Revit Adding Roof

After you finish with the lines open default 3d view.

Revit adding roof.

Select the floor or roof to modify. This is pretty easy to control. You can drag any point in your roof and adjust the roof shape. In the option bar make sure defines slope is activated for boundary lines.

If you try to add a roof on the lowest level a dialog prompts you to move it to a higher level. To turn a sloped roof into a flat roof select all roof boundaries purple lines and uncheck defines slope in the option bar. If you select relative new points will be added at the specified value relative to the surface on which they are added. The elevation edit box displays on the options bar with a relative check box next to it.

Revit roof slope can seem complicated at first glance but by learning a few critical features you can create any roof shape you desire nbsp whether you want a double gable roof with 6 pyramid shaped dormers or a simple gambrel roof the basics remain the same. See hd version of video tutorial here. This shape editing tools will not appear if you define the roof slope. Click architecture tabbuild panelroof drop down roof by footprint.

Autodesk app store is a marketplace and a web service provided by autodesk that makes it easy to find and acquire third party plugin extensions other companion applications content and learning materials for revit. Easier than the previous method. First activate add split line and draw the lines like below. On the draw panel select a sketch or pick tool.

Activate modify sub elements. The revit interface is a bit unclear about constructing a flat roof but no roof is truly flat and creating a flat roof in revit allows the designer to annotate the roof without having to deal with the issues associated with the modeled hips and valleys of a low slope roof. 2 activate slope to create a sloped roof want to create a sloped roof.