The revit interface is a bit unclear about constructing a flat roof but no roof is truly flat and creating a flat roof in revit allows the designer to annotate the roof without having to deal with the issues associated with the modeled hips and valleys of a low slope roof.
Flat roofs in revit.
Draw a flat roof.
Use the modify sub elements button to select your newly placed points.
3 modify properties to adjust.
On the properties palette set the underlay value to 01 store floor.
On the options bar set overhang to 0 and clear defines slope.
To use this do the following.
The revit interface is a bit unclear about constructing a flat roof but no roof is truly flat and creating a flat roof in revit allows the designer to annotate the roof without having to deal with the issues associated with the modelled hips and valleys of a low slope roof.
On the contextual tab of the ribbon select attach and then select the flat roof.
Select an interior wall and then right click.
Want to create a sloped roof.
9 tips to understand revit roofs 1 remove slope to create flat roof.
In the option bar make sure defines slope is.
Revit then makes the wall meet the underside of the roof correctly.
On the draw panel click pick walls.
Want to create a flat roof.
Add point or split line if better suited creates points at intersections place your new points as required.
On the mode panel click finish to place the roof.
In the option bar make sure defines slope is.
2 activate slope to create a sloped roof.
Get this revit file here.
Once again select the wall first 1.
Now the interior walls stop at the underside of the roof and no longer extend through the flat roof.
Flat roofs matching structural roof steel slope i need to change my flat built up roof type roofs to match the sloping structure of the roof beams from the structural revit model link so they are coordinated in my building wall sections.
Click architecture tab roof drop down roof by footprint.
Then choose attach top base 2 and finally select the roof 3.
We can use the same attach top base tool to tidy up this junction.