Creating a Ceiling

1. Open a ceiling plan view.
2. Click Architecture tabBuild panel (Ceiling).
3. In the Type Selector, select a ceiling type.
4. Place a ceiling using one of the following methods:

   Use walls as ceiling boundaries

   By default, the Automatic Ceiling tool is active. When you click inside walls that form a closed loop, the tool places a ceiling within those boundaries. It ignores room separator lines.
   

   Sketch ceiling boundaries

   1. Click Modify|Place Ceiling tabCeiling panel (Sketch Ceiling).
   2. Use tools in the Draw panel of the ribbon to sketch a closed loop that defines the ceiling boundary.
      
   3. (Optional) To create an opening in the ceiling, sketch another closed loop within its boundary.
      
   4. On the ribbon, click (Finish Edit Mode).

Related topics

• Modifying Ceilings
• Ceiling Type Properties
• Ceiling Instance Properties
• Creating a Plan View