Sloped Slab Surface

[ben]

Does anyone have ideas on how to slope the surface of a concrete floor slab? I need to do this at each balcony on a PT slab building.

I've used the host sweep on a floor slab to add thickness but never to subtract thickness. Is this possible?

Also, I've tried creating a separate floor slab for the balcony with a specified slope. However, this slopes the entire balcony slab and I only want a sloped surface.

Any suggestions?

[sfaust]

Some of us were talking about this a while ago with roofs. See this (http://www.zoogdesign.com/forums/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2645&highlight=sloped+insulation) link.

You might be able to do something similar with floors, otherwise your only option (that I know of) is an in place family, or editing the cut profile wherever it occurs (2d fix).

[Tom Weir]

Yo,
Just make an in-place family with an extrusion from the side view. That should work.
Tom Weir
Los Angeles

[christopher.zoog51272]

or just use a slope arrow in the floor sketch, that's what they were made for. That is, of course, assuming you are using "floor" for the slab.

Z.

[sbrown]

I think he needs multiple slopes on the floor, which isn't available, or do you need a curb around the whole perimeter and the middle to slope. If so a floor based void family would work.

[ben]

I think he needs multiple slopes on the floor, which isn't available, or do you need a curb around the whole perimeter and the middle to slope. If so a floor based void family would work.

This floor-based void family seems like it could work. Is it applied as a floor sweep? If i need to create a family which template do i start with? Does anyone have an example they could post?

[beegee]

This floor-based void family seems like it could work. Is it applied as a floor sweep? If i need to create a family which template do i start with? Does anyone have an example they could post?

Have a look at the samples in sfaust's link above.

They use cut blends in a generic floor based family.

[sbrown]

start with the generic floor based, then change it to a structural family(pull down under settings) this will give it easier insertion and dimensioning.