Revit Roof Clipped Hip

Especially considering that this is a company who has just invested in revit and i m trying to help them see how revit can benefit their organization.

Revit roof clipped hip. Whether you want a double gable roof with 6 pyramid shaped dormers or a simple gambrel roof the basics remain the same. Thus a hipped roof house has no gables or ot. This tool is located in the modify tab. Use join unjoin roof tool.

But like many approaches to revit. Use it to extend the dormer roof to the main roof. That would go over real big. Valid boundaries are a joined roof or its bottom face a side face of a wall a bottom face of a floor an edge of the roof to be cut or a model line on the face of the roof to be cut.

I can t exactly tell them oh sorry but i can t create the roof the way you want it revit won t let me. A hip roof is a type of roof where all sides slope downwards to the walls usually with a fairly gentle slope. Revit roof slope can seem complicated at first glance but by learning a few critical features you can create any roof shape you desire. In this example side faces of walls and joined faces of the roof were selected.

To create a dormer model required walls and additional roof. To embed this screencast choose a size. Then follow these 2 steps. Valid boundaries are highlighted.

The project is almost complete except for this darn roof.