Revit Sloped Roof Framing

By applying the defines slope property to lines of a roof boundary you can create different roof types including flat roofs gable roofs and hip roofs.

Revit sloped roof framing.

This course covers the topic of adding roofs roof framing and detailing with revit. Open an elevation or section view. In a plan view where the beam will be visible on the architecture or structure tab work plane panel click set to set the active work. If this model is intended to be a true representation of how the building is to be constructed then it is important for the sloped roof to be modeled as sloped not flat.

Create a sloped roof sloped edges on a roof sketch line create a. I will set the work plane to the bottom or the roof or floor that is sloped. Revit structure placing beams on a sloped plane. Whenever the floor roof changes elevation or the slope all the steel framing follows the element.

Give the reference plane a name. Create a roof slope using slope arrows use slope arrows to define slopes on a roof such as a 4 sided gable roof. Kellytib 09 02 2014 at 08 29 am. The structural member will be attached to that element.

You want to create a sloped structural beam in revit 1. Whether you want a double gable roof with 6 pyramid shaped dormers or a simple gambrel roof the basics remain the same. Eric wing dives into flat roofs first showing how to pitch insulation to roof drains add crickets and warp roofs to fit sloped framing. In our march 2012 seu bim forum session betsy werra went through a demonstration of how to create sloped framing in a revit structure model.

From flat roofs to fun free form roofs and everything in between hip gable mansard dutch hip combination and gambrel.