Revit Roof Slope Insulation

Select your roof edit type and select construction.

Revit roof slope insulation.

Here is how to assign a variable material in revit. First select the roof. 8 set variable material for sloped insulation. How to slope roof insulation only in revit.

Want a sloped structure or a sloped insulation in your flat roof. Start with the sloping joists and use a beam system and a sloped reference plane to hold them with the slope. By default the whole roof will be sloped. Find the insulation assembly item.

The first attachment shows how i normally do it with slope defining lines near the roof drain with the tapered insulation roof element either extended to the main roof or just sketched out that way. The best way to model a slope in your roof insulation layer only is to assign the insulation materials as variable in the construction assembly. It is made from cellular plastic or fibrous materials and pressed into boards. Rigid board insulation is the most common type of insulation used in low slope commercial roofing.

Use pick supports to split the roof element at the supporting beams. The shape editing tools display on the contextual tab. The second attachment shows how it s actually constructed with 1 2 tapered boards. Then place the minimum untapered layer of rigid insulation and metal deck on the joists.

Check variable material in the roof structure to create sloped insulation. This also adjusts the position of the roof if the support and the roof are not aligned.