Revit Flat Roofs

Eric wing dives into flat roofs first showing how to pitch insulation to roof drains add crickets and warp roofs to fit sloped framing.

Revit flat roofs.

Add a flat roof. Add a slope defining roof line. Tutorial agenda creating a. You can also watch the video tutorial below if you prefer.

The revit interface is a bit unclear about constructing a flat roof but no roof is truly flat and creating a flat roof in revit allows the designer to annotate the roof without having to deal with the issues associated with the modelled hips and valleys of a low slope roof. Use a slope arrow to define the slope. This guide provides the answers to the most common roof problems beginners face with revit. Discover free revit bim objects for roofs.

This video was recorded using revit 2012. Download manufacturer approved bim content for roofs. The revit interface is a bit unclear about constructing a flat roof but no roof is truly flat and creating a flat roof in revit allows the designer to annotate the roof without having to deal with the issues associated with the modeled hips and valleys of a low slope roof. For more tips tricks and tutorials on all things revit and bim.

This video was recorded using revit 2020. If you d like to learn everything about revit roofs you may be interested in my revit roofs masterclass course. When using a newer software release you may notice. 1 remove slope to create flat roof.

Use sloped edges or a slope arrow on a roof to create sloped roof elements. Define a sloped edge to a sketch line. Change the slope angle of the roof. From flat roofs to fun free form roofs and everything in between hip gable mansard dutch hip combination and gambrel.

When performing the procedures you may notice minor differences in. Add roof lines with a slope and an overhang defined. The roof by footprint tool is used for both flat and sloped roofs. This course covers the topic of adding roofs roof framing and detailing with revit.

In part 5 of the tutorial you create a flat roof and a sloped roof with an overhang at the entry. This video demonstrates the following. Get this revit file here. Attach exterior walls to the roof.