Revit Custom Roof

In revit you can place gutter elements on horizontal roof eaves and gables.

Revit custom roof.

9 join roofs add opening to create dormer. You may have to adjust its xyz location before finishing the mass which can be accomplished in plan or elevation. The problem with that is that truss does not include the overhang that is needed to make a roof truss. See hd version of video tutorial here.

Use it to extend the dormer roof to the main roof. To being to model a roof soffit in revit you first need to navigate to a plan view that suitably shows the roof the and the wall that rises to join the underside of the roof roof base level in the example. The roof soffit in revit works differently to the fascia placement acting more like the standard roof by footprint command. You can also place components or model in place components to represent downspouts.

You can manage the location and appearance of gutters after they have been placed. Instead it is better to create a family in which you can manipulate to meet the needs of the project. You can create and load your own custom profiles to use as gutters. Then follow these 2 steps.

Generate revit roof in revit create a new mass and import the sat file from the previous step. To create a dormer model required walls and additional roof. The meeting point might not where we expect it should be. When creating a roof truss it is tempting to use the one that revit as supplied.

This tool is located in the modify tab. Gutters are swept profiles. Revit roof slope can seem complicated at first glance but by learning a few critical features you can create any roof shape you desire. The roof doesn t look pretty the roof edges don t meet at expected point.