Add Components

Right-click on 1st Floor plan, Duplicate view - Duplicate
Rename - 1st Floor Furniture Plan
Hide all annotations, floor and grids
Architecture tab > Build panel > Place a Component
Type Selector - Chair - Corbu

Place Corbu chair at the curve curtain wall lobby area

Activate 1st Floor
Corbu chairs display in this view also
Type "VG"
Turn off Casework, Furniture, Furniture System, Planting, Site

Activate 1st Floor Furniture Plan
Architecture tab > Build panel > Place a Component
Mode panel > Load Family
Furniture folder
M_Sofa-Pensi, M_Table-Coffee, M_Table-Dinning Round w Chairs.rfa
Planting folder
M_RPC Plant-Tropical.rfa, M_RPC Tree-Tropical.rfa
Site\ Accessories folder
M_Planter.rfa

Arrange the components as desired:

M_Table-Dinning Round w Chairs 0915mm Dia

M_Planter 1200 x 1200mm, M_Sofa-Pensi 2134mm, M_Table-Coffee 0787 x 0711 x 0610mm\
0610 x 0610 x 0610mm
M_RPC Plant-Tropical Honey Myrtle-1.3m, M_RPC Tree-Tropical Australian Tree Fern-1.8m, M_RPC Tree-Tropical Hurricane Palm-3.6m

Zoom-in to the office near the elevator
Architecture tab > Build panel > Place a Component
Mode panel > Load Family
Exercise file - Class Library folder - M_Countertop-Lobby.rfa
Properties palettes - Offset: 340

Place the component on top of the partial height wall
Use the control on the right-end to modify the length

Add Elevator Component

Repeat the component command

Exercise file - Class Library folder - M_Elevator-Door-Center-M.rfa, M_Elevator-Electric.rfa

Type Selector - M_Elevator-Electric: 1150kg

Place the component in the shaft opening

Type Selector - M_Elevator-Door-Center: 1050 x 2100mm

Place the door at the center of the front wall

Copy the door to the rest of the floor

Select the door, Clipboard panel > Copy > Paste - Aligned to Selected Level

Select 2nd ~ 8th Floor

Add Column Footing

Activate T.O. Footing

Show the column grids
Hide the floor of T.O. Footing
Hover the centerline of exterior wall, tab-select the floor
Change the Underlay to 1st Floor

Architecture tab > Build panel > Component
Mode panel > Load Family
Structure folder\ Foundation folder\ M_Footing-Rectangular.rfa
Type Selector - 1800 x 1200 x 450mm

Place and copy the columns as shown

Select all Poolhouse Footings
Properties palettes - Level: 1st Floor, Offset: -300

Creating Ceiling

Ceiling grids are typically added to areas bounded by walls and are centered in the space

Ceiling grids are typically added to area bounded by walls, and centered in space

Ceiling plans are typically created by default for every level

Automatic Ceiling

Elements like wall, floor, ceiling and roof, have a Room Bounding parameter
It's turn on by default, and define areas and volumes

Automatic Ceiling uses this parameter to identify walls that set the outline of a ceiling
Architecture tab > Build panel > Ceiling
Ceiling panel > Automatic Ceiling

Move the cursor to the area bound by walls

Click inside to create a ceiling

Sketch Ceiling

Add a ceiling to part of the room
Architecture tab > Build panel > Ceiling
Ceiling panel > Sketch Ceiling

Draw panel > Line

Sketch a closed loop for the ceiling

Mode panel > Finish

Modify Ceiling

Modify the Boundary

Select any grid line

Edit the boundary by modify commands

Mode panel > Finish

Move the Grid Lines

Select any grid line

Use the arrow keys to move up, down, left or right

Or use the move command and input the distance

Rotate the Grid Lines

Select any grid line

Modify panel > Rotate

Click for the start ray

Rotate and input the angle

Soffit - Ceiling

Ceiling Soffit is part of the ceiling that have been lowered

It connect 2 ceilings in different heights

Light Source Display - Ceiling

Light fixtures come with the software include types that specify the voltage of the lamp
Light fixtures also can display the light source
Type "VG" to display the Visibility/ Graphic Override dialog box

Check the Light Source

The light source display the true strength in rendering