Select one or more levels for which you want to create a plan view.
How to make a ceiling plan a floor plan revit.
The floor plan view is the default view in a new architectural project.
We need to show elements typically only seen in the reflected ceiling view to show up in our floor plan view.
Click view tab create panel plan views drop down and then click floor plan reflected ceiling plan structural plan in the new plan dialog.
In this quick tip.
About plan regions to define multiple cut planes within a plan view use plan regions.
In the new rcp dialog select one or more levels for which you want to create a view.
This little trick will show you how to use the magic model line to trick revit to show in a floor plan view items in the ceiling.
About the view range the view range is a set of horizontal planes that control the visibility and display of objects in a plan view.
However i m noticing when i m doing this in revit it is as if it is looking from.
For type select a view type from the list or click edit type to modify an existing view type or create a new view type.
Floor plan views are created automatically as you add new levels to your project.
I m laying out my system in a ceiling plan view as my sprinklers are located in the ceiling plan and the rcp is what i have used in other software to do my drawing.
Most projects include at least one floor plan.
I have previously just used revit to export out however i m now trying to do my design fire protection natively within revit.