In this blog, you’ll learn how to create slanted ceilings in Revit. To make a slanted ceiling, you want to include at least three ceilings: lower, upper and slanted.

The Process

First, you need a room for the slanted ceiling. This can be any room you’d like. For this blog, I created a regular room to make it simple.

Once the room is ready, create the lower part of the ceiling. I am making mine at 8 feet. You can do any shape you want, as long as you leave room to add the upper ceiling and slanted ceiling.

Now that the lower ceiling is created, you will need to create the upper ceiling. Make sure you leave a gap between the lower ceiling and the upper ceiling.

With the upper ceiling created, let’s start creating the slanted ceiling. With the style I chose, I need to create four different slanted ceilings. First, add a line to the side of one of the lower ceilings, then add a line directly across from it. Finally, connect the ends to create a closed sketch and select the line attached to the lower ceiling. In the properties, click to activate the “Defines Constant Height” then change the “Level” from none to Level 1. Set the “Offset from Base” to the height of the lower ceiling and you are finished with that line.

Once you complete the line attached to the lower ceiling, select the line attached to the upper ceiling. You will repeat the same steps, but instead set the “Offset from Base” to the height of the upper ceiling.

I will repeat this process three more times to create the style I want.

Tip: If your ceiling does not look uniform in the section cut, and the top part of the slanted ceiling seems off, then you forgot to change the “Level” from none to Level 1.

If you try to do all 4 slants in 1 ceiling instead of splitting them up, you will get an error. When I get this error, I know I am doing too much and need to create separate ceilings.

Conclusion

Creating a slanted ceiling can be an easy process, just remember that each ceiling needs to be separate for the more complex ceiling styles – my ceiling took six separate ceilings to create.

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