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The default tool palettes in the workspace contain sample mass group tools
that you can use and customize as needed. In addition, the following catalogs
provided with the software contain mass group tools that you can add to your
tool palettes:
â– Stock Tool catalog
â– Sample Palette catalog
For more information on accessing tools in these catalogs, see Content Browser
on page 137.
Custom palettes created by your CAD manager or other users may also contain
mass group tools with mass group properties that are customized for your
projects or office standards.
Creating a Mass Group
Use this procedure to add a new mass group that has the properties specified
in a selected mass group tool.
A mass group is a display object that allows you to visualize and manipulate
combinations of mass elements. After you create mass elements, you can
combine their shapes through Boolean operations (addition, subtraction, and
intersection) in a mass group. The resulting complex shape of the mass group
represents your mass model.
Mass Groups and Mass Group Markers
You use a mass group tool to attach mass elements, other AEC objects, or
AutoCAD objects to a mass group, which you place in a convenient area of
your drawing. The mass elements and other objects that you attach form the
body of the mass group. The mass group is created on a different layer than
the mass elements that form it.
A mass group marker is displayed in the drawing if you create a mass group
and then detach all mass elements from it, or if you release the anchor of
objects attached to the group. If you attach elements to the group, or if you
anchor attached objects to the group, the mass group marker is no longer
displayed.
1052 | Chapter 15 Creating Conceptual Models
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