Getting Started with mass-based buildings

A guide to help with using the mass-based configurator.

When starting a mass-based project, you'll want to go through the following steps.

1. Define your site
2. Add a building/space
3. Add stories to your building

Adding a building/space

• Click the plus (+) at the bottom of the Navigation Tree
• Select space
  • fill
  • free shape
  • offset

If you select free shape, you'll then choose between draw outline or draw path offset.

Draw outline

Draw path offset

To use path offset:

1. Draw your path
2. At the end of your path, you'll see a circle
3. Click between the end of your path and the circle
4. Define your offset distance

Draw a rectangle

To draw a rectangle:

1. Select Add Space to the site or redefine an existing space boundary by activating the draw rectangle button in the Property Panel with the space layer highlighted in the Nav Tree.
2. 
3. Left click in the Canvas to place a starting node and extend your mouse to place another node and click to the desired size to complete a rectangle. To create a square, type in a desired dimension and click enter to have all edge boundaries equal to that dimension. 
4. 
5. Adjust the dimensions, move, or rotate the rectangle space or region boundary on the site as required.
6. 

Add stories to your building

There are two ways to add levels to your building:

• Drag an edge in 3D
• Use the levels tall parameter