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Forums >> General Discussion >> Wishlist >> How do you change the default grid layout when modeling ceilings?
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The standard assumption built in Revit is a real irritant!! Revit automatically puts a grid intersection in the center of the room and runs the long dimension of the 2x4 grid with the long dimension of the room. Both assumptions are almost always wrong in every room I do! We ALWAYS run the long dimension of the ceiling tiles perpindicular to the long dimension of the room. That makes long narrow rooms look less narrow when the grid runs across the short dimension of the room. Therefore I have to rotate ALL of my grids once placed in the room. Many times, I will have either a ceiling tile or a light fixture in the center of the room. MOST of the time, I have to shift my grid one foot one way and two foot the other to get a grid panel centered in the room. Is there anyway to change these defaults?
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In reflected ceiling plan view, you can select one of the grid lines and move it with the standard MOVE command. This will move the entire grid in the direction and distance you enter. Unfortunately, I have not yet found a way to align the grid shown in the ceiling tile material in a rendered view to match the plan view. If anyone has done this, please let me know.
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Here is way to make ceilings automatically center the “tile” and not the “grid”. This might save a ton of time nudging ceilings around. JFYI.
Make a new material (or edit the existing acoustic ceiling material) then edit the surface pattern, and import this custom pattern file (attached) – when importing the model hatch, scale by a factor of 24 (for 24”x24” tiles). For 24x48 inch ceiling tiles, use the “centered 24x48” file attached. Scale by 48 when importing.
Also if you have already created your ceilings, this will retroactively change all the ceiling patterns if you change the ceiling type to have the new pattern.
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