Modifying Points In Revit For Roof Plan

If you want to change the position of the roof use the properties palette to edit the base level and offset properties to change the position of the reference plane.

Modifying points in revit for roof plan.

The tail is the low point and the head is the high point. You can use the add point tool to add singular points to the element geometry. Select the floor or roof to modify. Use the modify sub elements button to select your newly placed points.

To use this do the following. In the example below we add a bunch of points and change their relative height with modify sub elements tool. Add a negative value to the middle points and a slope is created. Add point or split line if better suited creates points at intersections place your new points as required.

This video shows you how to add a split line and a point to a flat roof so that you can edit the roof to allow for drainage channels gulleys. Edit the roof sketch. Revit displays the modify linework contextual ribbon. Select the linework tool in the view panel on the home ribbon.

Select your flat roof press the modify sub elements button that appears. Click on each roof edge line to change the linetype. Add a negative value to the middle points and a slope is created. This create an uni directional slope parallel to the arrow.

The points are used by the shape modification tools to change the element geometry. Make sure define slope is inactive and that the arrow lies on the boundaries. Select the roof and click modify roofs tab mode panel edit footprint or edit profile. If you found t.

We could of course just draw these on the appropriate floor plan views using detail lines which would certainly get the job done. Select the desired linetype from the line style type selector. The elevation edit box displays on the options bar with a relative check box next to it. This makes the roof line visible in the plan view but the lines appear as solid lines.

Some typical scenarios are the include the outline of the perimeter of the roof the outline of an entrance canopy roof light positions etc.