Explore the intricate process of creating level two ceiling plans in architecture, focusing on the steps involved like using gypsum boards, making adjustments, editing boundaries, and more. This article provides a detailed walkthrough of the method, including tips on selecting options, using keyboard shortcuts, and manipulating model patterns.
Key Insights
- The process of setting up a level two ceiling plan begins with choosing the appropriate materials, such as gypsum boards, and placing them in the correct locations.
- Editing boundaries is crucial in ensuring precision - this involves making necessary adjustments, like moving lines and deleting unnecessary sections, to finalize the boundary of the ceiling.
- The design of the layout can be customized according to preference, with the grid's position being adjusted based on a model pattern, allowing for the addition of fixtures and HVAC grills in desired places.
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Let's go ahead and jump to our level two ceiling plan and repeat a lot of those same steps. We're going to go to Architecture and then Ceiling and we can start with the gypsum board and put that one in since that was the last type we used. No big deal.
And so I can just place it at these locations here and you can see when I highlight it for the ceiling on level two, it's kind of getting wild and it's going all the way out to that exterior wall. We'll have to make an adjustment to that one, which is no big deal. So I'll hit escape twice after I've placed those.
And then I'm just going to use that Tab key option to select my options. And so when I just hover on the edge there and hit TAB a few times until it highlights the object I want to select. And if you look at the bottom left corner of your screen right now, mine says ceilings, compound ceiling, GWB on metal stud, and then R21, which is the assembly code there.
I can go ahead and select it because I know that's what I wanted and then edit boundary, and then we can go ahead and make the adjustment. So I'll just drag this wall over or this line over a bit here, and then I can do the same thing with this one, bringing it in here. And I know that I don't really need everything outside of that.
So I can select these lines and delete them because I can use my Trim Extend to Corner, which is that keyboard shortcut T R to finish off the boundary of my ceiling. And then when you hit the green check mark, that'll finish the sketch. And now we can do the super easy one, which is the ceiling for the two-by-two in the offices.
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So just double checking the type, double checking the height, and then I can go through and I can add the ceiling in those locations. Now, one question that comes up a lot is, well, what if I don't want the grid to be centered in the room like it shows by default? Well, what's great is these grids are determined based on a model pattern. So I know it's a two-foot panel.
If I did a one foot shift here, then I could put like light fixture in the center and then maybe some HVAC grilles on the outside. And so you can always shift these things around by just simply moving the pattern using the Move tool. And then I can have a fixture directly in the center and then not a weird tile on the outside.
And so you always have that option to move those grids
