Assigning a Usage to a Mass Floor

After creating mass floors, you can assign usages to them. Then you can perform various types of analysis on the design. See Examples of Conceptual Design Analysis.

Assign a usage to a mass floor using any of the following methods:

• Schedule: Include the Usage field in a mass floor schedule. Then assign usages within the schedule. Open the schedule, click the Usage column for a row, and enter text. If you have already entered usage values for other mass floors, you can click in the field and select a value from a list. See Creating a Mass Floor Schedule.
• Tag: To tag mass floors in a view, use a mass floor tag that displays the usage assigned to each mass floor. Click the tag to change a usage value. See Tagging Mass Floors.
• Properties: To assign a value to the Usage parameter, use the Properties palette, as follows.

To assign a usage to a mass floor

1. In a view, select a mass floor.
2. In the Properties palette, for Usage, enter a value.