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Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 3:22:32 PM | Massing - making a 'noodle' shape

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Hey all,

I'm making an intricate Revit mass representation of a prefabricated building unit. The unit will need to have 4 "noodle" shaped components which will be used to anchor cables coming from another component of the building structure. My questions are...

1. How can I make a noodle shape - shaped in section like the letter "C," so not exactly a half-circle - in Revit mass modeling? (also note, i'm not making this in a Family, just making it in the project itself...)

which brings me to my second question

2. Is there a way I can save this intricate mass as a family AFTER creating it in my project?

 

Your help is greatly appreciated! Huzzah for Autodesk. Huzzah for 3D.


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Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 3:46:15 PM | Massing - making a 'noodle' shape

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Why in a mass instead of a family?

No, you can not convert a mass to a family.

 

Noodle shaped?  Seems like a rectangle profile septh along a path.


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Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 4:08:39 PM | Massing - making a 'noodle' shape

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Uh, didn't really catch any of that second part...


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Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 8:16:01 AM | Massing - making a 'noodle' shape

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 A noodle shape? Something like the attached?  It was created using a sweep.



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Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 6:11:00 PM | Massing - making a 'noodle' shape

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Massing is only for ridiculously organic forms.  The vast majority of curves and bends and such can be made with the normal modeling tools within your project.  Sometimes it takes a little creativity to figure out how to make it.

 

Massing is sort of... separate from the rest of the program.   It's frustrating trying to integrate massing into a project, and it's really only meant as a framework to apply things like roofs and curtain walls to the face of. 


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