You can join roofs to other roofs or walls or unjoin them if they were previously joined.
Revit extend one roof to other.
To tie into the side of an existing roof put a new roof truss on the walls of the addition brace it upright then snap.
The from the modify tab on the ribbon allows you to extend one roof element over and into another true changing the name of a level tag in elevation causes revit to rename all the corresponding views plan ceiling etc if you answer yes to the prompt.
In this video i show you how to attach the walls in revit to the roof above them.
Creating complex roof in revit.
As daniel mentioned there s a tool under the modify tab geometry panel to join unjoin roofs.
Trim extend to corner trims or extend one or more elements to form a corner.
Take careful measurements to determine how many trusses you will need.
In this sample i only use one.
This is a general.
To do this we had to extend the plane of the shed roof out over the porch roof creating a small triangular extension of the existing roof.
I tried it on bwbass file and it extended the gable but left a gap at the ridge.
Creating complex roof in revit.
Watch me extend a roof over a new wing.
The bottom of our blind valley was about 30 inches short of the bottom of the porch roof so we extended the line of the valley down to the edge of the new roof.
Learn revit hotkeys and commands with the revit shortcut keyboard guide to help you work faster and be more efficient while using revit software.
This allows you to pick a roof edge then extend it to another roof edge or a wall.
You can move the roof from elevation view or change the offset value.
But this would be my first attempt.
Revit made easier with axiom s easy to use tools.
Sometimes however it doesn t work as expected.
Revit video tip of the day.
Yes it was that easy.
You also need to adjust the roof height to match the other roof.
Adding a gable roof addition to your house will require one type of framing.
You cannot join a roof to more than one top face of another roof.
June 1 2010 by edwin prakoso 4 comments.
Tying a roof perpendicular to the existing roof will be another matter.
