First off, using the Slab Edge command requires we pick the edge of a floor or a model line. In most cases the edge of the main floor is likely not aligned with the wall that needs baseboard. However, if you use the "thin floor" workflow described in this link: Revit Floor Finish Workflow - Thin Floors and also covered in my Interior Design using Autodesk Revit 2019 book, the Slab Edge commands works really well in most cases.
Looking back at our home office example, if a thin floor defined the space, and we add a small jog at the door opening, then adding the Slab Edge representing wall baseboard takes four simple clicks.
Here are the results in a isolated 3D view.
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And, again with context.
This baseboard is a single element that will follow any adjustments to the finished floor edges (expect if new edges or jogs are added, of course). Here is the result in Enscape.
Now back to our example with a ramp and columns. In this case we cannot pick the floor edge because of the sloped floor. We can, however, use an intermediate step and add model lines where we want baseboard, as Slab Edge can host to sloped model lines but not sloped floors... go figure.
In the image above, all the model lines were selected in one effort so they are all a single element. Yes, even though they skip across door opens. BTW, I had to split the model lines at the door opening, but if I had jogged the floor finish like I did in the previous example that would not have been required.
FYI: You have to reset the workplane to add model lines on the sloped surface.
Because the finished floor workflow wraps the floor element around columns we can easily add baseboard to columns as well, as shown in the final Enscape-generated image.
Finally, my friend Dmitry Chubrik, from BIM2B, offered this YouTube video link showing many more applications of this Slab Edge workflow.
Related posts:
- Creating Wall Baseboard in Revit - Option 1
- Creating Wall Baseboard in Revit - Option 2
- Creating Wall Baseboard in Revit - Option 3
- Creating Wall Baseboard in Revit - Option 4 - Slab Edge
- Creating Wall Baseboard in Revit - Option 5 - Roof and Fascia
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