Revit Set Roof To Reference Plan

In this image we are looking down plan view on to the top of an extruded roof i ll show you how to create these later on in the course.

Revit set roof to reference plan.

Click on each roof edge line to change the linetype. Do the roof first create a reference plane that is aligned and locked to the roof then set a view that is perpendicular to that reference plane and use that to sketch the beam system. This makes the roof line visible in the plan view but the lines appear as solid lines. In the drawing area draw the reference planes by dragging the cursor.

On the draw panel click line. As you can see i have my roof outline over a wall outline but no cavity lines in the wall. I have a situation where a new revit user unknowingly placed an elevation tag callout on the roof level verses the floor level. If you choose not to move the roof to a different level revit notifies you later if the.

I m trying to currently show the cavity wall outline only with my roof outline overlaid as such. Create tab draw panel reference plane to draw a line. Once you get the roof plan view range adjusted hide wall and any other categories like furniture plumbing etc in. That is the vertical reference planes on the left and right hand side of the image.

And remove underlay if there is any. If they hadn t spent so much time creating the elevations i would just have them. Revit displays the modify linework contextual ribbon. Create tab datum panel reference plane conceptual design environment.

1 create another named ref plane in plan view so as to draw the roof profile roughly at end of roof image 1 2. If i change the cut in the view range to go lower it shows the cavity wall outline but cuts the roof. If you try to add a roof on the lowest level a dialog prompts you to move it to a higher level. Click architecture tabbuild panelroof drop down roof by footprint.

Bottom and view depth just below roof level or roof level itself. Go to end view of roof elevation face on to new named ref plane select roof by extrusion the. Add a roof using one of the following methods. There doesn t seem to be a way in the tag properties to reassign the elevation tag level reference.

Sketch a roof by footprint display a floor plan view or a reflected ceiling plan view. Select the linework tool in the view panel on the home ribbon. Capture other features modelled below. Structure tab work plane panel reference plane systems tab work plane panel reference plane family editor.

Keeping lower than that might. Select the desired linetype from the line style type selector. Here i am using 2 reference planes to control the start and end of the roof extrusion. Now if the slope of the roof changes the reference plane will folow the slope and the beam system will follow the reference plane.

Take the above example. Cut plan keep above roof level.