How to create a roof by extruding a profile.
Roof by extrusion revit.
This tool is located in the modify tab.
Specify the work plane.
Within revit the roof by extrusuion tool is used in an elevatation or section view as opposed to the roof by footprint tool which is used in a plan view.
So first of all let s go ahead and create our reference plan.
Click architecture tabbuild panelroof drop down roof by extrusion.
Use it to extend the dormer roof to the main roof.
Display an elevation 3d or section view.
This is a handy tool when the roof you are trying to create cannot be defined simply by sloping the roof up from an edge such as when the cross section of the roof is curved.
They are ideal for roof shapes that are freeform barrel vaults or similar.
In the roof reference level and offset dialog select a value for level.
9 join roofs add opening to create dormer.
To raise or lower the roof from the reference level.
The roof by extrusion tool creates a roof by extruding a profile that you sketch.
You sketch them in elevation and then apply extrusion lengths to them.
The roof by extrusion tool is used to create wave form type roofs you create a sketch of the upper profile of your roof in a side view i e.
The highest level in the project is selected by default.
Then follow these 2 steps.
To create a dormer model required walls and additional roof.
Elevation of section you can select a reference plane to sketch your profile on as long as you have a named one in your model.
We also need to use a refrence plane upopn which we can sketch the side profile for our extrusion.