Forms

Use the Create Form tool to create solid and void extrusions from various geometric shapes.

Select lines and closed loop shapes to create forms.

Modify | Lines Form panel (Create Form)

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About Forms
Create forms to explore a building concept with extrusions, sweeps, and lofts.
About Unconstrained and Referenced-Based Forms
Modification behaviors of forms created from model lines or forms created from reference lines will differ.
About X-ray Mode
In the conceptual design environment, X-ray mode displays a form as transparent, revealing its paths, profiles, and system-generated guides.
About Form Profiles
Form profiles define and edit the basic shape of a form in a conceptual design.
About Form Dimensions
In the conceptual design environment, you can specify dimensions for forms. Form dimensions work similarly to dimensions in the project environment.
Create a Solid Form
Create solid geometry with the Create Form tool.
Create a Void Form
Create negative geometry (voids) to cut solid geometry with the Create Void tool.
Edit a Form in X-ray Mode
Edit the source geometry of a form to adjust its shape.
Add a Profile to a Form
Add a profile and use it to directly manipulate the geometry of the form in a conceptual design.
Modify a Form Profile
Edit profiles or paths from which forms are created.
Lock or Unlock a Form Profile
Lock a form profile to constrain its relationship to other profiles in the form.
Add an Edge to a Form
Add an edge to change the geometry of a form.
Dissolve a Form
In a conceptual design, you can reduce a form to its underlying editable curves.
Cut Geometry with a Solid Form
While working with families in the Family Editor, you can cut form geometry with a solid form.
Rehost a Form
Move a form to another work plane, level, or surface in the conceptual design environment.
Forms Based on Imported Geometry
Import ACIS geometry as a reference to create a form, divide a surface, or host point elements.
Form Modification Reference
Modify forms by adjusting points and vertices, and by adding, deleting, and modifying edges and profiles.
Form Instance Properties
View and modify the parameters that define the instance properties of conceptual forms.

Parent topic: Conceptual Design Environment

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