Revit Mass Roof

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Revit mass roof.

You may have to adjust its xyz location before finishing the mass which can be accomplished in plan or elevation. Create a mass that is specific to the context of the current project. Please like this tutorial. Mass are quite easy to make but using this method might be require a lot of works.

Optional on the options bar specify the level of the roof. If that does not work i hack it and use a wall in place of a roof and see if that works. Click massing site tab conceptual mass panel in place mass. For your information a parametric gable mass is already available in the revit libraries in the mass folder.

First you can create a mass and create roof by selecting the mass faces. Open a view that displays the mass. Enter a name for the in place mass family and click ok. Click massing site tab model by face panel roof by face.

I will not discuss much about this for now. Just load it into the project adjust dimensions materials etc. Generate revit roof in revit create a new mass and import the sat file from the previous step. If your design is quite simple you will not want to spend to much time on your roof.

In the type selector select a roof type. 5 once located properly use the roof by angle tool to generate a roof using any roof type. Family parameters and materials can be applied to mass families and elements like roofs floors etc. Amazing that a user in a revit related forum is advised to go to another application archicad 16 to do a simple gable mass to represent a sample house in a site.

When that happens to me i remove the family remove the massed roof reload it and then try and make it. Revit model space lets you work simultaneously with in place masses system families and mass families conceptual mass families.