Typical Uses of Massing Studies

Create in-place or family-based mass instances that are specific to individual design options.
Create mass families that represent the forms associated with often-used building volumes.
Vary materials, forms, and relations between masses that represent major components of a building or development using design options.
Abstractly represent phases of a project.
Study zoning compliance, both visually and numerically, by relating a proposed building mass to the zoning envelope and floor area ratio.
Assemble various complex masses from a library of predefined mass families.
Perform energy analysis and solar radiation analysis.