Naming reference planes makes it easier to track their.
Revit host roof on reference plane.
Go to end view of roof elevation face on to new named ref plane select roof by extrusion the select new named ref plane from drop box.
Then switch to 3d view.
The most overlooked part of the entire process is drawing the reference plane itself.
1 create another named ref plane in plan view so as to draw the roof profile roughly at end of roof image 1 2.
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That is the vertical reference planes on the left and right hand side of the image.
Only one line is necessary to extrude the roof.
I have actually selected the left hand reference plane you can see that i have also named it roof start.
This is a short excerpt from revit.
If you are linking an architectural model in to your mep model and using a reference plane to host your lighting or plumbing fixtures the direction of your reference plane will matter.
Now use a combination of reference lines to lay out your slopes.
Pick your plane and reference level.
Then use lines to lay out the basis of the extrusion of the roof.
Convert a hosted family to face based or non hosted family.
This method is worth learning so when plane moves everything goes with it.
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Hosting elements to reference planes in revit is a technique used by many but only fully understood by few.
Much the same as the earlier gable that was generated as an extrusion the process goes as follows.
Did you know that there are differences between drawing a reference plane from right to left versus drawing one from left to right.
After drawing the lines set roof properties from the side menu not the properties button and then complete the roof extrusion.
If you want to place the face based family somewhere other than a face in the properties palette deselect work plane based.
How to model a butterfly roof in revit.
The way i approach a butterfly style roof is via the roof by extrusion tool.
Here i am using 2 reference planes to control the start and end of the roof extrusion.
Select roof by extrusion.
Detailed review of reference planes beam and roof systems.
Create tabdatum panel reference plane conceptual design environment.
On the ribbon click reference plane.
