A floor plan is not a top view or birds eye view.
Elements above floor plan cut.
First of all i need to open the ground floor plan.
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.
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.
I m currently drawing up commercial building that has cee purlins used as girts i m using beams for these.
A floor plan could show.
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.
If the family category is changed lighting fixtures the family will not be visible in the floor plan view.
It is a measured drawing to scale of the layout of a floor in a building.
The plan view on the right shows the following.
In the following elevation blue highlighting indicates elements that are below the cut plane and above the bottom clip plane.
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.
Most floor plans show the location of sinks toilets and other critical fixtures.
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Interior walls and hallways.
And now i need to set it s underlay to show the roof element.
Furniture fixtures fittings and finishes.
Elements below the cut plane and above the bottom clip plane.
The generic model family category will appear in the floor plan view.
Use document floor plan cut plane to open the floor plan cut plane settings dialog box.
Some of these are below the floor plan cut plane and some are above.
In a plan view revit draws these elements using the projection line weight of the element category.
Elements above floor plan cut plane still displayed 239431.
So let s say i want to show the outline of the roof on my ground floor plan.
Quick tutorial showing you how to show any elements that occur above the cut plane in a plan view.
Where the stair rises three feet above the floor it is cut with a diagonal line.
Plan 888 1 features stair detail next to the study.
Quick tutorial showing you how to show any elements that occur above the cut plane in a plan view.
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.