SLAB DEPRESSIONS: Different ways to do it

There are often reasons for us to need a depressed slab area on our projects. Some depressed slab areas are flat and some are sloped. This Revit Tip will guide you in the different ways to accomplish this often needed task.
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[@joshuacastillo1969]

Thanks for this!! I've been searching all over the internet for best practices to model a depressed slab and you're the only one I saw address it!

[@IppokratisPoimenidis]

Excellent. Thank you very much. Lighthearted presentation of hard-to-do actions in Revit... It's like you're saying "don't be afraid guys, I will teach you this, it's easy!". Thanks again!

[@imedhamdi862]

You are amazing and funny , i love you , i started watching all of your videos , one by one a lot of laugh and learning, thank you keep going , and i have a suggestion , can you make series of videos tutorial of how to make and organize a projects from 0 to finish , in the right way . And in those videos you can learn us different tricks and tips , thank you keep going 🥰🥰

[@vikrantbajage]

been two years and still saving ton of time! Thank you sir!

[@gregstera1646]

I love watching your tutorial. Easy to understand

[@mikegeorge2923]

That was a great tutorial! That family to cut into the slab is awesome. Will definitely make one of them. Thank you!

[@miketaylor8211]

You can make them ‘sloped’ too if you create the extrusion from the side view! Just sayin’

[@mlo71598]

You are a Revit Legend. Thank you for your work

[@ehsanmohseni7121]

Really handy, I am waiting for more tips that related to the building structure

[@wrighthausracing9641]

Its ok slab.... you are amazing and awesome dont be depressed.

[@miketaylor8211]

Bahahaha!!

[@ssnanj8014]

Your classes are excellent.

[@bebebouba]

Very helpfull for the modeling of the elevator pit on te raft fondation

[@fabio62z]

Stunning and easy, thank you Mike.

[@zaratej98]

Thanks for all the great videos, i like your style and always look forward to all your videos.

[@MuzikayiseHlatshwayo]

Thank you so much Mike. This video really helped. 👊

[@bigiron5508]

Man, I just love your videos, been looking for someone like you, very easy to follow along. Currently I'm using sketchup and layout for all my construction documents, I would love to use revit lt and the videos you produce are gold..problem with using sketchup is all my drawings have to go to a structural engineer and they need a .dwg file, it's doable with sketchup but requires extra work. Going to try revit lt's 30 day trial. Thanks again.

[@miketaylor8211]

You won't want to go back! Revit is total worth it's weight in gold. And you will get better and more efficient each day.

[@manuelkeurkunian1161]

we arec depressed cause we always depress slabs n we dont like to depress anything or any one... good life for u with all beautifull depressed days and hours and seconds dearest mike :) :) :)

[@youssefibrahim6782]

Thank you very much also, we can use the model in place and cut, but I prefer to Ovid model in place

[@GB-kr1jp]

Thank you so much for your lessons!

[@nadeem006]

Too good and amazing, however i would like to add one more trick which able to cut geometry two times if in case sunken slab has more depth of about say 1' feet which required two floors to be joined together i.e, one main floor + below more thicker slab floor for sunken slab extended offsets to achieve deeper cut and leave U shaped cut in Section and this can be done with In-place model and choosing Floor category and put in Void and can be easily used for two times cut geometry. Anyways Thank you so much . .....

[@ecappi11]

Thanks Mike, great stuff as always!

[@danielcardoza1787]

I love your videos!!! thanks so much! wonderful vibe you send through!

[@youssefibrahim6782]

Thank you very much

[@fredifreddiefreddy3083]

great video

[@fredwasson8712]

Love your content!! Thanks

[@DesignsbyCADPRO]

Mike, you would be fun to work with!! Your videos are always great and get to the point...

[@derekrudder]

how is this getting to the point?...its a 40min video to explain modelling techniques that could have be done in like 15mins total. video is way too long to explain so little, but i see thats his format and style i guess..

[@DesignsbyCADPRO]

​@@derekrudderhe makes it fun

[@SalsoTK]

Mike, fantastically videos, very easy to understand and very useful. One question : is there a way to create a family for slab depressions that it can have any shape? I mean, most of the time depressions are Not rectangular but a combination of several rectangles and curves.. Something it can be controlled like in sketched mode? Greeting from Australia, mate. Great content 👍🏼

[@SuperbD2009]

Revit LT does not have the option of putting points to create depression. : ( Great Tutorial BTW!!

[@miketaylor8211]

I know... so sorry you are using Revit LT. There are quite a few things that it can't do.. but it's a LOT less expensive!!! =D

[@SchwanaCARDHUT]

Merci et bravo 👏 👏

[@Rocknrule1201]

I love your videos! I work for a structural engineeeing firm, and I've been wracking my brain on how to model brick ledges in the slab. I would like to create a void beam family that has parametric properties for width and depth. Would you create the beam family in the same method?

[@miketaylor8211]

I’m not sure you can tell a ‘beam’ to be a void cutting object. You would still need to make a generic family to do the cutting. Or you could make a NEW shaped beam with the edge already cut out!

[@SaeedBIM360]

very nice sir

[@mashraf001]

Hi Mike, I loved to see your videos, they are super helpful, I am new to Revit and unable to locate from which video should I start. can you please organize them as per expertise level for beginners too? Much obliged.

[@belajarteknikautocad2d-3d52]

Thanks sir

[@rakeshpandey4995]

Hello, where are you now days? Hope you doing well

[@benzonjhermogeno]

Excellent 👏👏 new subs here

[@svpcharls]

this was AMAZING! one question, would the modify element option to slope the slab also work in concert with the depression where you used the void/depressed slab family? im going to go try this out but if it does this saves a lot of time. sloping floor drains with modify slab can get very tricky especially around columns, walls and other edges and corners but this method gives you a simple, clean rectangle frame everytime

[@tsarefi]

thank you very much can we do all this at the slopped slab?

[@miketaylor8211]

Yes... sloped slaps work the same way. The families attach to the surface of the slab... so you can control them.

[@vucamtu544]

omg u so amazing , tks for your video

[@ssnanj8014]

Sir, Can you upload more videos for Structural elements. and creation of families & Tips . pls

[@MrDangatang]

on the add a point for the slope in the floor, how do you ensure that point is truly in the middle of the rectangle?

[@miketaylor8211]

I draw a detail line first so I have a midpoint or I draw two lines so I have an intersection. Do that before you edit the slab.

[@harutanaka3647]

can cut family slab incorporate into phase ? same issue as cut slope roof

[@miketaylor8211]

Unfortunately not. I found that using a VOID and cutting slabs is not assignable to a Phase. The way I get around that is to make smaller slap pieces and assign them each to a phase. It's more difficult, but gets the job done.