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Duplicating Floor Plans to Ceiling Plans

If you need to duplicate a set of Revit floor plans to ceiling plans, use Ideate ViewCreator, one of the tools in the IdeateApps collection. The new ceiling plans will match the floor plans’ crop/scope box and 2d grid conditions, and they will automatically be given logical view names.

Here’s How:


  1. Launch Ideate ViewCreator 
  2. Select “Duplicate Method”
  3. If it’s available, select “*DUPLICATE” or “DUPLICATE — Change Family,” a newer rule that aligns the view name with the ceiling type name
  4. Use “Select Views.” Go to the next page.
  5. Use “Duplicate to Other Family.” Pick one or more floor plans from one plan type.
  6. Select “Next.” Pick the ceiling plan type to which you wish to duplicate. 
  7. OPTIONAL: “DUPLICATE — Change Family” is set up to allow a view template override. If desired, set the new ceiling plan views to a specific view template.
  8. From here, you can edit the proposed new view names, or you can select “Rename Views” and complete the process.


RESULTS: New ceiling plan views matching the original views’ crop and 2d grid settings. 

Ideate ViewCreator Screenshot

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