Creating A Roof Tool; Editing Roofs - Autodesk 24108-051400-9000 - AutoCAD Revit Architecture Suite 2008 User Manual

6 Edit the properties of the roof on the Properties palette, if needed.

Creating a Roof Tool

Use this procedure to create a roof tool and add it to a tool palette. You may want to create your own roof tools if you
are placing multiple roofs that have the same properties.
For example, you are creating an office building that has a multi-peaked roof. Although the entire roof is single sloped,
each peak has a different slope. To work efficiently, you can create a roof tool for each slope, and select the appropriate
tool to place the roofs with the correct slope on each area of the building.
1 Open the tool palette on which to create a tool.
2 Create the tool:
If you want to
create a tool from a roof in the drawing
copy a tool in the current tool palette
copy a tool from another tool palette
copy a tool from the Content Browser
3 Right-click the new tool, and click Properties.
4 Enter a name for the tool.
5 Click the setting for Description, enter a description of the tool, and click OK.
6 Expand Basic, and expand General.
7 Click the setting for Description, enter a description of the roof created from this tool, and click OK.
8 Specify a layer key and any layer key overrides if you do not want to use the layer assignments specified
in the layer key style used in the drawing.
9 Specify roof settings:
If you want to
change the thickness value
change the type of edge
change the roof shape
add or remove the overhang, or change the overhang value
change the plate height
change the upper height for a double slope roof
change the rise or slope angle for each slope
10 Click OK.

Editing Roofs

After placing roofs, you can edit any characteristics of the roof that you specified when you drew the roof. You can
change the basic geometry of a roof, apply a different roof shape, and change the roof edge or overhang conditions.
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Then
select the object, and drag it to the tool palette.
right-click the tool, and click Copy. Right-click, and click Paste.
open the other tool palette, right-click the tool, and click
Copy. Reopen the palette where you want to add the tool,
right-click, and click Paste.
open the Content Browser and locate the tool you want to
copy. Position the cursor over the i-drop handle, and drag
the tool to the tool palette.
Then
expand Dimensions, and enter a value for Thickness.
expand Dimensions, and select a new setting for Edge cut.
expand Next Edge, and select a new setting for Shape.
expand Next Edge, and enter a value for Overhang.
expand Lower Slope, and enter a value for Plate Height.
expand Upper Slope, and enter a value for Upper Height.
expand Lower Slope, or Upper Slope for a double slope roof,
and enter a value for Rise or Slope.