Revit Roof Dormer

Creating dormer roofs in revit building 11 jan 2006 by.

Revit roof dormer.

Thomas cadalyst revit building helps you create dormer roofs including the dormer geometry required by the opening in the main roof. This tool is located in the modify tab. Attach walls to roof 3. The pick roof wall edges tool is active so that you can pick the boundaries that compose the dormer opening.

Use join unjoin roof tool. To create a dormer roof we first need to start with the smaller roof portion of the dormer. Watch the status bar to be sure that you are highlighting the main roof. Type 2 dormers do not have sidewalls and the dormer roof springs from the eaves of the main roof steps for type 1 dormers.

Create the roof opening and finish the dormer. First a work plane needs to be decided upon. This video demonstrates the following. Move the walls to the dormer.

Create the dormer roof and join it to the main roof. Whether you want a double gable roof with 6 pyramid shaped dormers or a simple gambrel roof the basics remain the same. 9 join roofs add opening to create dormer. Add a dormer to a roof and use the dormer opening tool to cut the opening for it.

Architecture tab opening panel dormer opening structure tab opening panel dormer opening highlight the main roof on the building model and click to select it. Then follow these 2 steps. Roof overhang should be set to 2 0. Type 1 dormers have sidewalls.

To be specific i am adding a dormer style roof over an opeing in a roof. My question really is more of understanding how revit handles roofs. Draw a building with a gable roof. Dormers in revit you should be able to draw two kinds of dormers.

You can model this in any of the 3 primary roof modelling methods but in the example i have opted to use the roof by extrusion tool. How to model a dormer roof in revit. Use it to extend the dormer roof to the main roof. Set view to level 2.

Adding a dormer is easy if you don t care about overlapping geometry or what the interior might look like figure 1. I know how to put in dormers this is slightly different. Select the wall type and constraints for a dormer that will be added to a roof. I have not placed walls to suport the dormer roof as the dormer is more to shelter an opening in the roof that has a flat part of the roof under it.

Revit roof slope can seem complicated at first glance but by learning a few critical features you can create any roof shape you desire.