Revit gives us three options.
Revit cut roof at height.
For two cut plumb and two cut square specify a value for fascia depth between zero and the thickness of the roof.
Click finish edit mode.
About the view range.
This image was snipped from revit help about view range.
The view range is a set of horizontal planes that control object visibility and display in the view.
The top and bottom clip planes represent the topmost and bottommost portion of the view range.
Rafter cut additional options in revit have to do with the termination of the rafters at the eaves.
So i need the cut plane at the elevation more than 1700.
The cut plane is a plane that determines at what height certain.
In the drawing area select the roof.
After creating a roof change the style of the eaves by specifying the rafter cut.
If you are not familiar with view range this image can help to set the options above.
On the properties palette specify a value for offset from roof base or plate offset from base.
After creating a roof you can adjust the height of the eaves.
The horizontal planes are top cut plane and bottom.
In this tips tricks we are going to cover how to create a mansard roof you may not have noticed this before but revit has the ability to cut a roof at a pre set height.
On the properties palette for rafter cut select plumb cut two cut plumb or two cut square.
The default is plumb cut as we have seen in the previous images.
The roof tool in revit is a very simple tool to use but you can get some very complex and interesting roof designs from it.
While in sketch mode select a slope defining boundary line.