Mastering Autodesk Revit 2020

Chapter 14Modeling Floors, Ceilings, and Roofs

Floors, ceilings, and roofs, which may seem like simple building components, can sometimes prove to be difficult to model and detail in your project designs. In the previous chapter, you learned about creating and customizing walls and how they use a built-up set of layers to define their composition. Many of the objects in this chapter can depend on walls and curtain walls to define their boundaries. As with walls, floor, ceiling, and roof object types are system families that use a built-up set of layers that are applied to a sketched form. Walls mostly rely on a linear path, while floors, ceilings, and roofs rely on a boundary sketch.

IN THIS CHAPTER, YOU'LL LEARN TO

• Understand floor modeling ...