Structural Floor Type Properties

Modify type properties to change a structural floor's structure, default thickness, function, and more.

To change type properties, select an element and click Modify tabProperties panel (Type Properties). Changes to type properties apply to all instances in the project.

Name Description
Construction
Structure Specifies a floor layer. Select the Edit button to add, change, or delete a floor layer. See Edit Layers in a Compound Structure.
Default Thickness Indicates the thickness of a floor type, which is determined by the cumulative thickness of its layers.

See About Editing Floor and Roof Shape.

Function Indicates whether a floor is interior or exterior. Function is used in scheduling and to create filters to simplify a model when exporting.
Graphics
Coarse Scale Fill Pattern Specifies a fill pattern for an element in a coarse-scale view. See View Properties.
Coarse Scale Fill Color Applies a color to the fill pattern for an element in a coarse-scale view.
Materials and Finishes
Structural Material Specifies a material for the structure of the element. This information can be included in schedules. Click the value box to open the Material Browser. See Materials.
Analytical Properties
Heat Transfer Coefficient (U) Used in calculating the heat transfer, typically by convection or phase change between a fluid and a solid.
Thermal Resistance (R) A measure of a temperature difference, by which an object, or material, resist a heat flow (heat per time unit or thermal resistance.
Thermal Mass Equivalent to thermal capacitance or heat capacity.
Absorptance A measure of the ability of an object to absorb radiation, equal to the ratio of the absorbed radiant flux to the incident flux.
Roughness A measure of the texture of a surface.
Identity Data
Type Image Displays a user-defined image file that represents the element. See About Managing Images.
Keynote Add or edit the element keynote. Click in the value box to open the Keynotes dialog. See Keynotes.
Model The model type of the element.
Manufacturer The manufacturer of the element material.
Type Comments Comments about the element type. This information can be included in a schedule.
URL Link for a manufacturer web page.
Description Provides a description of the element.
Assembly Description Describes the assembly based on the assembly code selection. This is a read-only value.
Assembly Code Uniformat assembly code selected from a hierarchical list.
Type Mark A value to designate the specific element. This value must be unique for each element in a project. Revit warns you when the number value is already used but allows you to continue using it. You can see the warning using the Review Warnings tool. See Reviewing Warning Messages.
Cost Cost of the element.