Revit Roof Overhang

You can set an overhang on roofs created with pick walls.

Revit roof overhang.

Click architecture tabbuild panelroof drop down roof by footprint. Display a floor plan view or a reflected ceiling plan view. If you try to add a roof on the lowest level a dialog prompts you to move it to a higher level. This video will show you how to increase the overhang on a portion of the roof and fix the eave height.

Meaning that in the real world we don t see a dashed lines on the ground so we know there is a roof above. This post explores the effect of different types of wall finish materials on the overhang of the roof. If you want to change the position of the roof use the properties palette to edit the base level and offset properties to change the position. In residential architecture as well as other types it is often a required part of the working drawing set to be able to show the roof overhang as a hidden line on the floor plan views.

After creating a roof you can change its shape or overhang cut openings or align ridges. Creates a roof using the building footprint to define its boundaries. 3d view of roof begin by opening the plan view in which you want to see the roof line overhang as a hidden line. In the properties dialog box for the view you want to see the overhang lines in set the underlay drop down to be the level on which the roof was created.

Use pick walls if you want the roof to automatically adjust when walls are moved. 1 st floor no overhang. 5 activate overhang on picked walls roofs. If you choose not to move the roof to a different level revit notifies you later if the roof.

Out of the box revit doesn t do this because revit shows it as it s built. When you create a roof in revit using the select walls tool in the options bar you will see an option with a checkbox see the left red colored arrow in the image below. Extend into wall to core.