Roof To Ground Revit

Revit roof slope can seem complicated at first glance but by learning a few critical features you can create any roof shape you desire.

Roof to ground revit.

I have a 2 slope on the roof and i m trying to measure from the top of the roof to the ground in an elevation. This makes the roof line visible in the plan view but the lines appear as solid lines. Click architecture tabbuild panelroof drop down roof by footprint. Then select the line style you want to represent the roof overhang in the view.

Open the plan view of the level in which you want to see the roof line. Or other options please. Rhino conveyor the primary dockable window for managing imports and element updatesimport geometry a utility for one time imports of curve. Now the next step is to select the linework tool from the modify tab view panel.

1 remove slope to create flat roof. In the view properties expand the underlay drop down and select the level on which the roof was created to display as an underlay. You may have to adjust its xyz location before finishing the mass which can be accomplished in plan or elevation. In the properties dialog box for the view you want to see the overhang lines in set the underlay drop down to be the level on which the roof was created.

So how do i measure from the top of sloped roof to the ground when it s not parallel. Generate revit roof in revit create a new mass and import the sat file from the previous step. I can find a flat peak in north and south and that works but can t find one in east or west. If you try to add a roof on the lowest level a dialog prompts you to move it to a higher level.

5 once located properly use the roof by angle tool to generate a roof using any roof type. The conveyor install provides three revit addins for supporting the rhino to revit workflow. If you choose not to move the roof to a different level revit notifies you. Want to create a flat roof.

After installation these commands can be found under the proving ground tab in the revit ribbon. In the option bar make sure defines slope is deactivated before drawing the boundary. You can also watch the video tutorial below if you prefer.