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Show floor plan in reflected ceiling plan revit 2017.
Revit tip floor plan and ceiling plan view range explained.
Create ceiling plan that only displays the ceiling grid.
Set the visual style for the ceiling plan to wireframe.
For type select a view type from the list or click edit type to modify an existing view type or create a new view type.
Normally i put the rcp on the sheet first then the floor plan with floors turned off.
So i put the floor plan on first then the rcp.
Create floor plan view displaying the desired elements.
They want the floor plan orientation but with grid turned on.
August 14 2017 posts 1 current local time 09 11 pm.
But this time it s giving me grief.
I went into the rcp and made the ceiling transparent.
In a 2d view display a floor plan a reflected ceiling plan or structural plan.
View range for reflected ceiling plan is the view depth distance entered into the view range the distance below the bottom plane.
Ive told him he can make a reflected ceiling plan with the ductwork and air terminals turned on but they didnt like how it looked.
Thanks a million.
One of the engineers in the office asked a fellow cad guy to plot him the floor plans with ceiling grid turned on.
Use floor plan for the hvac layout.
About plan views in a 2d view display a floor plan a reflected ceiling plan or structural plan.
About the view range the view range is a set of horizontal planes that control the visibility and display of objects in a plan view.
Click view tab create panel plan views drop down and then click floor plan reflected ceiling plan structural plan in the new plan dialog.
Place the floor plan view onto a sheet this must be placed first as the draw order of views is controlled by the order they are placed onto the sheet.
Floor plan views the floor plan view is the default view in a new architectural project.
About plan regions to define multiple cut planes within a plan view use plan regions.
If you want to show the ceiling the best procedure i ve found that works is to use stacked views which is an undocumented process of laying two views on top of each other on the sheet with one view a reflected ceiling plan view with only the ceiling visible and the other view floor plan view that has everything else.
However in 2017 the ceiling is getting blocked out by furniture and specialty equipment.