Roof Profiles Revit

Creating a new deck type by duplicating an existing deck type and changing its profile.

Roof profiles revit.

Click architecture tabbuild panelroof drop down roof by extrusion. The highest level in the project is selected by default. To raise or lower the roof from the reference level specify a value for. To load a generic fascia profile family into your project go to insert load family profiles roofs profiles fascia flat.

We are going to use the roof slab as a gutter. This video demonstrates the following. To begin creating your fascia in revit navigate to the architecture tab roof dropdown fascia. Create a new family.

Made of polyester coated metal sheet for exact color range in your country please visit your local lindab website. Now that the fascia profile has been loaded we can place the fascia board geometry to our roof eaves. Adjust the metal deck profile shape and layers to better conform to documentation requirements. This will instruct revit to proceed and create the 3d geometry for your roof form.

Save this family and load it into the project. Creates a roof by extruding a profile that you sketch. In the above image the profile you see 2 is the complete profile for this roof. To find out more about us visit our website.

Display an elevation 3d or section view. Attach the profile you loaded remember as saved and finish the sketch. We have implemented some advanced loadable families to easily model a roof in revit in detail. When you are happy with your profile sketch go ahead and hit the green cross.

I say again do not create a closed loop revit will not accept it for this type of sketch. Creating a section view to view the details of the metal deck. See hd version of video tutorial here. In the previous tutorial we learn about creating roof in revit model.

A classic roof profile that suites most applications. Now using the beam system tool in the structural drawer draw the outline of your roof. For static design and calculations use lindabs own developed software lindab structuraldesigner which you will find on lindabs website. We created a sloped roof and a roof slab below it.

Specify the work plane. Remember to set up your work plane in section to be able to put this beam system down on in plan if your roof is at an angle. So in this tutorial we will close it edges using roof fascia.