Posted on November 07, 2011 Author: Shruti Harve Revit, Revit Architecture. CADclip - Viewing REVIT … I linked in an architectural model and have drawn ductwork on the main and second floors in the floor plan views. The simplest way to think of this is that the floor plan shows the placement of various features on the floor, such as doors and windows, stairwells, and even furniture. Display of elements in reflected ceiling plan (RCP) views is similar to their display in plan views, with the exception that elements are presented as viewed from below and mirrored. To get the ceilings to show on a sheet we create a ceiling plan with everything except ceilings turned of in the visibility graphics and insert it directly under our plan view on the sheet. Elements Intersected by the Cut Plane. A reflected ceiling plan is by the use of the term, reflected, literally a floor plan - looking down - at a reflected image of the ceiling on the floor.This is essentially what Revit is doing. /r/Revit A place to talk about anything related to Revit. Ask questions about Revit software, standards, trouble shooting, how to, family creation / modification, or just show off your latest project/model. However, this method is not very … In a plan view, Revit uses the following rules to display elements that are intersected by the cut plane: These elements are drawn using the cut line weight of the element category. They want the floor plan orientation but with grid turned on. A bit of a workaround, but the best we've been able to come up with so far. There are many situations when you need to show the outline or boundary of overhead elements, on your plan views. When the element … I found this video. Floor plans and RCPs include so much information that if you were to look at all of these things at once, the plan would be crowded. The reflected ceiling plan is primarily a tool which allows the participants to look at the proposed layout from right above — a bird’s eye view if you will — literally from the ceiling through a mirror that is set up about a foot under the level of the ceiling. Ive told him he can make a reflected ceiling plan with the ductwork and air terminals turned on but they didnt like how it looked. Although the orientation of the floor plan and reflected ceiling plan are the same, they serve very different functions. We could of course just draw these on the appropriate floor plan views using Detail Lines, which would certainly get the job done. Im working on a two floor building using Revit MEP 2012 and am having trouble with the reflected ceiling plans. One of the engineers in the office asked a fellow CAD guy to plot him the floor plans with ceiling grid turned on. This orients the user to the view from the top, while also giving an idea of elements such as lighting fixtures along with other mechanical … I have tried adjusting the view range … It would be easier if Revit allowed ceilings to be viewed on a plan view instead of just the reflected ceiling plan. In Revit that is no small task like it would be in AutoCAD. Question: In Revit Architecture, how do we turn on Furniture and display it in a dashed line type in a Reflected Ceiling Plan? Answer: Here’s one of the ways this can be done, Steps as follows: That's been my understanding of the drafting convention for a "RCP". … When I open the reflected ceiling plans the main floor works fine, but in the second floor reflected ceiling plan there is nothing on it. Some typical scenarios are the include the outline of the perimeter of the roof, the outline of an entrance canopy, roof light positions, etc. It is not lying on the floor looking up at the ceiling. This is to coordinate lighting with furniture locations.