Revit Roof Profile

As before select roof by extrusion pick your plane and assign your reference level.

Revit roof profile. Draw one half of your gambrel roof profile working from the roof midpoint ridgeline out towards the eaves. When you are happy with your profile sketch go ahead and hit the green cross. Using the edit button for the structure parameter to open the edit assembly dialog and make adjustments to the. If you are new to revit i would advise you check out this monster revit roof tutorial post first so you are completely familiar with how to model architectural roofs in revit before undertaking the various eaves detail items that are described below.

We created a sloped roof and a roof slab below it. We will learn how to create two profile family and use them to define our fascia. Adjust the metal deck profile shape and layers to better conform to documentation requirements. Revit places a reference plane at the specified offset.

Now that you have created your revit structural decking floor type you are ready to create your floor. In the previous tutorial we learn about creating roof in revit model. Using the reference plane you can control the position of the extruded roof in relation to a level. Sketch the profile of the roof as an open loop.

In the above image the profile you see 2 is the complete profile for this roof. Made of polyester coated metal sheet for exact color range in your country please visit your local lindab website. First of all you will need to ensure you have a fascia profile family loaded into your project. Once your structural deck profile is loaded in modify the top layer to be concrete and enter the thickness of your slab the full slab depth including the decking not just the topping.

Creating a section view to view the details of the metal deck. I say again do not create a closed loop revit will not accept it for this type of sketch. This video demonstrates the following. We are going to use the roof slab as a gutter.

A classic roof profile that suites most applications. Creating your floor and cantilevers. Create a new family. So in this tutorial we will close it edges using roof fascia.

Best way to approach a gambrel style roof in revit is by using the roof by extrusion tool. Creating a new deck type by duplicating an existing deck type and changing its profile. For static design and calculations use lindabs own developed software lindab structuraldesigner which you will find on lindabs website.