Lowered Ceilings - "Easy-Peasy"

[Joe_Carrick]

I often have rooms with lowered ceilings (below the standard floor ceiling height) and have developed a pretty simple way to do this without creating a separate ceiling plane.

Here's the basics:

• edit the room's ceiling finish by adding 2x4 ceiling joists and an air gap
• the air gap should be the amount the ceiling is to be lowered minus 3.5"

Typically I want to lower ceilings 0", 6", 12", 18" & 24"

To make this really easy I create a series of named "Style Palettes"  consisting of rooms with the above ceiling finish definitions.  The "Style Palettes" only have the following properties checked:

• Ceiling Finish
• Ceiling Structure
• Has Ceiling

I put those 5 Style Pallets in my User Library Folder "Furred Ceilings".

Now, when I want to change a room's ceiling height  I just select the desired Style Palette and "paint the room" with that style.

 

This is a big time saver. 

 

If you want more options you can just copy-paste one of the Style Palettes, rename and then edit the room's ceiling finish.  That's a very easy way to add additional options.

[ACADuser]

Great suggestion, Thanks

[SHCanada2]

good to know, thanks