Chapter 9 • Ceilings and Interiors 404 FIGURE 9.29 Creating one cool soffit! 7. Click the Edit button in the Structure row. 8. Click in the bottom layer, and click the […] button to change the material, as shown in Figure 9.30. FIGURE 9.30 Click the […] button to change the material. 9. In the Materials dialog, find Wood - Mahogany.  Revit will allow you to add the wall only as a 180° arc. You will need to pick each side of the circle to accomplish a full 360° soffit. Creating Ceiling Openings and Soffits 405 ne v e r as s u M e an y t h i n g ! They say you should never assume anything, and in this case “they” are right! Let’s add a section through this entire row of rooms to gain a perspec- tive on what is going on here. 1. On the View tab, click the Section button. 2. Cut a horizontal section through the entire side of the building, as shown here: 3. Select the section. 4. In the Properties dialog, change Detail Level to Fine. 5. Change the name to Section at West Training. (Yes, these are eventu- ally going to be training rooms.) 6. Open the new section. You now have a clear perspective of what is going on with this area. 10. Change Surface Pattern to Wood 2. 11. Change Cut Pattern to Plywood, as shown in Figure 9.31. 12. Click OK twice. 13. Click OK one more time to get back to the model. 14. In the Properties dialog, change Height Offset From Level to 14’–1”. 15. Place the ceiling inside the soffit. Chapter 9 • Ceilings and Interiors 406 FIGURE 9.31 Altering the mahogany You need to adjust your plan region; it has to be set so the cut plane is either below or equal to 14 ′–1″ so you can see the lower ceiling: 1. Pick the dotted rectangle surrounding the rooms. This is the plan region. 2. On the Modify | Plan Region tab, click the View Range button. 3. Change the Offset value for the cut plane to 14’–1”, as shown in Figure 9.32. 4. Click OK. FIGURE 9.32 Changing the cut plane to 14′–1″  You won’t be able to see the ceiling at the lower elevation, so stop picking in the middle of the circle! As a matter of fact, if you picked inside the circle more than once, undo back to the point before you started picking in the circle. Creating Ceiling Openings and Soffits 407 Your ceiling plan should look like Figure 9.33. FIGURE 9.33 The completed ceiling We are getting there with this ceiling, that’s for sure! The only task left is to add some light fixtures. Adding Light Fixtures to Ceilings Adding lighting fixtures to a Revit Architecture model is not a difficult task, but you must follow a few guidelines to achieve success in installing lighting. For example, you must work with the Ribbon to find a face in which to insert the component: 1. Go to the Level 1 ceiling plan where you have been adding the wood ceilings. 2. On the Home tab, click Component ➢ Place Component, as shown in Figure 9.34. 3. In the Mode panel of Modify | Place Component, click Load Family, and then browse to Imperial Library ➢ Lighting Fixtures. 4. Open the file Pendant Light - Disk.rfa. 5. Place the light approximately as shown in Figure 9.35. NOTE There are no snaps when you are trying to place most com- ponents. You will have to place the fixture and then move it into position. Needless to say, this is an extra step. Chapter 9 • Ceilings and Interiors 408 FIGURE 9.34 Click Place Component on the Home tab 6. Move the light to the center of the radial soffit. This time, you can use snaps (see Figure 9.35). FIGURE 9.35 Moving the fixture to the correct location 7. Open the section at the West Training building section. Notice the light fixture is in the exact location you expected it to be. NOTE If you have directly skipped to this part of the chapter, open the file called NER-26.rfa. You will have to delete the fixtures that are in place, but you will still have the views you need. Creating Ceiling Openings and Soffits 409 8. Select the fixture. 9. Click the Copy button on the Modify Lighting Fixtures tab, as shown in Figure 9.36. 10. On the Options bar, be sure the Multiple button is checked. 11. Copy the fixture 3′–0″ to the right and 3′–0″ to the left (see Figure 9.36). FIGURE 9.36 Copying the fixtures in the section yi k e s , th i s is n ’t t o ou r sta n d a r d s ! Yes, the default line thicknesses are hideous. In Chapter 23, “BIM Management,” we will deal with line thickness. For now, you can click the Thin Lines icon to scale back the thickness of the lines, as shown here: Chapter 9 • Ceilings and Interiors 410 The main point of having you open a section to copy the fixtures is to illus- trate that you are now in a fully modeling environment. When you switch back to plan, you will see that the fixtures have been moved. In later chapters, you will learn that this will also add line items to schedules. Now, let’s make some more fixtures: 1. In the Project Browser, go to the Level 1 ceiling plan. 2. Zoom in on the radial soffit. You will see the two new fixtures. 3. Select the right and left fixtures. 4. Click the Rotate command on the Modify | Lighting Fixtures tab. 5. On the Options bar, make sure Copy is checked. 6. Rotate the fixtures 90° to create a total of five fixtures, as shown in Figure 9.37. FIGURE 9.37 You are now copying and rotating as if you were in flat, 2D AutoCAD. Interior Design 411 NOTE Notice that the fixtures overlap the gypsum soffit. This is because you are actually standing on Level 1 looking up. Revit Architecture has finally taken the confusion out of the reflected ceiling plan mystery. Now that you have experience dealing with ceilings, it is time to start working on some interior design. Ceilings are a part of this, but what about wall treatments, trims, and architectural millwork? These items will be covered in the next section. Interior Design Congratulations! You have arrived at possibly the most difficult subject when it comes to 3D modeling. Why is that? Well, for starters, this is the area where nothing is easy in terms of shape and configuration. For example, suppose you want a crown molding at the ceiling where it intersects the walls. And suppose you need the same crown at the radial soffit. Of course the floors and walls are not the same material, and you need to add furniture as well. I can go on and on listing the complications we will face here, so let’s just jump in. The first part of the process will be adding plumbing fixtures and furniture. Adding Plumbing Fixtures and Furniture Adding a desk follows the same procedure as adding a light fixture. Notice, though, when you added the light fixture it just “knew” that it was supposed to be hosted by the ceiling. It is important to note that most furniture is not hosted by a floor; it is actually hosted by a level. This becomes very important if you have a floor sys- tem offset from a level. Your furniture will ignore the floor and stick to the level it is associated with. To begin, we will have to knock off the less glamorous but all-too-important task of adding bathroom fixtures: 1. In the Project Browser, go to the Level 1 floor plan (floor plan, not ceiling plan). 2. Zoom in on the lavatory area, as shown in Figure 9.38. 3. As you can see, there is a callout of this area. Double-click on the call- out bubble to open the view called Typical Men’s Lavatory. NOTE Now that you are more experienced with Revit, you can see the benefit of having named this view to something understandable at this stage in the game. Chapter 9 • Ceilings and Interiors 412 4. With the Typical Men’s Lavatory view opened, we can start adding some fixtures. In the Insert tab, click the Load Family button. 5. In the Imperial Library directory, browse to the Plumbing Fixtures folder. 6. Select the file called Toilet-Commercial-Wall-3D.rfa and click Open. FIGURE 9.38 The lavatory area 7. In the Type Selector, make sure the 19″ Seat Height-Type toilet is selected. 8. Place it along the north wall approximately 6 ″ from the west wall, as shown in Figure 9.39. Because we’re not creating a military barracks from the 1960s, we need some stalls. Unfortunately Revit does not provide any stalls out of the box, but this book you bought does! To add some toilet stalls to the model, go to the book’s web page at www.sybex.com/go/revit2011ner. From there you can browse to Chapter 9 and find these files: Toilet Stall-Accessible-Front-3D.rfa  Toilet Stall-Accessible-Side-3D.rfa  Toilet Stall-Braced-3D.rfa  Interior Design 413 FIGURE 9.39 Placing the 19″ Seat Height toilet 6″ from the west wall, along the north wall Grab Bar.rfa  Double Sink - Round.rfa  Once you locate the files, download them to the location where you keep all of your Revit families. Then follow along with the procedure: 1. On the Insert tab, click Load Family. 2. Browse to the location where the new families are kept and select the new files; then click Open. They are now loaded into your project. 3. On the Home tab, click the Place A Component button. 4. Select Toilet-Stall-Accessible-Front-3D-60″ × 60″ Clear. 5. Pick the corner of the bathroom, as shown in Figure 9.40. TIP If you are having difficulties placing the stall directly in the cor- ner, place it at any location along the north wall, and then move it to the corner so it looks like Figure 9.40. . www.sybex.com/go /revit2 011ner. From there you can browse to Chapter 9 and find these files: Toilet Stall-Accessible-Front-3D.rfa  Toilet Stall-Accessible-Side-3D.rfa  Toilet Stall-Braced-3D.rfa  Interior. files; then click Open. They are now loaded into your project. 3. On the Home tab, click the Place A Component button. 4. Select Toilet-Stall-Accessible-Front-3D-60″ × 60″ Clear. 5. Pick the. floor sys- tem offset from a level. Your furniture will ignore the floor and stick to the level it is associated with. To begin, we will have to knock off the less glamorous but all-too-important