Autodesk® Revit® Architecture 2012: No Experience Required

Adding Alternate Floor Materials

Carpeting does not perform well in kitchens. This is information you already know. What you don't know is how to add tile to a carpeted floor system without having to cut the existing floor and start piecing in sections of alternate materials. That's what you'll learn in this section.

FIGURE 9.67 The finished west wall of the kitchen

Separating the Floor

Now that we have a floor area targeted for a new material, the following procedure guides you through the steps:

1. Open the Level 1 floor plan. Click the Split Face button on the Modify tab, as shown near the top right of Figure 9.68.
2. Select the entire floor. This ...