Revit Roof Dormer

To create a dormer model required walls and additional roof.

Revit roof dormer.

First a work plane needs to be decided upon. Use join unjoin roof tool. Revit roof slope can seem complicated at first glance but by learning a few critical features you can create any roof shape you desire. Whether you want a double gable roof with 6 pyramid shaped dormers or a simple gambrel roof the basics remain the same.

Roof overhang should be set to 2 0. To create a dormer roof we first need to start with the smaller roof portion of the dormer. Dormers in revit you should be able to draw two kinds of dormers. 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.

Watch the status bar to be sure that you are highlighting the main roof. Create the dormer roof and join it to the main roof. Set view to level 2. This video demonstrates the following.

Add a dormer to a roof and use the dormer opening tool to cut the opening for it. Then follow these 2 steps. Select the wall type and constraints for a dormer that will be added to a roof. Thomas cadalyst revit building helps you create dormer roofs including the dormer geometry required by the opening in the main roof.

Type 1 dormers have sidewalls. 9 join roofs add opening to create dormer. 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.

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. Creating dormer roofs in revit building 11 jan 2006 by. Use it to extend the dormer roof to the main roof. Move the walls to the dormer.

This tool is located in the modify tab. Draw a building with a gable roof. Create the roof opening and finish the dormer. This video was recorded using revit 2018.

Attach walls to roof 3. When using a. To be specific i am adding a dormer style roof over an opeing in a roof. 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.

I know how to put in dormers this is slightly different.