Revit Host Roof On Reference Plan

Create tab draw panel reference plane to draw a line.

Revit host roof on reference plan.

Take the above example. Revit places a reference plane at the specified offset. Here i am using 2 reference planes to control the start and end of the roof extrusion. That is the vertical reference planes on the left and right hand side of the image.

To raise or lower the roof from the reference level specify a value for offset. For more details on what you can copy and monitor in revit see about copy monitor. Using the reference plane you can control the position of the extruded roof in relation to a level. In the drawing area draw the reference planes by dragging the cursor.

Hosting elements to reference planes in revit is a technique used by many but only fully understood by few. Did you know that there are differences between drawing a reference plane from right to left versus drawing one from left to right. Convert a hosted family to face based or non hosted family this is a short excerpt from revit. Sketch the profile of the roof as an open loop.

Next navigate to the architecture tab roof dropdown roof by footprint as per the image below. On the draw panel click line. The most overlooked part of the entire process is drawing the reference plane itself. This view should ideally have been generated from the level that will act as the host or base level for your new roof construction.

Creating a roof in revit roof by footprint go to your desired plan view to begin modelling you roof. 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.