Revit Trim Roof
Note that you do not need to trim the sketch lines to have a valid boundary.
Revit trim roof. Use the trim and extend tools to trim or extend one or more elements to a boundary defined by the same element type. Create an in place family roof at choosing void extrusion ideally in a section view draw the contourline of the void using the pick line option on the base of the inside edge of the roof determine the length of the void ideally in 3d view at wireframe mode extend this in order to intersect the. Trim and extend elements you can use these tools with. You can also extend non parallel elements to form a corner or trim them to form a corner if they intersect.
You can cut openings in the faces of these elements or you can select the entire element to make a vertical cut. 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. Https youtu be noznjnfia2u walls in revit. In this example side faces of walls and joined faces of the roof were selected.
When you select an element to be trimmed the cursor position indicates the part of the element to retain. Click by face or vertical. Architecture tabopening panel structure tabopening panel use the by face option when you want the. An option would be to cut hole in the roof is to use roof voids the following way.
Use one of the opening tools to cut a vertical or perpendicular opening in a roof floor or ceiling for example to accommodate a chimney.