Joining Roofs; Unjoining Roofs; Tips For Joining Roofs - Autodesk 24000-000000-9860 - Revit Architecture - PC User Manual

Joining Roofs

NOTE This is a general procedure for joining roofs. You may have variations based on design intent.
1 Sketch walls and roofs for your design.
2 Sketch a minor roof near your building design, and then use the Roof command to create the
3 If desired, set the lines of the minor roof to be slope defining, except the roof line that will be
4 If a 3D view of your sketch has not been created already, click
5 Click View menu
6 If necessary, spin the design to facilitate selecting the edges of the wall or the major roof and
7 Click Tools menu
8 Select one edge on the end of the minor roof that you want to join.
9 Select a face on the wall or major roof to which you want to join the minor roof.

Unjoining Roofs

When applied to joined roofs, the Join/Unjoin Roof command works just like Undo. However, the command
allows you to unjoin the roof, regardless of how many operations you may have performed since using the
command to join the roofs.
1 Click Tools menu
2 Select an edge of the minor roof that is joined to the wall or major roof.

Tips for Joining Roofs

The Join/Unjoin Roof command does not join or unjoin a wall to a roof. To join a wall to a roof, use the
Attach button for the Top/Base command on the Options Bar. See
on page 579.
612 | Chapter 11 Working with Architectural Components
See Adding Interior and Exterior Walls
roof.
Note that you cannot add a minor roof by editing the sketch of the major roof.
coincident with the major roof or the wall. See
one.
Shading.
the minor roof.
Join/Unjoin Roof, or on the toolbar click
Revit Architecture joins the roof.
Joined roofs
Join/Unjoin Roof or, on the toolbar click
Revit Architecture unjoins the roof.
on page 562 and Adding a Roof
Roof Slope on page 616.
Attaching Walls to Other Components
on page 606.
on the View toolbar to create
(Join/Unjoin Roof).
(Join/Unjoin Roof).