To Restore a Slab/Roof Slab Body Modifier to a Mass Element

Use this procedure to remove a body modifier from a slab or a roof slab and add it to the drawing as a mass element.

Restoring a body modifier to a mass element enables you to modify the shape as a mass element and then add it to the slab or roof slab again as a body modifier. You can also restore the body modifier to a mass element while leaving the body modifier still applied to the slab or roof slab. This is useful if you want to create other slabs or roof slabs with the same shape.

If the object used to create the body modifier was a conventional mass element, it is restored to that mass element. For example, a Gable mass element is restored as a Gable mass element. However, if the body modifier was created from another object, such as a structural member, or was edited using Boolean operations or face editing commands, the body modifier is restored as a Free Form mass element.

Note: This procedure restores all body modifiers attached to a slab or roof slab.

1. Select the slab or roof slab you want to change.

   If the object selected is…	Then…
   a slab	click Slab tabModify panelBody Modifier drop-downRestore.
   a roof slab	click Roof Slab tabModify panelBody Modifier drop-downRestore.

2. Create mass elements from the body modifiers.

   If you want to …	Then …
   create mass elements from the body modifiers while keeping the body modifiers attached to the slab or roof slab	press Enter.
   remove all body modifiers from the slab or roof slab, and create mass elements from their shapes	enter y (Yes), and press Enter.