Revit Join Gutter

You can manage the location and appearance of gutters after they have been placed.

Revit join gutter.

You can create and load your own custom profiles to use as gutters. The joined elements then share the same line weight and fill. As you click edges revit treats this as one continuous gutter. Gutters are swept profiles.

You can also use the tool to join hosts and in place families or hosts and project families. Now if you re choosing a fascia sweep as the edge to host your gutters and the fascias don t exactly trim together at a corner then the gutter won t either and you ll have to manually pull the ends of the gutter together to miter the corners. How to add gutters and downspouts to a model in revit you can place gutter elements on horizontal roof eaves and gables. Highlight horizontal edges of roofs soffits fascias or model lines and click to place the gutter.

When installing metal gutters the process involves overlapping the two pieces and riveting them together. Watch the status bar for information about valid references. Use the join geometry tool to create clean joins between 2 or more host elements that share a common face such as walls and floors. How to create end caps to open ended gutters in revit architecture 2011 presented by thomas truong.

As shown in the following illustrations the tool removes the visible edge between the joined elements. You can also place components or model in place components to represent downspouts. Click architecture tabbuild panelroof drop down roof. Watch the status bar for information about valid references.

Check the blue handles at the ends of the gutters and make sure they re both at the same location for each gutter piece. Pvc or vinyl gutters are designed to snap together easily but may require the use of gaskets or a sealant to ensure a waterproof connection. Click modify place gutter tab placement panel restart gutter to finish the current gutter and start a different gutter. As you click edges revit treats this as one continuous gutter.

Joining gutter sections together is a fairly simple job.