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Modeling an Adaptive Component
The first thing you’re going to create is an adaptive component family that will act as a
diaphragm for designing the building shape. You’ll then import this family into a mass and use
the solid form tool to wrap a stack of these shapes. To get started, follow these steps:
1. From the Application menu, choose New ➢ Family. Use the family template named
Generic Model Adaptive.rft or Metric Generic Model Adaptive.rft. Switch to the
Create tab and click Set in the Work Plane panel. In the view window, click the 3D level
line to set the level as the active reference plane. If you prefer to see the active plane in
which you will begin modeling, click the Show button in the Work Plane panel.
2. Switch to the Draw panel and select Reference and the point tool. In the view window,
create four points. These points aren’t location-specific; just lay them out relative to
Figure 9.1. These will later coincide with the number of vertical elements that you’ll create
in the mass.

Figure 9.1
placing reference
points

3. Click the Modify button, select all four points, and from the contextual tab in the ribbon
click the Make Adaptive tool.
The points will become numbered in the order in which they were inserted, and each
point will have its own reference planes (Figure 9.2).

Figure 9.2
Creating adaptive
points

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