Create ceiling types and edit ceiling grids

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And we're looking at the conference area ceiling plan,

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which is where we were laid at the ceilings,

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looking at the ceilings in the lounge in the conference room,

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they're currently using a 2 ft by 2 ft grid system.

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We want to change them to be a 4 ft by 1 ft plank ceiling system.

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I'll start by selecting the ceiling in the conference room

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and looking at the type selector,

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we can see that this is the two by 2 ft acoustic ceiling towel system

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and clicking on the type selector.

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You can see there's not actually a 4 ft by 1 ft plank system available.

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So to create this, we'll need to duplicate the existing type

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with the savings still selected.

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I'll click edit type to access its type properties

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and then at the top of the box by its name,

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I'll click duplicate to create the new ceiling type.

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We'll assign a name

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and click, OK, to save the name.

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Now, we need to edit the structure of the ceiling.

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So from the type parameters,

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we'll click the edit button next to the structure parameter

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and that will open up the assembly of the sailor.

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Now looking at the layers within the assembly, we can see we have the structure layer

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and this is used to support the ceiling tiles.

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Beneath that, we have the actual ceiling tile layer.

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And this is using the material, acoustic ceiling tile 24 by 24.

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And this is what we will need to change

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to create our four by one plank system.

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So I'll select the material and then using the

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button that appears we'll open up the material browser.

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So now we can see that we have two materials here.

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Acoustic ceiling tile 24 by 24 and also 24 by 48

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that are both being used within the model.

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So we'll duplicate one of these.

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So I click in the 24 by 48

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we'll choose duplicate material and assets

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to create a new material

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and we'll rename this to acoustic ceiling tile 12 by 48.

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Now, looking at the graphics tab, we can see on the foreground surface pattern

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that it's using the ceiling 24 by 48 fill pattern

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to edit this.

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We'll click on the fill pattern itself and this

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will open up the fill patterns dialog box.

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And we can see we have two fill patterns and we will need to create a new one.

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So from the bottom of the box, we'll click new fill pattern

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and then we'll name this ceiling

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And now from the settings panel, we'll change from parallel lines to crosshatch

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will set the line angle to zero degrees

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and then line spacing 1 to 12 inches

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and line space in 2 to 48 inches.

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And then we can click, OK

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to create that new fill pattern.

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So now we can click

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out to apply the surface pattern to the material

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and we can see that in the foreground surface pattern. Now

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we'll also change the appearance asset.

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So from the tabs at the top, we'll click the appearance tab

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and we can see that this has also duplicated

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the appearance asset when we duplicated the material.

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So I'll expand out the information panel and we'll rename

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this to suit our one by four ceiling grid.

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Now looking further down at the generic panel here, we can see we have the image

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and this is an image that represents a two by four ceiling grid

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and we can edit this image to suit our one by four.

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So looking at the actual preview of the image, if we click on to this,

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it will open up the texture editor.

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And now looking at the preview at the top here,

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we can see this is scaled to be 16 ft square.

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And if we change the height of this to half the amount to just 8 ft,

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then that will represent a 1 ft by 4 ft grid as opposed to a 2 ft by 4 ft grid.

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So looking further down, we have the scale panel

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and we can see the sample size here is set to 16 ft width and height,

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but the proportions are currently locked.

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So we'll click on the little lock symbol here to unlock those.

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And now we can change the height parameter to 8 ft.

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And then this will halve its height and will give us our 1 ft by 4 ft tile size.

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And we can see that in the preview at the top.

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So we'll click down to finish this

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and that's all the changes we need to make to our material.

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So we click, OK to assign it to our actual ceiling

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and I will click, OK, to accept the assembly

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are then OK once more to actually create that ceiling system

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and straight away, we can see that applied to the ceiling in the conference room.

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So now I'll select the ceiling grid in the lounge

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and from the type selector, we'll change that to be our new

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one by four plank system.

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So looking at the layout of the ceilings in the rooms,

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it would be nice to get them to line up a little bit better.

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We can see the conference room needs to be rotated through 90 degrees.

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And then we use the align tool to align the grids between the rooms.

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So it would be nice for them to line up.

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So to do this, we'll start by rotating the conference room grid,

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we can select any ceiling grid here and then from the modified ceilings ribbon menu,

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we'll click on the rotate tool.

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And now looking at the options bar beneath, we have the option to type the angle in. So

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we'll just type in 90 degrees and press return

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and then that ceiling grid will be rotated in the right orientation.

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Now we'll use the align tool to align the grids between the rooms

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from the modify ribbon tab.

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We'll choose the align tool

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and we'll start by aligning the reception ceiling grid to the

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wall so that we have a whole tile at the beginning.

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Looking at the modifier line, river menu.

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We'll change the setting from wall center lines to wall faces

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and now we can zoom in and click on the edge of

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the wall and then click the vertical line in the ceiling grid

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and that will align to the wall and give us a whole tile starting at that wall edge.

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Now we align

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the lounge through to the reception.

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So we'll start by clicking a grid in the reception as the reference

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and then click one in the lounge for these to align.

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We'll repeat this for the conference room.

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So again, we'll click a vertical grid line in the reception

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and then one in the conference room for them to align.

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And next, we'll align up the horizontal grid lines. So

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again, we'll choose a horizontal grid line in the reception first

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and then

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one in the conference room for these to line up.

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And now to get the lounge in the conference room to line up,

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we'll click a horizontal grid in the conference room as the

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reference and then finally select a horizontal grid in the lounge.

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So now that we have all of those grid lines lined up

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that finishes the work we need to do to our sailings.