Explore the process of adding ceiling elements to a plan, specifically focusing on working with level one ceiling plans and the considerations to take into account when modeling these elements. Learn about the tools and methods used in creating ceiling elements, possible pitfalls to avoid, and tips on how to ensure accuracy and precision in the work.
Key Insights
- The article emphasizes the importance of working with level one ceiling plans while adding elements, noting that certain features might not work otherwise.
- It provides a step-by-step guide on how to add a gypsum board on metal stud using the architecture tab and the sketch ceiling type, with a cautionary note on the careful use of the pick lines tool to avoid errors.
- The article also highlights the need for distinguishing different elements in a plan, establishing the right height, adjusting types, setting up layers, and ensuring the correct elevation. It demonstrates these steps using the example of creating a metal panel on a metal stud.
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For this next step, to add the ceiling elements here, we're going to go ahead and jump over to our Level One Ceiling Plans. So make sure you go to the ceiling plans here because it certainly will not work on these guys. So make sure you go to ceiling plans, Level One, and then we can add in at these portions where you see here and here that don't have an element modeled into them.
And so what I'll do is I'll go to my Architecture tab and then we can go to Ceiling and we can pick a type to use. And so it's going to be very similar to this gypsum board on metal stud. And then we can add that into this space.
And so this automatic Sketch Ceiling is designed to work similar to a room. So it's not very helpful when we're doing stuff outside of the building here. And so what I'll do is I'll switch it over to the Sketch Ceiling type.
And then you can do one of two things. You could just draw it in as an outline, or you can use the Pick Lines tool. And I would only use this one if you feel really good about it.
And I think most people will say they do. But the reality is they do not, because it's very easy to make mistakes when using that one. And it takes a really cautious approach, because you can accidentally click on way too many things.
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So you can see how I'm working my way around the building, using the Pick Lines, but I'm being very selective on which lines I pick. And then trimming with the Trim/Extend to Corner to create this outline here. The other thing that I see a lot, and it's very tempting to do, would be to use the same sketch to create this ceiling here.
And the reality is we want those to be two different elements in case something needs to change on one of these. We don't want to be accidentally impacting the other one when we don't intend to. The next thing we need here is our height, and it's going to be 10 feet.
And then we'll just adjust our type. So I say Edit Type, and go ahead and duplicate this. And we're going to go ahead and just call it Metal Panel.
And so it will be Metal Panel on Metal Stud, and I'll go ahead and say OK here. And then what I'll do is on top of our gypsum board—because we would have a sheeting there—I'll go ahead and insert a new layer here. And you can see it popped up where I didn't really want it.
That's okay though because I'll just move this one up. I'll change this to a Finish 1 layer since it's got the outer priority over Finish 2 here. And then I will set this dimension to 2.5 inches (typed as 0 2.5). And then I can assign it the Aluminum Panel type that we used above.
So I'll just start typing it in, and I can see that the panel is here, which works well. So I'll just hit OK. And then now I've got all the materials set that I want, and I've got the structure of the ceiling, and I'll hit OK again.
Oh, and I had those backwards. So this one actually needs to be Finish 1, and then this one needs to be Finish 2. See, we all make mistakes.
So I'll go ahead and hit OK again and get us out of there, and then finish the sketch. And then we can look at this guy in section to make sure we have it at the right elevation, and we do. Now we just have to fill it in for this side over here, and it's the exact same process.
We'll just go in. I can even, with this one selected right now, I can use Create Similar, and then use that Sketch Ceiling option to fill in this space. And everything's going to be exactly the same as what we just did here.
And so like I said before, I'm just kind of carefully going through and picking the lines that I need. And you could trim at the same time if you want, or you can go back and do it at the end like I'm going to do here. And so now I just have to trim all of these corners here, and then I'll have the layout for the ceiling at this portion.
Whenever I do something like this, I always just try to select the chain as a kind of QC check to make sure I got all the corners in, and it looks like I do. And so I'll go ahead and finish the sketch, and there we go. We've got our soffit in on both sides, and then we can look at it in our building section, and everything looks pretty good.
