Revit Control What Level My Floor

You are almost certainly going to want to change these default names to something more.

Revit control what level my floor. Everything cut by the pink line like in the image below will display in thick lines. Room tag tags the selected room. Everything between the cut plane and the bottom will display in light lines. The underlay can be viewed from above or below the current level.

Coarse medium and fine. Revit assigns the label for example level 1 and the level symbol to the new level. Set a level and a height offset for each of these parameter. Use the project browser to rename the level if desired.

Underlays are also useful for working with mep models since you can work in the floor plan while viewing the ceiling plan as an underlay. As soon as you hit the floor icon you will be presented with sub options architectural. If you use revit you should be familiar with this level of detail option in the view control bar 3 options. Room creates a room bounded by model elements and separation lines.

In a floor plan view the key parameters are cut plane and bottom. By default revit will name these new levels level 1 level 2 level 3 and so on. If you work in revit files for even a small part of your day learning how to control visibility of elements in your model be it hiding them or customizing the way they display is a very. Once an option is selected the setting is applied to the entire view.

Ie if we change the height of level 1 the floor plan view will always show the correct representation ie what object you would expect to see on this level when you create a new level. This is a parametric relationship. Level places a level in view. Reference plane creates a reference plane using drawing tools.

Use the project browser to rename the level if desired. When you set an underlay revit displays another level of the model at the view s cut plane under the current plan view. If you rename the level you are asked if you would like to re name the associated floor plan and the reflected ceiling plan as well. Structural adds structural floors to a building model.

To create a revit floor access the architecture menu the build panel and then select floor. A level s name helps you to identify what that datum represents be it a floor level underside of steelwork etc etc.