Revit Roof Slope Insulation

Find the insulation assembly item.

Revit roof slope insulation.

This also adjusts the position of the roof if the support and the roof are not aligned. Use shape editing to add internal drains to the roof built using sloped insulation. Check variable material in the roof structure to create sloped insulation. First select the roof.

The second attachment shows how it s actually constructed with 1 2 tapered boards. The insulation thickness must be at least as thick as the vertical slope else you will receive a warning. The first attachment shows how i normally do it with slope defining lines near the roof drain with the tapered insulation roof element either extended to the main roof or just sketched out that way. The shape editing tools display on the contextual tab.

Select your roof edit type and select construction. The best way to model a slope in your roof insulation layer only is to assign the insulation materials as variable in the construction assembly. Rigid board insulation is the most common type of insulation used in low slope commercial roofing. It is made from cellular plastic or fibrous materials and pressed into boards.

I used 1 8 and 1 4 sloped pieces on a 1 4 sloped roof. Want a sloped structure or a sloped insulation in your flat roof. By default the whole roof will be sloped. Start with the sloping joists and use a beam system and a sloped reference plane to hold them with the slope.

8 set variable material for sloped insulation. Here is how to assign a variable material in revit.