Revit Host Roof On Reference Plane

On the ribbon click reference plane.

Revit host roof on reference plane.

Did you know that there are differences between drawing a reference plane from right to left versus drawing one from left to right. This is a short excerpt from revit. Use roof by extrusion and use pick a plane option. Sloped slab roof to reference plane while in plan draw a reference line through the building and select it to give it a name.

The most overlooked part of the entire process is drawing the reference plane itself. If you want to place the face based family somewhere other than a face in the properties palette deselect work plane based. You will first need to create the sloped named reference plane see video here. Hosting elements to reference planes in revit is a technique used by many but only fully understood by few.

Create tabdraw panel reference plane to draw a line. Now the trick is select and name the ref. Tips tricks and troubleshooting by paul f. You can create a reference plane if required by pressing rp but in the example i have opted to use the leading edge of the primary roofs fascia line.

If you need to place your beams on a slope that will allow you to control the slope angle and have the corresponding structural elements follow you can associate them to a reference plane. Pick the best elevation option that comes up and you will be swtiched to that view. Will go with it. To select your workplane first select roof by extrusion and you will be prompted to pick a plane as shown below.

Architecture tabwork plane panel reference plane structure tabwork plane panel reference plane systems tabwork plane panel reference plane family editor. Naming reference planes makes it easier to track their. Here i am using 2 reference planes to control the start and end of the roof extrusion. Convert a hosted family to face based or non hosted family.

Use the line tool or the pick line tool to draw a reference plane. I have actually selected the left hand reference plane you can see that i have also named it roof start. Lights can be attached to a reference plane to better maintain attached lights and allow. Draft reference planes to host lights which are oriented correctly.

Plane if you don t none of this works.