Revit Cut Extruded Roof

Modelling roofs is no different.

Revit cut extruded roof. In this revit architecture tutorial i show you how to create an extruded roof form using the roof by extrusion tool. The bad thing about extruded roofs is the fact you can t follow along with the footprint of your building the good thing is we can do something about that the objective of this video is to go to the plan view we will then create a void where our walls jag in and out this is going to allow revit to cut the roof properly in plan to get started jump into your revit roofs. Join eric wing for an in depth discussion in this video trimming an extruded roof part of building roofs with revit. For the purposes of this tutorial i am going to use the following simple building.

If you d like to learn everything about revit roofs you may be interested in my revit roofs masterclass course. Revit makes both vertical and horizontal cuts in the roof. Architecture tab opening panel dormer opening highlight the main roof on the building model and click to select it. By using our dwg we find the slopes of two roof lines and their elevations for the rafter cut a simple two line.

In this video we explore an alternate method of creating a roof in revit. We will delve into great detail on each later on but to start let s look at the standard roof by footprint workflow. This is going to allow revit to cut the roof properly in plan. Create the walls and roof elements that make up the dormer.

Open a plan view or an elevation view in which you can see the dormer roof and the attached walls. In revit there are multiple ways to approach a modelling exercise. There are 3 primary sub tools that you can use to model roofs in revit roof by footprint roof by extrusion and roof by face. If the roof is extruded open an elevation view.

If the roof is extruded open an elevation view.