With the plan region in place, we can now place a ceiling at a higher distance from the finish floor.. In the Structure row, click the Edit button, as shown in Figure 9.18.. Click into t
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F i g u R e 9 1 6 Configuring the View Range for the crop region
6 Click OK.
7 On the Mode panel, click Finish Edit Mode.
You now have a plan region Although it may not seem as though you did
N O T E the dotted line you see represents the border of the plan region although these borders can get annoying (especially if you start col-lecting several plan regions), I recommend that you keep them turned on It
is helpful to know where a plan region is in the model, and it is more impor-tant for others to know that there is a plan region in that area also, these borders will not plot
With the plan region in place, we can now place a ceiling at a higher distance from the finish floor Since we are going to the trouble of placing a high ceiling,
we might as well make the ceiling something special
creating a custom ceiling
So, what do you do if your ceiling is not an acoustical tile ceiling or a gypsum system? This is Revit! You make a new one
As mentioned earlier, creating a ceiling is similar to creating a floor or a roof The Properties dialogs are exactly the same This procedure will guide you through the process of creating a custom ceiling:
1 Be sure you are in the Level 1 ceiling plan, and zoom in on the
north-west room
2 On the Home tab, click the Ceiling button.
3 In the Change Element Type menu, select GWB On Mtl Stud To the
right and below the picture of the ceiling is the Edit Type button Click it (see Figure 9.17)
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Mtl Stud ceiling type
4 Click Duplicate.
5 Call the new ceiling Wood Veneer on Metal framing, and click OK.
6 In the Structure row, click the Edit button, as shown in Figure 9.18.
F i g u R e 9 1 8 Clicking the Edit button in the Structure row to gain access
to the ceiling’s structural composition
7 In the Layers field, as shown in Figure 9.19, click on row 4 This is the
Finish 2 [5] Gypsum Wall Board row
8 Just below the Layers field is the Insert button Click it.
9 Click the Down button to move the new row to the bottom.
10 Change the function from Structure to Finish 2 [5].
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11 Click into the Material cell and click the […] button, as shown in
Figure 9.19
F i g u R e 9 1 9 Clicking the […] button in the Material cell
12 In the Materials dialog, find Wood - Cherry.
13 Give it a Surface Pattern setting of Wood 1.
14 Give it a Cut Pattern setting of Plywood, as shown in Figure 9.20.
F i g u R e 9 2 0 Selecting and configuring the material for the ceiling
15 Click OK.
16 Change the Thickness to 3/4”.
17 Click OK twice.
18 In the Properties dialog, change the Height Offset from Level to 14’-6”.
19 Place the ceiling in the room shown in Figure 9.21.
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N O T E Don’t get discouraged if your final result is not the same as the
figure You took 19 steps to get to this wonderful cherry ceiling; any one of
those steps could have gone wrong Going back through steps and retracing
your path is something you may be doing quite a bit
For the adjacent rooms, add the same ceiling You can keep the same height
You can follow along with these steps, but I encourage you to try to put the
ceil-ings in from memory:
1 In the Project Browser, be sure you are in the Level 1 ceiling plan.
2 On the Home tab, click the Ceiling button.
3 In the Change Element Type menu on the Element panel, find the
ceiling called Compound Ceiling : Wood Veneer on Metal framing
4 In the Properties panel, set the height above the floor to 14’–6”.
5 Pick the rooms shown in Figure 9.22 When you are done, press Esc a
couple of times to clear the command
F i g u R e 9 2 2 The north row of rooms will receive cherry ceilings!
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ad d i n g a Ce i l i n g i n eM p t y spaC e
Note that you can add a ceiling to a model if there are no walls defining an enclosed space To do this, start the Ceiling command in the typical manner
by clicking the Ceiling button on the Home tab, as shown in the following graphic When the Ceiling command starts, click the Sketch Ceiling button on the Ceiling tab This will allow you to simply draft the ceiling boundaries
Now that you have experience placing ceilings and creating custom ceiling systems, it is time to start adding features The first items that come to mind are lighting fixtures, but we need to go back even further and figure out how to
“cut holes” in the ceilings and add soffits
creating ceiling openings and soffits
Unless you are in a residential dwelling, or a prison, you can look up and notice that a ceiling is merely serving as a host for electrical, mechanical, and archi-tectural appointments Very seldom will you find a ceiling that does not require
a modification in some capacity This section of the chapter will deal with this issue, starting with creating a ceiling opening
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To begin, open the file you have been following along with If you did not complete
the previous chapter, go to the book’s web page at www.sybex.com/go/revit2011ner
The objective of the next procedure is to cut an opening into a ceiling to later
drop a soffit into:
1 Open the Level 1 ceiling plan.
2 Zoom into the wood ceilings in the west wing, as shown in Figure 9.23.
3 Select the ceiling in the northwest corner of the building, as shown
in Figure 9.23
T I P Ceilings can be difficult to select If you hover your cursor over the
perimeter of the ceiling, you will see it highlight If the wall or some other
overlapping geometry highlights instead, tap the tab key on your keyboard to
filter through until you find the ceiling When the ceiling highlights, pick it
4 After the ceiling is selected, click the Edit Boundary button on the
Modify | Ceilings tab, as shown in Figure 9.23 The ceiling pattern
disappears and is replaced by a magenta sketch line at the perimeter
of the room
5 Switch to the Home tab, and click the Ref Plane button on the Work
Plane panel as shown in Figure 9.24
6 Draw two reference planes, as shown in Figure 9.24 Be sure to snap
to the midpoints of the magenta sketch lines
7 With the reference planes drawn, click the Pick Lines icon on the Draw
panel of the Modify | Ceilings tab
8 On the Draw panel on the Modify | Ceilings ➢ Edit Boundary tab, click
the Boundary Line button When you do, you will see an expanded list
of sketch choices Pick the Circle choice, as shown in Figure 9.25
9 Draw a 4′-0″ radius circle at the intersection of the reference planes
(see Figure 9.25)
10 On the Mode panel, click Finish Edit Mode.
11 Verify that your ceiling looks like Figure 9.26.
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F i g u R e 9 2 3 Clicking the Edit Boundary button on the Modify | Ceilings tab
F i g u R e 9 2 4 Drawing two reference planes to create a center intersection
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F i g u R e 9 2 6 There’s a hole in my ceiling!
With the cutout in place, we need to think about closing this feature with a
soffit and, perhaps, another ceiling
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creating a soffit
Soffits are nothing more than walls with a base offset This makes sense if you think about it If your floor level moves, you certainly want the distance from the finish floor to the bottom of the soffit to remain consistent This one is going to be easy!
1 On the Home tab, click the Wall button.
2 In the Change Element Type menu, select Basic Wall : Interior: 6 1/8″
Partition (2 Hr)
3 Click the Edit Type button.
4 Click Duplicate.
5 Call the new wall 4 1/2” Soffit.
6 Click OK.
7 Click the Edit button in the Structure row.
8 Delete rows 1 and 7 (the double gypsum layer).
9 Change the gypsum thicknesses to 1/2”.
10 Change the Stud layer to 3 1/2”.
11 Click OK twice.
12 In the Properties dialog, set Base Offset to 14’–0”, as shown in
Figure 9.27
13 Set Top Constraint to Up To Level: Level 3 (see Figure 9.28).
F i g u R e 9 2 7 Modifying the dimensions of the 6 1/8″ wall
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You are now ready to place the soffit You will add it to the radial hole in the
ceil-ing Normally, you would need to physically draw the wall using the Arc Sketch
function In this case, you can simply pick the radial portion of the ceiling opening
1 With the Wall command still running, click the Pick Lines icon on the
Draw panel
2 Mouse over the radial ceiling opening Notice a blue alignment line
appears Make sure it is to the inside of the opening, then press the
Tab key twice
3 Notice the entire circle is selected and the blue alignment line is
fac-ing the inside of the hole (see Figure 9.29) When you see this, pick a
point to the inside of the hole
4 Press Esc twice.
Your soffit is complete
It is now time to add a secondary ceiling to the inside of the soffit This
pro-cedure will be carried out exactly as it was when you added a ceiling to the
entire room
1 In the Project Browser, go to the Level 1 ceiling plan and zoom in on
the ceiling with the soffit
2 On the Home tab, click the Ceiling button.
3 Select Compound Ceiling : Wood Veneer On Metal Framing (if it is
not the current selection already)
4 Click the Edit Type button.
5 Click Duplicate.
6 Call the new ceiling Mahogany Veneer on Metal Framing, and then
click OK