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Creating a Complex Mass Family
In the previous exercise, we used the basic modeling tools that are available for most family
categories. The tools available in the conceptual massing environment are somewhat different.
In the next exercise, you will open a conceptual mass family that we have started with a number
of datum objects and embedded formulas.
Overall, the UI is not too dissimilar from the project environment. It’s as if you’re creating
masses in-place—except that you’re not in the project environment; you’re in the Family Editor.
One significant difference that you can see is that there is a single level and two reference
planes, which also define the origin for a massing family (Figure 8.74). Keep in mind that when
you reload this family into your project, it will update relative to the origin in the family.

Figure 8.74
The Massing user
interface

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