Ceiling with thickness

[gmak]

Is there a way to have a ceiling which when cut in section has depth?

Mine all seem to be just lines and I don't see a way to add a thickness.

Thanks

[Phil Palmer]

Make sure you pick the 'Compound Ceiling' in the pull down options

Basic ceilings are a pure face and the compound ceilings are just like the wall interface where you can have various construction layers

[jcgardea]

What is the pretended use for a Basic ceiling? Normally in a building that is not using gypsumboard with metal posts, you would either plaster ir with cement and mortar, or put some stucco o paint on it. Any of these have some thickness to them.

Gypsum board or reticular ceiliing is clear they are Composite types in Revit, but what of basic ceiling?

[Mike L Sealander]

The Basic ceiling gives you a ceiling surface without thickness that can be used to host ceiling-hosted objects. Think, for instance, of a light fixture you want to attach to a floor, but your light fixture is a ceiling-hosted family. What's happening now is that a lot of people are creating light fixture families that are face-based, and so can be hosted by any type of face. I think early on in Revit's development the authors did not think about this.