Revit Roof Plam

Some may call this wysiwyg or what you see is what you get.

Revit roof plam.

In the view properties expand the underlay drop down and select the level on which the roof was created to display as an underlay. 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. Display a floor plan view or a reflected ceiling plan view. Open the plan view of the level in which you want to see the roof line.

Click architecture tabbuild panelroof drop down roof by footprint. Tutorial on roof construction modeling in revit. Out of the box revit doesn t do this because revit shows it as it s built. If you try to add a roof on the lowest level a dialog prompts you to move it to a higher level.

Normally when you are modelling a roof in revit you will have a level set up to control it s height this may by a level that is also controlling the top of your external walls.