Revit - Conceptual Mass. STEP 1: open Revit _ from the home screen under Families click on New Conceptual Mass _ open the Mass template file

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1 Revit - Conceptual Mass STEP 1: open Revit _ from the home screen under Families click on New Conceptual Mass _ open the Mass template file STEP 2: type LL to create a new level _ enter 100 _ create 2 more levels at 100 spacing _ press esc twice STEP 3: from the project browser go to Level 1 _ from the ribbon under the draw panel click on Partial Ellipse _ make it 100 tall X 20 wide STEP 4: continue drawing the shape shown in image 4 _ center the shape over the grid lines 1 3 Save the Revit file in your Class-07 / Revit / Mass folder as your initials_class

2 STEP 5: select the shape _ from the ribbon under the Clipboard panel click on Copy Clipboard _ Click on the small down arrow for Paste Aligned _ click on Select Levels _ select levels 2, 3, & 4 _ click OK STEP 6: go to the 3D View _ rotate the Level 2 shape counter clockwise 45 _ rotate the Level 3 shape 90 _ rotate the Level 3 shape 135 STEP 7: select all four shapes _ from the ribbon click on the Create Form button STEP 8: select the entire Form Element _ from the ribbon click on X-Ray _ select the base Profile 5 rotate counter clockwise 7 base profile 6 8 2

3 move up 200 STEP 9: from the ribbon click on Scale _ from the options bar click on Numerical _ set the Scale: = 1.5 (Revit is now looking for a base point) _ snap to the center Point of the base profile STEP 10: select the top Profile STEP 11: go to the East Elevation _ from the ribbon click on Move _ move the profile up 200 Add Profile STEP 12: create a new level at 420 _ from the ribbon click on the Add Profile button _ add a new profile between levels 4 & 5 base point 9 11 top profile Level 5 new profile Level

4 rotate 45 STEP 13: go to the 3D View _ rotate the New shape counter clockwise 45 STEP 14: scale the profile.9 (to make the tower more slender) _ snap to the center Point of the profile 13 draw arc STEP 15: go to the East Elevation _ type WF to change the view to Wireframe _ from the ribbon under the draw panel click on Start-End-Radius Arc _ draw a similar arc as shown in image Void STEP 16: using the line tool close the shape as shown in image 16 close the shape base point

5 STEP 17: go to the 3D View _ with the shape selected click on the Create Form _ select the front face of the form STEP 18: drag the red arrow so the form covers the entire top of the tower STEP 19: select the entire form _ from the ribbon click on Convert To Void _ press esc STEP 20: save the Mass file _ open a New Project File _ click OK in the template pop-up

6 STEP 21: Ctrl + tab back over to the Mass file _ from the ribbon click on Load into Project _ click Close in the pop-up window to enable Show Mass 23 STEP 22: from the ribbon click on Place on Work Plane _ click in the drawing canvas to place the Mass _ press esc twice to exit the place mass command STEP 23: go to the East Elevation _ select Level 2 _ from the ribbon click on Array (AR) _ from the options bar un-check Group & Associate set the array count number = STEP 24: click on a blank area of the drawing canvas _ move your mouse up Vertical _ type 10 _ enter Save the Revit file in your Class-07 / Revit / Project folder as your initials_class

7 STEP 25: go to the 3D View _ select the Mass _ from the ribbon click on Mass Floors _ select all the levels _ Check them on _ click OK STEP 26: from the ribbon under the Home tab click on the small down arrow for Floor _ select Floor by Face _ close any error messages _ press esc STEP 27: using a selection window select all the floors _ from the ribbon click on Create Floor STEP 28: type shortcut SD (shaded view) _ turn on the shadows Class Assignment 07: Create plan, elevation, & 3D view jpegs of the Tower from Revit _ Assemble them into one 800 pixels wide X 600 pixels high jpeg with labels _ upload the jpeg to your webpage