1. Learning Objectives Understand the concept of floor. Create floors using the Floor tool. Create roofs using the Roof tool. Use the shape editing tools for floor, roof, and slabs. Create ceilings using the Ceiling tool. Create openings in the floor, roof, and ceiling. Create rooms using the Room tool. Join walls with the other walls and roofs.

2.  CREATING FLOORS Ribbon: Home > Build > Floor drop-down > Floor Figure 1 Partial view of the Modify | Create Floor Boundary tab

3. Figure 2 The Properties Palette showing the floor types Figure 3 Partial view of the Type Properties dialog box for the floor

4. Sketching the Floor Boundary Figure 4 Sketching the floor boundary

5. Figure 5 Dragging the sketched floor boundary

6.  CREATING ROOFS A structure that covers the uppermost part of a building Protect the building and its contents from the effects of weather Figure 6 Invoking the Roof by Footprint tool from the ribbon

7. Creating the Roof by Footprint Figure 8 Sketching the roof footprint Figure 7 Specifying the level to sketch the roof footprint

8. Figure 10 Sketching the roof footprintFigure 9 Hip roof created

9. Figure 12 Specifying the sloping sideFigure 11 Resulting gable roof

10. Figure 13 Resulting shed roof

11. Creating Roofs By Extrusion Ribbon: Home > Build > Roof drop-down > Roof By Extrusion Figure 14 Specifying the work plane for sketching the roof profile in the Work Plane dialog box Figure 15 Setting the roof reference level and offset

12. Figure 16 Sketching reference planes to sketch the roof profile

13. Figure 17 Sketching the roof profile using the reference planes

14. Figure 18 Roof created using the Roof By Extrusion tool Figure 19 Extending and attaching the walls to the roof soffit

15. Modifying Roof Properties and Editing Shapes Figure 20 Selecting a desired option from the Type Selector drop-down list Figure 21 The Properties Palette of the selected roof

16. Figure 22 The Type Properties dialog box for the selected roof

17.  SHAPE EDITING TOOLS FOR STRUCTURAL FLOORS, FLOORS, AND ROOFS Modify Sub Elements Figure 23 The shape editing tools displayed in the Shape Editing panel Figure 24 The boundary line and the corner grips displayed after selecting the floor

18. Figure 25 Drag control symbol displayed after selecting the left corner point Figure 26 Modified floor after dragging the left corner point vertically up

19. Add Points A spot elevation by adding single or multiple points on the surface Used to modify the geometry of the selected slab, floor or roof Figure 27 Adding a point on the surface and then dragging the point

20. Draw Split Lines Split or divide the slab, floor, or roof surface into different sub regions Act as edges and split the surface into different regions Figure 28 The floor after adding three split lines and dragging them to different elevations Pick Supports Reset Shape

21.  CREATING CEILINGS Creating an Automatic Ceiling Ribbon: Home > Build > Ceiling Figure 29 Selecting the room to create an automatic ceiling Figure 30 Automatic ceiling created

22. Sketching the Ceiling Figure 31 Choosing the Boundary Line option and displaying the drawing tools Figure 32 Sketching the ceiling boundary

23. Figure 33 Ceiling created within the sketched boundary Figure 34 Ceiling displayed in the section view

24. Using the Pick Walls Method Modifying the Ceiling Figure 35 The Properties Palette for the ceiling

25. Figure 36 The Type Properties dialog box for the selected ceiling type

26.  ROOMS Created only in the plan view Adding Rooms Ribbon: Home > Room & Area > Room drop-down > Room Figure 37 Invoking the Room tool from the ribbon Figure 38 The graphical representation of the room

27. Figure 39 Room added in an open boundary Figure 40 Room created after adding the wall segment

28. Creating Rooms from Room Schedules Room Bounding Elements Modifying Room Properties Figure 41 The Properties Palette for the room

29. Understanding Room Instance Parameters LevelUpper Limit Limit OffsetArea Unbounded HeightVolume NumberName CommentsOccupancy Base/Ceiling FinishWall/Floor Finish OccupantPhase

30. Calculating Room Volumes Cutting Openings in the Wall, Floor, Roof, and Ceiling Figure 42 The Opening panel showing the tools

31. Figure 43 Selecting the face of the roof to be cut Figure 44 Sketching the opening in the ceiling plan using the reference planes

32. Figure 45 Resulting opening perpendicular to the selected face

33. Figure 46 Sketching the roof opening in the ceiling plan view Figure 47 Roof opening in the 3D view

34.  JOINING WALLS WITH OTHER ELEMENTS Using the Attach Top /Base and Detach Top/Base Tool Figure 48 Checking the status of attachments for walls in the Properties Palette

35.  Tutorial 1 In this tutorial, you will add a floor and ceiling to the c06_Apartment1_tut1.rvt project created in Tutorial 1 of Chapter 6. The following steps are required to complete this tutorial: 1.Open the c06_Apartment1_tut1.rvt file created in Chapter 6. 2.Hide the annotation tags such as the section line, grids, and the elevation tag. 3.Create the floor using the Floor tool, refer to Figures 49 through 51.

36. Figure 49 The sketched floor boundary using the Pick Walls tool

37. Figure 50 Selecting the floor type

38. Figure 51 The LW Concrete on Metal Deck type of the floor created

39. 4.Create the ceiling using the Ceiling tool, refer to Figures 52 and 53. 5.Attach walls to the floor Figure 52 Highlighting and displaying the ceiling type for the bedroom

40. Figure 53 Selecting the floor to attach the exterior walls

41.  Tutorial 2 In this tutorial, you will add a floor, ceiling, and a roof to the Club project created in Tutorial 2 of Chapter 6, refer to Figure 54. Figure 54 Sketch view for adding roof to the Club project

42. The following steps are required to complete this tutorial: 1.Open the c06_Club_tut2.rvt project file created in Chapter 6. 2.Hide the annotation tags such as the section line, grids and the elevation tag. 3.Create the floor using the Floor tool, refer to Figure 55. Figure 55 The sketched floor boundary

43. 4.Create the ceiling using the Ceiling tool. 5.Create the roof using the Roof by Footprint tool, refer to Figures 56 through 62. 6.Attach all walls to floor. Figure 56 Sketching the roof profile Figure 57 Completing the roof profile of Hall1

44. Figure 58 North elevation of the club project with the created roof

45. Figure 59 Sketching the curved roof profile Figure 60 The completed Lounge roof profile

46. Figure 61 Mirroring the roof of Hall 1

47. Figure 62 North elevation of the club project with the completed roof profile