Creating A Dormer Opening In A Roof - Autodesk 24000-000000-9860 - Revit Architecture - PC User Manual

Hip roof with dormer

Creating a Dormer Opening in a Roof

1 Start with a building model in which a dormer has been created.
2 Open a plan view or an elevation view in which you can see the dormer roof and the attached
walls. If the roof is extruded, open an elevation view.
3 Click Modelling menu
Bar, click Opening
4 Highlight the main roof on the building model, and click to select it.
Watch the status bar to be sure that you are highlighting the main roof.
The Pick command is active so that you can pick the boundaries that compose the dormer
opening.
5 Place the cursor in the drawing area.
Valid boundaries are highlighted. Valid boundaries are a joined roof or its bottom face, a side
face of a wall, a bottom face of a floor, an edge of the roof to be cut, or a model line on the face
of the roof to be cut.
Opening Dormer Opening, or on the Modelling tab of the Design
Dormer Opening.
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