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HI, I am new to Revit and am trying to work out a roof which I am sure is really simple, but I am banging my head on it. I have a basic square that I want to add a gable roof (this is not the problem). I want the ridge to be on a 45 degree angle and run from corner to corner. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks
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Hello, I am new to Revit also but maybe I can help. When doing a roof I go to a Elevation and then select the roof tool. Then select Roof by Extrusion. Then pick a plane. Like one of the exterior walls. (you can adjust this after you have created the roof if you don't like where it started) Then select what Level you want it attached to. Then draw the line. Check and make sure the roof properties are set up how you want. Sketch only the shape of the roof in profile, not the thickness. The thickness is determined by the roof type you have set up in the properties. Then I ussually go to the 3D view to adjust how far out the roof goes. There will be arrows you can adjust with or you can go into properties. To make the walls touch the roof, select them and click attach on the options toolbar. make sure the attach wall option is set to top. Then select the roof. The walls will be trimmed or extended to the roofline. Hope this helps. Stephanie
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One way is to start with a Roof By Footprint. Draw lines for your square footprint and on also for the ridge. Now pick Slope Arrow and draw an arrow starting from one of the "low" corners to the midpoint of your ridgeline. (Arrow should point to center of roof). Do the same for the other "low" corner. Delete your ridgeline and Finish the Roof. There you have it. Also you can use the new Revit 2008 tools. Roof By Footprint>draw your square>Finish. Click the Roof...in the options bar click Draw Split Lines and draw your ridge, click Modify Sub-Elements and set the ridge height and the low point heights. There are other ways (like Roof by Extrusion with Voids cutting the footprint, etc.), but those are the easiest that I can think of.
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The way Stephanie describes would be right except that it won't create the triangles that you are looking for without cutting voids from above as I mentioned in my post (written concurrent to Stephanie's). It's a vlid approach, but since you want your ridgeline cranked at an angle it needs that extra step.
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I had a feeling that it would be just that easy. Thank you both for all of your help.
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