Add a ceiling and set up a false ceiling

Draw a ceiling outline in the 2D sketcher, then adjust its elevation, thickness and material and add a false ceiling shape beneath it.

1. To add a ceiling: click Add Ceiling ('Add Ceiling (CE)', on the Home and Architecture tabs). It opens the same 2D sketcher; draw the ceiling's outline and click Apply.

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2. The ceiling's panel 'Ceiling' holds Drawing Layer, Edit Shape, Elevation (measured from the Floor Base Top), Thickness, Material, Create False Ceiling and Delete Ceiling.

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3. A new false ceiling shape (the ceiling's Create False Ceiling > Add Extrude Shape, Apply) starts as Type Extrude (Tiling and Cut are the other choices) with Depth 20 and Front Shift 0, so it hangs 20 deep right under the ceiling until those are changed.

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4. The View Settings panel holds Dimension Settings (Dimension Units: Feet Inch or millimeter; Inch Accuracy; mm Accuracy), Rich Floorplan (Enabled / Disabled), Add Elevation View, Lock camera position, Turn on Skeleton mode, Edit Sun Light (Day/Night Time, Ambient, Directional and Environment Light) and Annotations (Add Compass, Text Box, Line, Polyline, Rectangle, Polygon, Arrow Line).

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