Revit Cut Roofs

Click modify tab geometry panel cut drop down cut geometry.

Revit cut roofs.

Use one of the opening tools to cut a vertical or perpendicular opening in a roof floor or ceiling for example to accommodate a chimney. Revit gives us three options. To create a dormer model required walls and additional roof. In the family category and parameters dialog select cut with voids when loaded and click ok.

Open the revit family with unattached voids and click create tab properties panel family category and parameters. All roof rafters should be identical so follow the same steps to measure the plumb cut tail cut and birdsmouth cut. The number of rafters needed will be determined by the length of your roof. See hd version of video tutorial here.

Whether you want a double gable roof with 6 pyramid shaped dormers or a simple gambrel roof the basics remain the same. Then follow these 2 steps. Click by face or vertical. Use join unjoin roof tool.

You can cut openings in the faces of these elements or you can select the entire element to make a vertical cut. At this point you ve cut 1 roof rafter. Cue the voices of an angelic choir with the reveal of your joined roof well done. 9 join roofs add opening to create dormer.

Load the family into the project and place it. The default is plumb cut as we have seen in the previous images. Select the object to be cut. Use it to extend the dormer roof to the main roof.

This tool is located in the modify tab. Depending on the size of your structure you will need to cut several or many more. Do the same for the other side copying doesn t work for some reason try it if you like and you ll see if it does work then revit likes you better than it likes me. Architecture tabopening panel structure tabopening panel use the by face option when you want the.

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