Revit Roof From Line

If necessary use the viewcube to spin the design to facilitate selecting the wall or roof edges.

Revit roof from line.

In the option bar make sure defines slope is activated for boundary lines. You can drag any point in your roof and adjust the roof shape as you want. On the properties palette specify a value for number of full segments. After you finish with the lines open default 3d view.

Overhang adjusts the horizontal offset of the. Name description constraints defines roof slope for footprint roofs specifies a roof line to be a slope defining line. I just need to go around the rest of the perimeter and apply the overhead line style. This video shows you how to add a split line and a point to a flat roof so that you can edit the roof to allow for drainage channels gulleys.

You can move the roof from elevation view or change the offset value. To change instance properties select the element and change its properties on the properties palette. In the view properties expand the underlay drop down and select the level on which the roof was created to display as an underlay. When editing the roof footprint change properties of a roof boundary line to define its slope overhang offset and more.

With this line style selected all i need to do is click on each line that i want to apply this style to which is all the lines that make up the perimeter of the roof boundary. 2 activate slope to create a sloped roof want to create a sloped roof. Click view tab create panel default 3d view. Activate modify sub elements.

You also need to adjust the roof height to match the other roof. In the drawing area select the arc line. If a roof includes a slope defining arc line or circle it creates a conical roof. If desired set the lines of the second roof to be slope defining except the roof line that will be coincident with the first roof or the wall.

In this sample i only use one. See hd version of video tutorial here. To turn a sloped roof into a flat roof select all roof boundaries purple lines and uncheck defines slope in the option bar. In the image below you can see the lines that i ve changed on the left.

If desired you can divide the arc or circle into segments as follows.