Revit Roof Plan View

Select the linework tool in the view panel on the home ribbon.

Revit roof plan view.

Open the plan view of the level in which you want to see the roof line. But for whatever reason my a dash roof does not exist. Click architecture tabbuild panelroof drop down roof by footprint. Anyway over time i ve seen and heard plenty of suggestions on what a user should or should not do to expose missing elements but the following top 10 reasons is the most comprehensive check list i ve seen.

Add another view to your project or duplicate an existing view. People who are new to revit are always having issues seeing everything in a project view. There are many situations when you need to show the outline or boundary of overhead elements on your plan views. If you try to add a roof on the lowest level a dialog prompts you to move it to a higher level.

Display a floor plan view or a reflected ceiling plan view. Some typical scenarios are the include the outline of the perimeter of the roof the outline of an entrance canopy roof light positions etc. So in order to create that a dash roof plan what i can do is come over here to my view tab click here and then come into my floorplan view. For type select a view type from the list or click edit type to modify an existing view type or create a new view type.

I guess it s the autocad mentality that is so hard to shake at first. In the view properties expand the underlay drop down and select the level on which the roof was created to display as an underlay. Revit displays the modify linework contextual ribbon. If you choose not to move the roof to a different level revit notifies you.

Select one or more levels for which you want to create a plan view.