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diacovoni

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I am working in Revit2010 and have created a mass model of a school building we are working on.  The masses were created with both "Box" and "in place" mass elements.  I am now trying to insert storefront windows by editing the face of a mass area.  I have no problem doing this to masses that I built in place, but cannot figure out how to edit a "Box" to create window areas.  All I ca find to do is edit the "Family" which opens up the generic "Box" family.  I cannot see where I can change the element to not be a "Box".  I would hate to recreate all my "boxes" with in place masses.

 What am I missing.

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Don't use masses!  You are really creating a problem for yourself.  Masses are to study form but they don't do squat when you start developing the project.   Use walls / floors / roofs ...

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Thank you for responding.  I am new to Revits and wanted to start this first project using all of their "Tools".  I have seen where Ecotech can do a lot of up front analysis from a simple model before getting too deep into the design.  I wanted to start using the massing tool for this purpose.  Sounds like massing is not used too extensively if people jump right into walls, roofs and floors.

Thoughts?

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