To model a roof by footprint in revit undertake the following.
Revit no check box to finish roof.
If it can t be found after minimizing all windows try using the windows key d shortcut to show the desktop this sometimes brings up floating dialogs into the view.
In this sample i only use one.
You can move the roof from elevation view or change the offset value.
Check the defines slope paramater and give it a slope.
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Your roof now has a slope.
Select the roof edge that will be the gutter edge.
This corresponds to the revit options of room area calculation.
Floor to ceiling wall niches revit element niche wall niche with elevation 0 floor to ceiling windows parapet 0 compute room areas at.
The finish and cancel buttons are missing when in group edit mode the edit group ribbon panel is offscreen.
Activate modify sub elements.
You also need to adjust the roof height to match the other roof.
Either wall center wall core center wall core layer or wall finish.
For gables do the same thing for 2 opposing roof edges.
We will delve into great detail on each later on but to start let s look at the standard roof by footprint workflow.
For hips same thing for all 4 roof edges.
We have implemented some advanced loadable families to easily model a roof in revit in detail.
This will put you back in sketch mode.
After you finish with the lines open default 3d view.
Create visual representation.
You can drag any point in your roof and adjust the roof shape as you want.
Locate the group edit panel and drag it back to the revit ribbon.