Conceptual Massing Family Creation

As you create massing families in the conceptual design environment, many of the important tools are accessed from the Model tab and the Options Bar. See Creating Solid Forms.

This panel...	Contains tools that let you...
Selection	complete an action in the drawing area.
Draw	draw the shapes used to create forms and surfaces.
Datum	create 3D levels, and reference geometry.
Model	load families into the conceptual design environment.
Dimension	dimension lines and set their type properties.
Work Plane	set and show a work plane.
Form	create a solid or void form from selected lines.
Family Editor	load a massing family file into a project file.
Family Properties	set the family category, parameter, and family type rules.

In the conceptual design environment, when forms or lines are selected, the Options Bar displays useful options. The Options Bar displays options for:

Selecting the work plane. See 3D Work Planes.
Making a surface from the lines. See Surface Forms.
Enabling 3D snapping. See 3D Snapping.
creating a chain of lines
setting the offset value
setting the radius