Revit Dormer Roof

Use join unjoin roof tool.

Revit dormer roof.

First a work plane needs to be decided upon. Roof overhang should be set to 2 0. This tool is located in the modify tab. 9 join roofs add opening to create dormer.

Use it to extend the dormer roof to the main roof. The pick roof wall edges tool is active so that you can pick the boundaries that compose the dormer opening. Set view to level 2. This tutorial explains the process to create a gable dormer in revit.

Thomas cadalyst revit building helps you create dormer roofs including the dormer geometry required by the opening in the main roof. You can model this in any of the 3 primary roof modelling methods but in the example i have opted to use the roof by extrusion tool. Watch the status bar to be sure that you are highlighting the main roof. Type 2 dormers do not have sidewalls and the dormer roof springs from the eaves of the main roof steps for type 1 dormers.

Type 1 dormers have sidewalls. To create a dormer roof we first need to start with the smaller roof portion of the dormer. Adding a dormer is easy if you don t care about overlapping geometry or what the interior might look like figure 1. Architecture tab opening panel dormer opening structure tab opening panel dormer opening highlight the main roof on the building model and click to select it.

How to model a dormer roof in revit. Attach walls to roof 3. To create a dormer model required walls and additional roof. Draw a building with a gable roof.

Then follow these 2 steps. The pick roof wall edges tool is active so that you can pick the boundaries that compose the dormer opening. Architecture tab opening panel dormer opening highlight the main roof on the building model and click to select it.