First of all create a reference plane in desired position and if you like lock it to the roof plane this way if you raise the roof the purlins etc.
Revit host roof on reference plane.
Use the line tool or the pick line tool to draw a reference plane.
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Create tabdatum panel reference plane conceptual design environment.
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Now the trick is select and name the ref.
If you need to place your beams on a slope that will allow you to control the slope angle and have the corresponding structural elements follow you can associate them to a reference plane.
To select your workplane first select roof by extrusion and you will be prompted to pick a plane as shown below.
You will first need to create the sloped named reference plane see video here.
Hosting elements to reference planes in revit is a technique used by many but only fully understood by few.
Plane if you don t none of this works.
Use roof by extrusion and use pick a plane option.
If you want to place the face based family somewhere other than a face in the properties palette deselect work plane based.
Architecture tabwork plane panel reference plane structure tabwork plane panel reference plane systems tabwork plane panel reference plane family editor.
Sloped slab roof to reference plane while in plan draw a reference line through the building and select it to give it a name.
The most overlooked part of the entire process is drawing the reference plane itself.
Draft reference planes to host lights which are oriented correctly.
Create tabdraw panel reference plane to draw a line.
That is the vertical reference planes on the left and right hand side of the image.
You can create a reference plane if required by pressing rp but in the example i have opted to use the leading edge of the primary roofs fascia line.
Naming reference planes makes it easier to track their.
I have actually selected the left hand reference plane you can see that i have also named it roof start.
Did you know that there are differences between drawing a reference plane from right to left versus drawing one from left to right.
This is a short excerpt from revit.
On the ribbon click reference plane.
Lights can be attached to a reference plane to better maintain attached lights and allow.