Floors, Roofs, and Ceilings - Autodesk Revit Architecture 2015 Essentials - page 58

The objective of the following exercise is to first create floors by sketching the
desired shape. Then, for the second part of the exercise you will use the Pick
Wall tool to define the floor boundary.
exercise 3.1: Create a Floor by Sketch
and pick Walls
To begin, go to the topic's web page at www.sybex.com/go/revit2015essentials ,
download the files for Chapter 3, and open the file c03-ex-3.1start.rvt .
1. Open the Level 1 floor plan view. Select the Floor tool on the Build
panel of the Architecture tab.
2. Revit will automatically enter sketch mode, which will allow you to
create a sketch to define the boundary of your floor.
3. Create a simple sketch for the floor, 15 ′ × 30 ″ (4500 mm × 9000 mm).
The dimensions are for reference only; even though this is a simple
shape, what's more important is how you can manipulate the shape.
4. Confirm that the floor type is Generic - 12 ″ (Generic - 300 mm) in
the Type Selector. Finish the sketch, and open your default 3D view.
Your floor should resemble the one shown in Figure 3.1.
Figure 3.1 The finished floor by sketching
5. Next, you will create a floor by picking walls. Open the Level 1 view and
select the Floor tool on the Build panel of the Architecture tab to enter
sketch mode. Select the Pick Walls tool from the Draw palette. Doing
so allows you to select an individual wall or an entire chain of walls.