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Revit purlins curved roof.
Quick demo of having purlins follow the curve of a roof.
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We have recently started work on a new project which requires us to model some purlins onto a curved roof surface.
Quick demo of having purlins follow the curve of a roof.
There was talk on the forums of creating families that have the always vertical turned off and are not hosted to a level as purlins.
Attach revit beam to curved roof using the standard beam tools.
Purlins following curved roof.
See attached revit 7 0.
Autodesk revit free download families catalogue for steel products including steel roofing steel walling guttering purlins metal fascia.
The purlins would be square to the roof slope bottom edge same as top edge slope of glulam frames.
This is the method that should be used once the roof geometry design is finalised and not likely to change again.