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[diefortheswarm]

As you may assume, I have a bottomless pit in a very bad place.  I want to put floors over it which is not the question.  The question is, can I build walls on top of the floors after they are in place?

If I can't do that, can I do this?

WWCCCCCC
WW
WW
WW

W = natural wall
C = constructed wall

[FluffyToast J]

Floors are counted as constructions, so you can build other things over them. However, the other diagram should work, if your just trying to wall off the bottomless pit.

Hope I could help.

[SHAD0Wdump]

This method I'm about to state is more solid,but time consuming...
No floors,just walls.

lvl 1 walls where you want them on top of the walls on lvl 2,lvl 2 walls serve as floors.

lvl 2 all walls.

Now you can replace most areas on lvl 2 with just floors on lvl 1 if you know where you will be putting your walls on lvl 1.

Just do be careful...

[BurnedToast]

walls come with floors and ceilings, and you can build them hanging over air so there is no need to build a floor under them first (you can't make constructed walls on top of constructed floors anyway).

[thepuska]

You can't build walls over constructed floors, but you can build walls over empty space, as long as there's a walkable perimeter. And you can destroy constructed floors and walls with [n].

Be prepared to get spammed by "Urist McDwarf cancels construct building: interrupted by Giant cave swallow"

[Dareon Clearwater]

I've used bridges to cover a magma pipe before, I imagine the same principle could be applied to a pit and use less stone.  Of course, bridges don't support constructions, so if you happen to have an open area in the middle that your bridges can't reach, you may need to leave a clear line of support from one wall or floor section.  And, equally of course, you can't build any workshops or other buildings on a bridge.

[thepuska]

And bridges look uglier.

Oh by the way, retracting bridges support other retracting bridges, as long as they aren't retracted.

[vagel7]

i still dont get it why we name a random dwarf urist mcdwarf.

[CrazyEyes]

i still dont get it why we name a random dwarf urist mcdwarf.

http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=15572.0

[RickiusMaximus]

As some have mentioned walls are the only way to create floors you can build on.

However in this instance it would be very difficult to construct said walls as you must be standing ajasent to the wall in order to contruct it.

The easiest way to do this would be to construct a floor covering the entire area and then slowly deconstruct it row by row and replace it with the walls.

[Untelligent]

Alternatively, you could build a long, narrow bridge to the side of where you want to build the walls, then build the walls next to the bridge. Keep in mind that bridges can't support walls (although Dwarves don't realize this, so don't let them talk you into it), so you'll still have to build the walls one at a time.