Creating Floors from Mass Floors

To create floors from a mass instance, use the Floor by Face tool or the Floor tool. To use the Floor by Face tool, you first create mass floors. Mass floors calculate floor areas in a mass instance.

To create a floor from a mass floor

1. Open a view that displays the mass.
2. Click Massing & Site tabModel by Face panel (Floor by Face).
3. In the Type Selector, select a floor type.
4. (Optional) To create the floor from a single mass face, click Modify | Place Floor by Face tabMultiple Selection panel (Select Multiple) to disable it. (It is enabled by default.)
5. Move the cursor to highlight a mass floor.
6. Click to select the mass floor.

   If the Select Multiple option is cleared, a floor is placed on the mass floor immediately.

7. If Select Multiple is enabled, select more mass floors.

   How to

   1. Click an unselected mass floor to add it to the selection. Click a selected mass floor to remove it.

      The cursor indicates whether you are adding (+) or removing (–) a mass floor.

   2. To clear the selection and start over, click Modify | Place Floor by Face tabMultiple Selection panel (Clear Selection).
   3. When the desired mass floor are selected, click Modify | Place Floor by Face tabMultiple Selection panelCreate Floor.

Examples

Cursor highlighting mass floor

Created floors