Elements Above Floor Plan Cut

Quick tutorial showing you how to show any elements that occur above the cut plane in a plan view.

Elements above floor plan cut.

Where the stair rises three feet above the floor it is cut with a diagonal line. If the family category is changed lighting fixtures the family will not be visible in the floor plan view. Most floor plans show the location of sinks toilets and other critical fixtures. First of all i need to open the ground floor plan.

In a plan view revit draws these elements using the projection line weight of the element category. And now i need to set it s underlay to show the roof element. Elements below the cut plane and above the bottom clip plane. Some of these are below the floor plan cut plane and some are above.

So i change the underlay parameter you find this is the properties palette to the level where your roof or roof light canopy etc resides. I found that it is intended to work this way for specialty equipment because they dont usually cut sections through that type of equipment such as csi division 11. Elements above floor plan cut plane still displayed 239431. Top there are two main schools of thought when setting the primary range of the view range to include the elements that are in the ceiling space.

It is a measured drawing to scale of the layout of a floor in a building. The other options in this dialog box relative floor plan range and. Use document floor plan cut plane to open the floor plan cut plane settings dialog box. The plan view on the right shows the following.

By deadwax thu mar 05 2015 1 19 am thu mar 05 2015 1 19 am 239431. So let s say i want to show the outline of the roof on my ground floor plan. The terms top cut plane and bottom all seem to make sense so let s adjust the view range in my floor plan view to include the duct within the ceiling space of my model. I m currently drawing up commercial building that has cee purlins used as girts i m using beams for these.

Cut plane height to current story enter the height at which elements will be cut for display on the floor plan. I d like to show only the ones. A top view or bird s eye view does not show an orthogonally projected plane cut at the typical four foot height above the floor level. Interior walls and hallways.

Furniture fixtures fittings and finishes. A floor plan is not a top view or birds eye view. A floor plan could show. Plan 888 1 features stair detail next to the study.

Stairs above the cut line are shown with dashed lines.