Placing A Roof Insert; In-Place Families - Autodesk 24000-000000-9860 - Revit Architecture - PC User Manual

Placing a Roof Insert

1 Sketch a roof by footprint or extrusion. For more information, see
2 Load the roof insert you just created. For information about loading the roof insert, see
3 Click Component from the Modelling tab of the Design Bar, and choose the name of the insert
4 You can place a roof insert in plan, elevation, or 3D views. To see the look of the insert in your

In-Place Families

An in-place family is a family created within the context of the current project. The family exists only in
the project and cannot be loaded into other projects. By creating in-place families, you create components
unique to a project or components that reference geometry within the project.
For example, if you need to create a reception desk that must fit between several other items in a room, you
could design this as an in-place furniture family. If the original design ever changed, the in-place family
would change accordingly.
Desk created as in-place furniture. Notice it was created parallel to the walls.
Rendered roof fan created as insert
Families on page 352.
from the Type Selector.
design, place it in the roof in a 3D view.
NOTE You cannot place a roof insert at the ridge. You must place it on one of the faces.
Roofs on page 606.
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