Place floors and define floor slopes in Revit.
Tutorial resources
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Transcript
00:04
In Revit, you create floors by defining their boundaries, either by picking walls or by using drawing tools.
00:12
When floors are created, they are created in a downward direction from the floor level.
00:18
You can create a sloped floor, add slab edges to a floor, or create multi-layer floors.
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To complete this exercise, open the CreatingFloors [2024].rvt exercise file.
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On the Architecture ribbon, in the Build panel, click Floor.
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Notice that the Architectural floor is the default Floor tool.
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Expand the Type Selector and choose the type of floor you want to create.
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On the Modify|Create Floor Boundary ribbon, Boundary Line is selected by default, and Pick Walls is the default Draw option.
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Pick Walls and Pick Lines allow you to pick existing walls and lines in your model.
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In addition, you can use a combination of the other Draw tools to sketch the floor boundary.
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For this example, select Pick Lines and pick the interior boundary of the building.
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After you have a closed sketch boundary, click Finish Edit Mode to create the floor.
01:27
Note that the tool will yield a warning error if the boundary lines are not in a closed loop or if any line segments overlap.
01:36
By default, when you create floors in Revit, they are flat.
01:41
To slope the floor, you can choose a floor boundary line to define the slope, or you can add a slope arrow.
01:49
To see how this works, create another floor.
01:53
This time, sketch a small pad on the north side of the building.
01:59
Next, select a floor boundary line.
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On the Options bar, select Defines Slope.
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A slope icon now appears next to the boundary line, with a value.
02:14
Set a new Slope value and in the Options bar, then deselect Defines Slope to remove the slope.
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Next, in the Draw panel, click the Slope Arrow tool.
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You do this when you’re defining a new floor.
02:34
To define a slope, you can use the Line option to draw a slope arrow manually
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or the Pick Lines tool to pick a floor boundary line.
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Here, click Pick Lines, and then select a floor boundary line.
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In the Properties palette, next to Specify, choose either Height at Tail or Slope.
02:57
The Height at Tail options allows you to specify the Height Offset at Tail and the Height Offset at Head.
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The Slope option allows you to define the Slope pitch.
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After you define the slope, click Finish Edit Mode.
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Switch to the East elevation view to review the results.
03:18
Floors in Revit are easy to create and modify.
00:04
In Revit, you create floors by defining their boundaries, either by picking walls or by using drawing tools.
00:12
When floors are created, they are created in a downward direction from the floor level.
00:18
You can create a sloped floor, add slab edges to a floor, or create multi-layer floors.
00:26
To complete this exercise, open the CreatingFloors [2024].rvt exercise file.
00:33
On the Architecture ribbon, in the Build panel, click Floor.
00:38
Notice that the Architectural floor is the default Floor tool.
00:43
Expand the Type Selector and choose the type of floor you want to create.
00:49
On the Modify|Create Floor Boundary ribbon, Boundary Line is selected by default, and Pick Walls is the default Draw option.
00:60
Pick Walls and Pick Lines allow you to pick existing walls and lines in your model.
01:07
In addition, you can use a combination of the other Draw tools to sketch the floor boundary.
01:15
For this example, select Pick Lines and pick the interior boundary of the building.
01:21
After you have a closed sketch boundary, click Finish Edit Mode to create the floor.
01:27
Note that the tool will yield a warning error if the boundary lines are not in a closed loop or if any line segments overlap.
01:36
By default, when you create floors in Revit, they are flat.
01:41
To slope the floor, you can choose a floor boundary line to define the slope, or you can add a slope arrow.
01:49
To see how this works, create another floor.
01:53
This time, sketch a small pad on the north side of the building.
01:59
Next, select a floor boundary line.
02:05
On the Options bar, select Defines Slope.
02:09
A slope icon now appears next to the boundary line, with a value.
02:14
Set a new Slope value and in the Options bar, then deselect Defines Slope to remove the slope.
02:23
Next, in the Draw panel, click the Slope Arrow tool.
02:29
You do this when you’re defining a new floor.
02:34
To define a slope, you can use the Line option to draw a slope arrow manually
02:40
or the Pick Lines tool to pick a floor boundary line.
02:43
Here, click Pick Lines, and then select a floor boundary line.
02:49
In the Properties palette, next to Specify, choose either Height at Tail or Slope.
02:57
The Height at Tail options allows you to specify the Height Offset at Tail and the Height Offset at Head.
03:05
The Slope option allows you to define the Slope pitch.
03:09
After you define the slope, click Finish Edit Mode.
03:13
Switch to the East elevation view to review the results.
03:18
Floors in Revit are easy to create and modify.
