Floors and ceilings modeling - Editing ceiling boundaries

Tutorial resources

These downloadable resources will be used to complete this tutorial:

create-ceilings_002.rvt - (11 mb)

Transcript

00:04

Now looking at the lounge area above,

00:05

we can see the ceiling goes through the sort of store cupboards at the end here.

00:10

And ideally, we would like that to stop. So

00:12

even though it was created with the automatic option,

00:15

we can still select on one of the grid lines here.

00:17

And then from the modified ceiling ribbon, choose edit boundary

00:21

and then we'll get all of the sketch tools so we can modify those boundaries.

00:27

So once again,

00:27

I'll just click on the pick walls tool and then click the

00:30

wall at the end where we want the ceiling to stop.

00:33

And now we use the trim extend to corner to tidy up the lines here.

00:39

And now finally, we can just pick on these lines and press delete

00:43

so that we're just left with the boundary around the area that we want.

00:47

And then we can click on finish edit mode to get our finish ceiling.

00:53

Now, looking at the reception area,

00:55

we'd like to create a circular inset ceiling in here.

00:58

So once again,

00:59

we'll select one of the grid lines and then from the modified ceilings,

01:02

we'll choose edit boundary.

01:06

Now we'll change our draw tools to be a circle.

01:09

And now coming around to this reception area here, we'll click for the center

01:14

and then we'll set the radius of this circle to be 4 ft six inches.

01:18

And as this is an enclosed space within the outer boundary, when we click,

01:22

finish edit mode, we'll have a hole in our ceiling

01:25

into which we can create our inset sealing.

01:30

So now we can see the hole there.

01:31

So we'll go back to the architecture ribbon tab.

01:34

And from the build panel, we've choosed a sea tool. Again,

01:37

we'll swap to the sketch ceiling from the modified place ceiling ribbon.

01:41

And we can see we have the GWB on metal stud type, which is the one we want.

01:46

So as we already have the lines there in the first ceiling,

01:49

I'll just change the draw tool to pick lines

01:52

and then we can click the edges of the circle there

01:54

and then click finish edit mode to create that sealer.

02:01

So now whilst it's still selected, looking at its properties,

02:03

we can see we have a height offset from level of 8 ft

02:07

and we'd like to move these ceilings up and down a little bit,

02:10

but that's gonna be easier to do in the section view. So from the project browser,

02:14

we'll go and open up section one

02:18

and now zooming into the area on the fourth floor,

02:20

we can see the ceilings here and this is the ceiling that we

02:23

can see in the lounge and the inset ceiling for the reception.

02:27

If I pick the lounge sting, looking at the properties here,

02:30

we can see that it's got a height offset from level of 8 ft.

02:33

And we can also see that on the temporary dimension here, which I can just click

02:37

and then we can change that to 9 ft

02:40

and we can see that ceiling move up.

02:42

And also in the properties palette here, the height offset from level is now 9 ft.

02:48

Now I'll select the inset ceiling that we created and

02:51

we can see that it's also got an 8 ft height offset from level,

02:55

but we want to just move this up by nine inches.

02:57

02:58

this time with it selected, I'll click on the move tool from the modify ribbon

03:02

and then we can click on a base point

03:05

and then move it vertically up.

03:06

And I'll type in nine inches so that we have it at the right height.

03:11

And then we can see we have the height offset from

03:13

level to be 8 ft nine inches as we want.

03:18

So that finishes creating those ceilings. Let's have a look at those in 3D.

03:22

So from the quick access tool bar, we'll open up the default 3D view

03:30

and now we can obviously see the whole building here. So

03:33

to make this a little bit easier,

03:34

we'll go over the view cube and then we'll right click with the mouse

03:38

and then from the orient to view menu.

03:40

We'll choose the section option and then section one,

03:44

then the 3D view will spin round and it will create a section box

03:48

that aligns up with the section 12 D view that we were just looking at.

03:52

So again, zoom in in here, we can see where the ceilings are.

03:56

I'll select the inset ceiling and then we'll just orbit round

03:59

using the shift button on the keyboard and the right mouse button.

04:03

And now we can see that we have the ceilings created in the 3d view.

04:08

And now that finishes creating the ceilings.

Video transcript

00:04

Now looking at the lounge area above,

00:05

we can see the ceiling goes through the sort of store cupboards at the end here.

00:10

And ideally, we would like that to stop. So

00:12

even though it was created with the automatic option,

00:15

we can still select on one of the grid lines here.

00:17

And then from the modified ceiling ribbon, choose edit boundary

00:21

and then we'll get all of the sketch tools so we can modify those boundaries.

00:27

So once again,

00:27

I'll just click on the pick walls tool and then click the

00:30

wall at the end where we want the ceiling to stop.

00:33

And now we use the trim extend to corner to tidy up the lines here.

00:39

And now finally, we can just pick on these lines and press delete

00:43

so that we're just left with the boundary around the area that we want.

00:47

And then we can click on finish edit mode to get our finish ceiling.

00:53

Now, looking at the reception area,

00:55

we'd like to create a circular inset ceiling in here.

00:58

So once again,

00:59

we'll select one of the grid lines and then from the modified ceilings,

01:02

we'll choose edit boundary.

01:06

Now we'll change our draw tools to be a circle.

01:09

And now coming around to this reception area here, we'll click for the center

01:14

and then we'll set the radius of this circle to be 4 ft six inches.

01:18

And as this is an enclosed space within the outer boundary, when we click,

01:22

finish edit mode, we'll have a hole in our ceiling

01:25

into which we can create our inset sealing.

01:30

So now we can see the hole there.

01:31

So we'll go back to the architecture ribbon tab.

01:34

And from the build panel, we've choosed a sea tool. Again,

01:37

we'll swap to the sketch ceiling from the modified place ceiling ribbon.

01:41

And we can see we have the GWB on metal stud type, which is the one we want.

01:46

So as we already have the lines there in the first ceiling,

01:49

I'll just change the draw tool to pick lines

01:52

and then we can click the edges of the circle there

01:54

and then click finish edit mode to create that sealer.

02:01

So now whilst it's still selected, looking at its properties,

02:03

we can see we have a height offset from level of 8 ft

02:07

and we'd like to move these ceilings up and down a little bit,

02:10

but that's gonna be easier to do in the section view. So from the project browser,

02:14

we'll go and open up section one

02:18

and now zooming into the area on the fourth floor,

02:20

we can see the ceilings here and this is the ceiling that we

02:23

can see in the lounge and the inset ceiling for the reception.

02:27

If I pick the lounge sting, looking at the properties here,

02:30

we can see that it's got a height offset from level of 8 ft.

02:33

And we can also see that on the temporary dimension here, which I can just click

02:37

and then we can change that to 9 ft

02:40

and we can see that ceiling move up.

02:42

And also in the properties palette here, the height offset from level is now 9 ft.

02:48

Now I'll select the inset ceiling that we created and

02:51

we can see that it's also got an 8 ft height offset from level,

02:55

but we want to just move this up by nine inches.

02:57

02:58

this time with it selected, I'll click on the move tool from the modify ribbon

03:02

and then we can click on a base point

03:05

and then move it vertically up.

03:06

And I'll type in nine inches so that we have it at the right height.

03:11

And then we can see we have the height offset from

03:13

level to be 8 ft nine inches as we want.

03:18

So that finishes creating those ceilings. Let's have a look at those in 3D.

03:22

So from the quick access tool bar, we'll open up the default 3D view

03:30

and now we can obviously see the whole building here. So

03:33

to make this a little bit easier,

03:34

we'll go over the view cube and then we'll right click with the mouse

03:38

and then from the orient to view menu.

03:40

We'll choose the section option and then section one,

03:44

then the 3D view will spin round and it will create a section box

03:48

that aligns up with the section 12 D view that we were just looking at.

03:52

So again, zoom in in here, we can see where the ceilings are.

03:56

I'll select the inset ceiling and then we'll just orbit round

03:59

using the shift button on the keyboard and the right mouse button.

04:03

And now we can see that we have the ceilings created in the 3d view.

04:08

And now that finishes creating the ceilings.

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