorting/Grouping tab, select Grand totals, and in the drop-down list, select Totals only.
Using Building Maker Tools
Use the building massing established in earlier exercises to create the exterior shell of the building.
You adjust the size of the massing and remake the walls to accommodate the massing changes.
After the shell is complete, you create a camera view for a 3D perspective of the courtyard of the building.
Create floors by selecting faces
Massing & Site tab ➤ Conceptual Mass panel ➤ Show Mass.
Massing & Site tab ➤ Conceptual Mass panel ➤ Model by Face drop-down ➤ Floor.
Use the Floor by Face command before adding walls. Adding the walls first makes it difficult to select the floor faces in the mass.
Create Walls by selecting faces
Massing & Site tab ➤ Conceptual Mass panel ➤ Model by Face drop-down ➤ Wall.
Location Line, select Finish Face: Interior
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Adjust the mass object height
Select the main building mass and use the controls to drag the height of the mass up. (The exact height is not important.)
In a 3D view, you can see that the walls no longer line up with the massing used to create them.
The Remake tool allows you to recreate the walls if the massing changes.
The entire selection set can be remade at one time to make editing quicker.
Modify Walls tab ➤Model by Face panel ➤Update to Face.
Add a roof to the building to finish the exterior skin of the building.
Roof by Face tab ➤Multiple Selection panel ➤Create Roof
Cuyamaca College - Architecture
CAD131_FALL10_LECTURE_16 Agenda Review Notes Lecture Break Project Work Go HOME!
Class 16 Using Massing In this lesson, you learn to: Use massing tools to create building massing objects. Create mass floors based on building levels. Schedule floor areas. Use Building Maker tools to create floors, walls, and a roof from the massing faces. Create a perspective view.
Topics: Using Massing Tools Creating a Mass Study Analysis Using Building Maker Tools
Creating a Mass Study Analysis
In this exercise, you add floor areas to the mass object based on the levels created.
You then schedule floor areas for preliminary analysis of the building form. After you add a mass for the Building to the study, the floor area schedule is updated automatically.
In this exercise, you create massing for the main building. You use the building pad created in a previous exercise to establish the massing.
The levels in the project are seen as valid datums that can be used to establish floor levels in the
CAD131_FALL10_LECTURE_16
Cuyamaca College - Architecture
Create a schedule to report mass floor areas
You create a schedule that totals the floor areas from each level and reports the area of the entire building.
On the Formatting tab of the Schedule Properties dialog, under Fields, select Floor Area, and under
Field formatting, select Calculate totals.
Sorting/Grouping tab, select Grand totals, and in the drop-down list, select Totals only.
Using Building Maker Tools
Use the building massing established in earlier exercises to create the exterior shell of the building.
You adjust the size of the massing and remake the walls to accommodate the massing changes.
After the shell is complete, you create a camera view for a 3D perspective of the courtyard of the building.
Create floors by selecting faces
Massing & Site tab ➤ Conceptual Mass panel ➤ Show Mass.
Massing & Site tab ➤ Conceptual Mass panel ➤ Model by Face drop-down ➤ Floor.
Use the Floor by Face command before adding walls. Adding the walls first makes it difficult to select the floor faces in the mass.
Create Walls by selecting faces
Massing & Site tab ➤ Conceptual Mass panel ➤ Model by Face drop-down ➤ Wall.
Location Line, select Finish Face: Interior
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Cuyamaca College - Architecture
Adjust the mass object height
Select the main building mass and use the controls to drag the height of the mass up. (The exact height is not important.)
In a 3D view, you can see that the walls no longer line up with the massing used to create them.
The Remake tool allows you to recreate the walls if the massing changes.
The entire selection set can be remade at one time to make editing quicker.
Modify Walls tab ➤Model by Face panel ➤Update to Face.
Add a roof to the building to finish the exterior skin of the building.
Roof by Face tab ➤Multiple Selection panel ➤Create Roof
