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Hi! I'm doing a project in which I use a big space in roof because this is very high (77º of slope) and this room needs to have some windows but I can't place any. What can I do? I'm using RAC08 Thanks
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Because windows are hosted families, you need a window that will host in a roof. There are skylights on this site that may meet your needs. These families have the box "keep vertical" unchecked so that they can conform to the slope. If you don't like these, you may have to build your own. If you want a regular window that stays vertical, then place a portion of wall to host it.
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Yep. Skylights are the way to go. Depending on your Revit experience you can also make custom windows that are hosted by a roof, or you can open a skylight and edit it to what you want.
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hi i downloaded the skylights from the download section and i cannot place the skylight on a flat sloped roof while it can place itself on a pitched roof how can i do this please let me knw thanks in adnvance muf
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Mufu, I think the window you're talking about is a Velux window, if so, it was made from a .dwg file in a Generic Model family type, so what you have to do is to change it to a Window family category. Open the family file, go to settings/Family Category and Parameters... and then change to Windows (see image)...BTW-finally you're not so urgent in this post...LOL....
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hi there erland73 yehh my thing is in a week so everything i do has to be urgent but while i get a reply i try doin other things well abt the skylight its not vertex its the strip roof lighting i have attached the image showing what its doin so that u can help me further thanks fo rearlier reply if insist let me add very urgent hahaha..... muf
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Why don't you "zoom" to the roof so we can see what's happen??? Urgent please....
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hey typhoon i am just trying to show that its working with the pitch roof while its not working with the generic roof thats what i am trying to show muf
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How do you create the roof??? put here the family of the skylight....
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created the roof from the roof by soffit and then its sloping aswell i will put the family of the skylight aswell.... muf
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I knew it, I gonna tell you a little secret, create the roof by footprint and all of yours skylight windows will work....
Edited on: Sun, May 10, 2009 at 6:54:59 AM
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