Roof Slope Arrow Revit

The roof by footprint tool can be used to detect a chain of external walls and create a pitched roof based on their boundary.

Roof slope arrow revit. Draw the arrow then click it and change the properties to select the right levels and offsets. This is the easiest way to do it. Then draw the arrow to define the slope direction. The slope arrow must start on an existing sketch line.

Use slope arrows to define slopes on a roof such as a 4 sided gable roof. For creating complex roof it might be easier if you create separate roof then use join roof tool to join them later. Multiple roof slope arrows can be added to a roof and connected to each other. Click modify create edit boundary draw tab slope arrow.

To create a slope for an odd shaped roof like the one below use slope arrow. Click once to specify its start point tail. The following example shows a roof that you can create in revit lt using a slope arrow. This is fine if we know what angle we want the roof slope to be at.

Make sure define slope is inactive and that the arrow lies on the boundaries. Click again to specify its endpoint head. But what if we want to create a roof based on absolute heights. For instructions see creating a sloped surface using a slope arrow.

For more examples and tips see about slope arrows. Using shape editing tools. This create an uni directional slope parallel to the arrow. Forming a roof dormer using slope arrows posted on 13 03 2015 it is a relatively straightforward procedure to put a basic pitched roof onto your model in revit architecture.

Note that only flat roofs are supported by this tool. Roof slope arrow is a tool that allows you to modify slopes on roof elements by defining start elevation and slope or end elevation. The default method of creating a sloped roof within revit architecture is to make one or more of the roof boundary lines slope defining. You can use slope arrows to create slopes on a roof.