Revit Roof Dormer

This video demonstrates the following.

Revit roof dormer.

Whether you want a double gable roof with 6 pyramid shaped dormers or a simple gambrel roof the basics remain the same. Draw a building with a gable roof. Use it to extend the dormer roof to the main roof. Watch the status bar to be sure that you are highlighting the main roof.

To create a dormer roof we first need to start with the smaller roof portion of the dormer. The pick roof wall edges tool is active so that you can pick the boundaries that compose the dormer opening. You can model this in any of the 3 primary roof modelling methods but in the example i have opted to use the roof by extrusion tool. Create the roof opening and finish the dormer.

Thomas cadalyst revit building helps you create dormer roofs including the dormer geometry required by the opening in the main roof. Use join unjoin roof tool. This tool is located in the modify tab. I have not placed walls to suport the dormer roof as the dormer is more to shelter an opening in the roof that has a flat part of the roof under it.

First a work plane needs to be decided upon. To be specific i am adding a dormer style roof over an opeing in a roof. Type 2 dormers do not have sidewalls and the dormer roof springs from the eaves of the main roof steps for type 1 dormers. Attach walls to roof 3.

Roof overhang should be set to 2 0. Type 1 dormers have sidewalls. I know how to put in dormers this is slightly different. Revit roof slope can seem complicated at first glance but by learning a few critical features you can create any roof shape you desire.

9 join roofs add opening to create dormer. Create the dormer roof and join it to the main roof. My question really is more of understanding how revit handles roofs. Adding a dormer is easy if you don t care about overlapping geometry or what the interior might look like figure 1.

Creating dormer roofs in revit building 11 jan 2006 by. Then follow these 2 steps. Architecture tab opening panel dormer opening structure tab opening panel dormer opening highlight the main roof on the building model and click to select it. Add a dormer to a roof and use the dormer opening tool to cut the opening for it.

Set view to level 2. Move the walls to the dormer. This video was recorded using revit 2018. When using a.

How to model a dormer roof in revit.