Creating A Roof Slab From A Roof - Autodesk 24108-051400-9000 - AutoCAD Revit Architecture Suite 2008 User Manual

2 Right-click the tool, and click Apply Tool Properties to
Roof, in the case of roof slab tools).
3 Select one or more walls, and press
4 Enter y (Yes) to erase the walls, or n (No) to keep the walls in the drawing.
5 Specify a justification method:
If you want to align the
top of the slab/roof slab with the first specified point
center of the slab/roof slab with the first specified point
bottom of the slab/roof slab with the first specified point
slopeline of the slab/roof slab with the first specified point
NOTE This justification is used only for inserting a slab/roof slab and is not retained as a parameter of the inserted
object.
The slopeline is the position of the slab/roof slab baseline relative to its bottom face. The thickness offset
in the style determines the distance between the baseline and the bottom face.
6 Specify the justification for edge alignment:
If you want to align the baseline edge of the
slab/roof slab to the
left side of the wall, based on the direction the wall was drawn
center of the wall
right side of the wall, based on the direction the wall was
drawn
baseline of the wall
7 To specify the slope direction, enter l (Left) or r (Right).
This is based on the direction the wall was drawn.
Creating a slab based on walls
8 Edit the properties of the slab/roof slab in the Properties palette, if needed.

Creating a Roof Slab from a Roof

Use this procedure to convert the faces of an existing roof object to individual roof slabs that have the properties of
the roof slab tool you select. You can then edit the roof slabs and their edges individually.
1310 | Chapter 28 Slabs and Roof Slabs
Linework and Walls (or Linework, Walls and
.
ENTER
Then
select Top.
select Center.
select Bottom.
select Slopeline.
Then
enter l (Left).
enter c (Center).
enter r (Right).
enter b (Baseline).