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Floor and Ceiling Platforms

wall is closed off by a short section of solid Line layer of the wall type assigned to the
wall. If you require a gap between the railing or invisible wall defining the
platforms, either select a single-layer wall room. See “Floor and Ceiling Heights” on
type or uncheck Generate Between page 425.
Platforms in the Wall or Railing For a given wall type, you can specify a
Specification dialog. See “General Panel” different Build Platform to This Line wall
on page 390.
layer surface provided that it is on the
exterior side of the Main Layer.
Cantilever Undersides
In addition, you can specify that individual
If a room cantilevers out past an exterior walls build through floor and ceiling
wall, the cantilever will use the same floor platforms in the Wall Specification dialog.
platform as the rest of the room. You can See “General Panel” on page 390.
specify the surface material of the cantilever
underside on the MATERIALS panel of the Platform Holes
Room Specification dialog. For no material,
select “No Material” from the Plan Materials Select Build> Floor> Hole in
dialog. See “Room Specification Dialog” on Floor Platform or Hole in
page 434. Ceiling Platform, then click and drag a
rectangular polyline that forms a hole in the
Platform Edges designated platform.

Typically, floor and ceiling platforms are You can also create a hole in a floor or
built so that they bear on top of walls. The ceiling platform by drawing a closed CAD
edges of the platform structures extend polyline and then using the Convert
through exterior walls to the layer of the wall Polyline edit button to convert it into a
type definition with the Build Platform to platform hole. See “Convert Polyline” on
This Line setting. See “Wall Type Defini- page 266.
tions” on page 383.
Platform hole edges derive their material
• For framed walls, the Build Platform to from the ceiling finish of the room directly
This Line layer is set as the outside of the below the hole.
wall’s Main Layer,
• For concrete walls, it’s the inside of the
wall’s Main Layer. Note: The Hole in Ceiling Platform tool only
forms holes in the flat ceiling that is automati-
• The platforms of rooms with raised floors cally generated in a room. It does not create
and/or lowered ceilings build in the same holes in manually drawn Ceiling Planes. See
manner: to the Build Platform to This “Ceiling Planes” on page 811.

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