Ceiling objects...

[rgarand]

I am sure this has come up in the past...I have done a search and I could not find anything though.

How do you handle your Reflected Ceiling Plans (RCP)? Do you draw a slab and give it a hgt/fill so that it shows up in section and in the RCP?

Is there a "magic wand" trick to outlining the perimeter of a room?

We are bending towards the slab at the correct hgt on this particualr project because we have many different building sections/details and many different clg. hgts.

Just wondering what people are doing for this part of the CD phase.

[__archiben]

Amanda wrote:
I tried the slab method as well on a dedicated ceiling layer, but I can't figure out how to give the slab a fill to show the acoustical tile. Again, is it a setting or am i going to have to draw a fill over all of the slabs in order to get them to show up in plan and section?

amanda

when TRIBU mentioned assigning a vectorial texture i think he was talking about the material definition of your slab: edit (or create) a material, (Options>Materials), so that it has a fill pattern attached to it. your 'tiles' will then show up in the 3D window.

for floor plan fills, djordje's method is the best we can do at the moment: make sure you vote in that wish to have fills assigned to the floor plan slab element! we've been asking for it for a long, long time!

I've gone ahead and done the RCP using the slab+fill method for now with the Tile 24" fill type.

Within the fill settings, I chose "link to fill origin", but I can foresee problems with that when the electrical designer starts placing lights in there. Is there any way to link the fill to a user origin if I need to in the future?

"link to fill origin" is the user origin. "link to project origin" starts the fill at project zero (0,0). you can change this at any time by toggling the buttons in the fill tool settings or in your info box palette. to change the fill origin point and its orientation simply pick up the each end of the fill handle in turn (with the fill selected) and move or rotate - see the attached screenshot: the one on the left is "link to project origin" so there is no 'fill handle' visible. the one on the right linked to fill origin shows the editable handle. one end moves the origin, the other is the angle of rotation.

also, don't forget that once you've created your slab by whatever method was most efficient for you, (space clicking inside the area; drawing the perimeter by hand), you can add the fill inside it by space clicking on the perimeter of the slab once you have set the fill in your tool settings.

hope this made sense and you are getting there!
~/archiben

[Anonymous]

There is not an usual architectural Plan (Djordje has right)
but it is an important element for interior descriptive or detailed documentation. I usually put the light spot locations and local heights ,
and overlap specific ceilings planes by overlap a vectorial transparent
inclined fill for one of them. in a 2d only plan with all the observations
on the plan

[Ralph Wessel]

Amanda wrote:
Within the fill settings, I chose "link to fill origin", but I can foresee problems with that when the electrical designer starts placing lights in there. Is there any way to link the fill to a user origin if I need to in the future?

I think you have already achieved what you need. The Fill will display an anchor point and fill direction reference line which can be freely adjusted to suit your ceiling layout. The Fill anchor may be hidden though - look at the 'Fill Handles' setting under 'Options/Display Settings'.

[Anonymous]

Thanks! I didn't know about the display options, I was beginning to think I was crazy or something for not noticing it sooner. You've all been a great help.