Revit Roof Overhang

Display a floor plan view or a reflected ceiling plan view.

Revit roof overhang.

Out of the box revit doesn t do this because revit shows it as it s built. You can set an overhang on roofs created with pick walls. This video will show you how to increase the overhang on a portion of the roof and fix the eave height. When you create a roof in revit using the select walls tool in the options bar you will see an option with a checkbox see the left red colored arrow in the image below.

Edit the roof sketch double click the roof or select the roof and click modify roofs tabmode panel edit footprint or edit profile. Select each boundary line and set the value in properties or in option bar. After creating a roof you can change its shape or overhang cut openings or align ridges. Creates a roof using the building footprint to define its boundaries.

Two options for the overhang. 1 st floor no overhang. This post explores the effect of different types of wall finish materials on the overhang of the roof. Meaning that in the real world we don t see a dashed lines on the ground so we know there is a roof above.

In the properties dialog box for the view you want to see the overhang lines in set the underlay drop down to be the level on which the roof was created. Extend into wall to core. 3d view of roof begin by opening the plan view in which you want to see the roof line overhang as a hidden line. Use pick walls if you want the roof to automatically adjust when walls are moved.

If you try to add a roof on the lowest level a dialog prompts you to move it to a higher level. Click architecture tabbuild panelroof drop down roof by footprint. In residential architecture as well as other types it is often a required part of the working drawing set to be able to show the roof overhang as a hidden line on the floor plan views.