This video covers how to create a flat roof in revit that contains slopes for roof drainage.
How to make a flat sloped roof in revit.
When editing the roof sketch select the edge or edges you would like to slope and select defines slope on the options bar.
Draw the arrow then click it and change the properties to select the right levels and offsets.
The tail is the low point and the head is the high point.
To create a sloped roof in revit modify the footprint sketch of the roof by selecting and specifying the slope defining edges of the roof.
In sketch mode select a roof boundary line that defines slope indicated by.
You can specify the format of the slope property in the project units dialog.
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A layaer of light weight celular concrete to give the slope to the roof.
This option turns off the roof slope extrusion for the line.
In the option bar make sure defines slope is deactivated before drawing the boundary.
To construct a flat roof you must toggle the slope defining line see step 3.
Select toggle slope defining for each line of the roof outline.
Select finish roof on the create roof footprint ribbon.
2 activate slope to create a sloped roof want to create a sloped roof.
Yes i kept it simple for this i don t care if the roof is finished with gravel tiles or just the waterproofing.
Select the lines of the roof outline and right click over the line.
In the drawing area angle icons identify which lines of the sketch define slope.
We cover creating the flat roof adding slopes to roof by using.
To create a slope for an odd shaped roof like the one below use slope arrow.
To turn a sloped roof into a flat roof select all roof boundaries purple lines and uncheck defines slope in the option bar.
The second option in the list is toggle slope defining.
On the properties palette select or clear defines roof slope.
This create an uni directional slope parallel to the arrow.
Your now have a flat roof.
Select the lines of the roof outline and right click over the line.
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The second option in the list is toggle slope defining.
