Creating Floor

Generate any flat or slope surface
Can be based on either bounding walls or sketch with a closed loop

Flip inside or outside of the boundary location

Select Extend into wall (to core) to make the floor cut into the wall

Create a closed loop inside the floor to make an opening

Modify Floor

Change a floor to a different type by Type Selector

You can modify the Height Offset from Level
You can edit the floor in Plan or 3D view

Join Geometry - Floor

Clean up intersections
The elements remain separate, but intersections are clean up

The floors and wall on the right are not join
The floors and wall on the left are join, the intersections are clean up

Creating Shaft Opening

Opening can be added to floor, roof and ceiling.
Shaft do not cut wall, beam or other element.
Sketch must be closed

Commonly use on elevator shaft or floor opening span more than 1 floor

Creating Sloped Floor

Slope Arrow

Slope arrow only display in sketch mode

Specify the Level and Offset at Tail and Head

Creating Multiple Slopes for Drainage

Restroom, lab, garage often need to have floors that slope towards drains

Add Point
Specify the location of the low (-) or high (+) points on the surface

Set the Elevation, the elevation is relative to the top of the surface

Un-check Relative mean using the project elevation

Add Split Line
Define smaller areas on the surface

Select Chain to draw more than one connected segment

Pick Supports
Select structural beams that define the split lines

Modify Sub-Elements
Change the elevation of edges and points
Change the location of points

Reset Shape
Remove slopes from surface

Creating Floor - Exercise

Activate Basement view
Hide Section, Elevation views and Grids
View Control bar - Show Crop Region
Adjust the crop region to show the main building only
Architecture tab > Build panel > Floor

Type Selector - Floor: Concrete-300mm
Draw panel > Pick Wall

Pick interior face of all the exterior walls, make sure the boundary is closed
Mode panel > Finish

Click Yes to join geometry - Floor to Walls

Start Floor command again
Type Selector - VCT
Properties palettes - Height Offset: 6mm

Draw the boundary as shown, click Finish

Click Yes to join geometry - Floor to Walls

Modify a Floor as a Platform for the Building

Activate 1st Floor with Pool

Hide the Elevation Marks and Grids

Change the Visual Style to Shaded

Select the floor around the pool
Mode panel > Edit Boundary

Modify the boundary as shown, click Finish

Click No

Change to 3D view

Add the 2nd Floor with Balconies

Activate 2nd Floor plan
View Control bar - Reveal Hidden Elements

Select the text note of the import CAD file, right-click - Unhide in View - Elements
Close Reveal Hidden Elements
Architecture tab > Build panel > Floor
Draw panel > Pick Walls

Options bar - Offset: 0, check Extend into Wall (to core)

Tab-select all the exterior walls
Draw panel > Pick Line

Select the line of the walkway on imported CAD file

Draw lines to fix the connections

Draw panel > Pick Line
Tab-select the balcony

Copy the balconies

Modify panel > Split Element

Options bar - Check Delete Inner Segment
Split all the inner lines

Mode panel > Finish

Click No for not the attach the wall

Click Yes to join geometry - Floor to Walls

Type Selector - Floor: Generic 300mm
Hide the imported CAD file

Copy 2nd Floor to other Floors

Change to 3D view

Select the new floor

Clipboard panel > Copy

Clipboard panel > Paste - Aligned to Selected Levels

Select 3rd to 8th Floor, click OK

Activate 2nd Floor

Cross-select all interior walls and doors

Filter panel > Filter

Select Doors and Walls

Copy and paste on 3rd to 8th floor

Repeat the same step on the balcony doors

Zoom in to the balcony

The floor slabs extend to the balconies are not join with the wall

Modify tab> Geometry panel > Join - Join Geometry

Options bar - Check Multiple Join

Select the back wall, then select each floor

A lines between the balcony and wall to show the join

Create a Shaft Opening

Activate the 1st Floor

Zoom in to the Elevator area

Architecture tab > Opening panel > Shaft

Draw the boundary as shown
Draw panel > Symbolic Line

Draw the symbolic lines

Properties palettes
Base Offset: -300, Base Constraint: 1st Floor, Top Constraints: Up to Level: 8th Floor
Click Finish

Slope Floor for Drainage

Activate 1st Floor Restroom
Expand the crop region to show the janitor's closet below

Select one of the Elevation Mark, hide by category
You are not be able to select the floor in this view
Activate 1st Floor with Pool
Select the floor
Press Ctrl + Tab to return back to 1st Floor Restrooms
The floor is still selected
Shape Editing panel > Add Split Line

Draw lines as shown
Shape Editing panel > Add Point

Options bar - Elevation: -15

Place a point in center of each room