Create a Toposolid from a Mass Face

Create toposolids on any non-vertical faces of a mass using the Toposolid by Face tool.

You cannot select faces from different masses for the same toposolid.

Note: Toposolids created using the Toposolid by Face tool do not automatically update if you change the mass face.

To create a Toposolid from mass faces

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

   If the Select Multiple option is cleared, a toposolid is placed on the face immediately.

   Tip: You can change the pick face location of the toposolid (either top or bottom) by modifying the toposolid’s Picked Faces Location property in the Properties palette.
8. If Select Multiple is enabled, select more mass faces as follows:
   1. Click an unselected face to add it to the selection. Click a selected face to remove it.

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

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

   Tips

   • Do not select upward-pointing and downward-pointing faces for the same toposolid.
   • To make toposolids that cover both upward and downward faces, split the mass into 2 faces, so that each face is either completely upward or downward. Then create one or more toposolids from the downward faces and one or more from the upward faces.
     

Examples

Cursor highlighting cylindrical face

Placed toposolid