Revit Dormer Roof

Set view to level 2.

Revit dormer roof.

Draw a building with a gable roof. The pick roof wall edges tool is active so that you can pick the boundaries that compose the dormer opening. Then follow these 2 steps. 9 join roofs add opening to create dormer.

Roof overhang should be set to 2 0. Use it to extend the dormer roof to the main 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. Adding a dormer is easy if you don t care about overlapping geometry or what the interior might look like figure 1.

This tutorial explains the process to create a gable dormer in revit. 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. Type 1 dormers have sidewalls. This tool is located in the modify tab.

Watch the status bar to be sure that you are highlighting the main roof. Watch the status bar to be sure that you are highlighting the main roof. Use join unjoin roof tool. How to model a dormer roof in revit.

To create a dormer model required walls and additional roof. 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. The pick roof wall edges tool is active so that you can pick the boundaries that compose the dormer opening. Dormers in revit you should be able to draw two kinds of dormers.

Creating dormer roofs in revit building 11 jan 2006 by. First a work plane needs to be decided upon. Thomas cadalyst revit building helps you create dormer roofs including the dormer geometry required by the opening in the main roof.