Autodesk® Revit® Architecture 2012: No Experience Required

Pitching a Floor to a Floor Drain

Sure, it is the responsibility of the plumbing engineer to specify what floor drains to use, but it is generally the responsibility of the architect to specify where the floor drain needs to be, and the pitch of the floor.

That being said, let's move on to creating a pitched floor area in the restrooms. Because you have five floors to work with, let's go up to the second floor and start pitching some slabs!

The objective of this procedure is to add points in the surface of the slab in order to pitch to a drain:

1. In the Project Browser, double-click on the Level 2 floor plan (make sure you aren't in the Level 2 ceiling plan).
2. Zoom in on the lavatory areas, as shown in Figure 6.46.
3. Select the floor.
4. Now that the ...