Revit Create A Flat Roof

Want to create a flat roof.

Revit create a flat roof.

Get this revit file here. To turn a sloped roof into a flat roof select all roof boundaries purple lines and uncheck defines slope in the option bar. 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 modelled hips and valleys of a low slope roof. You can import just the surface into revit but the flat surface will be difficult to visualize on screen.

You may have to adjust its xyz location before finishing the mass which can be accomplished in plan or elevation. Whether you want a double gable roof with 6 pyramid shaped dormers or a simple gambrel roof the basics remain the same. On the draw panel click pick walls. If you d like to learn everything about revit roofs you may be interested in my revit roofs masterclass course.

Tutorial agenda creating a. In the drawing area highlight an entry wall. Open the 02 lower parapet floor plan. Create a sloped roof with an overhang.

Display a floor plan view or a reflected ceiling plan view. Generate revit roof in revit create a new mass and import the sat file from the previous step. The roof by footprint tool is used for both flat and sloped roofs. Click architecture tabbuild panelroof drop down roof by footprint.

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. In the option bar make sure defines slope is deactivated before drawing the boundary. On the options bar for overhang enter 600 and select defines slope. Click architecture tab roof drop down roof by footprint.

If you try to add a roof on the lowest level a dialog prompts you to move it to a higher level. If you choose not to move the roof to a different level revit notifies you later if the roof. Creates a roof using the building footprint to define its boundaries.