Aligning Eaves; Dormers; Creating A Dormer Using Slope Arrows - Autodesk 24000-000000-9860 - Revit Architecture - PC User Manual

Aligning Eaves

Use the Align Eaves command to realign eave heights of different boundary lines of a roof.
1 If you are not already in sketch mode, select the roof and, on the Options Bar, click Edit.
2 On the Design Bar, click Align Eaves.
3 Click a roof eave to align the others to. Note that dimensions are displayed near the eaves to
4 On the Options Bar, click Adjust Height or Adjust Overhang, and then click on an eave. As you
5 On the Design Bar, click Finish Roof.
The results of adjusting the overhang are visible after you finish the roof.

Dormers

Creating a Dormer Using Slope Arrows

1 Sketch a roof footprint, including slope-defining lines. See
2 While in sketch mode, click Tools menu
3 Split one of the lines in the footprint at 2 points, creating a middle line segment.
4 If a slope symbol
5 On the Design Bar, click Slope Arrow, and sketch a slope arrow that begins from an end point
indicate their height.
select the remaining eaves, you can choose between adjusting the height or the overhang if you
created the lines using Pick Walls. If you used the Lines command, only Adjust Height is available.
These functions allow you to adjust the eave height or eave overhang. The Adjust Height option
changes the Plate height from roof base or Offset from roof base value. The Adjust Overhang
option changes the eave height by adjusting the Overhang value. See
635.
607.
(Split).
This line segment defines the width at the bottom of the dormer. See
on page 335.
displays next to the segment, change its properties so it does not define
slope:
1 While still in sketch mode, on the Design Bar, click Modify.
2 Select the segment.
3 On the Options Bar, clear Defines Slope.
of the segment.
Adding a Roof by Footprint
Split Walls and Lines, or on the Tools toolbar, click
Roof Properties on page
on page
Splitting Walls and Lines
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