Richard McCarthy
2004-05-17, 06:30 AM
"I pass the rain down the africa........"
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Howdy Reviteers! ;)
I just had another question, I am now creating a Site family for this specific purpose of building massing.
I have got as far as Making the model standing erected on site (very cool feature I must say... just goto Setting > family category and parametrers > site > always vertical
I also dimension and labeled the length, width and height of the model and make a specific forumla of LxW (length x Width) to get the area calculation.
But I hit a snag. I can't seem to get the model to be "editable" when click on so I can reshape it anyway I want it to be. How do I make the family to show up a "edit" button once click on?
Also, the Length formula can be set to "type" and "instance"... is that mean if I set to "type", if I change the parameter of the family, everything gets changed?.. I want to keep the massing model as individual from each other.. like walls basically, so is "instance" the one I should choose?
Another thing I found is that when I drop my massing object, it seems that it only work in 3D View > Top, any other view (eg. Site, Floor 1, Floor 2) All makes the object drops to elevation "0", below the terrain.
Does anyone know why? Why can't I drop it from Site view and it will automatically sit on top of the terrain?
As usual, any answers would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks!! :D
<Turn the music off...>
Howdy Reviteers! ;)
I just had another question, I am now creating a Site family for this specific purpose of building massing.
I have got as far as Making the model standing erected on site (very cool feature I must say... just goto Setting > family category and parametrers > site > always vertical
I also dimension and labeled the length, width and height of the model and make a specific forumla of LxW (length x Width) to get the area calculation.
But I hit a snag. I can't seem to get the model to be "editable" when click on so I can reshape it anyway I want it to be. How do I make the family to show up a "edit" button once click on?
Also, the Length formula can be set to "type" and "instance"... is that mean if I set to "type", if I change the parameter of the family, everything gets changed?.. I want to keep the massing model as individual from each other.. like walls basically, so is "instance" the one I should choose?
Another thing I found is that when I drop my massing object, it seems that it only work in 3D View > Top, any other view (eg. Site, Floor 1, Floor 2) All makes the object drops to elevation "0", below the terrain.
Does anyone know why? Why can't I drop it from Site view and it will automatically sit on top of the terrain?
As usual, any answers would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks!! :D