Open the 3d view and click architecture tab work plane panel set.
Revit cut roof with reference plane.
Select the reference plane.
Detailed review of reference planes beam and roof systems.
Have tried opening by face etc.
Use the cut geometry tool to cut a structural member with a plane.
Trim extend to corner trims or extend one or more elements to form a corner.
Go to end view of roof elevation face on to new named ref plane select roof by extrusion the select new named ref plane from drop box.
That is the vertical reference planes on the left and right hand side of the image.
Graphic display options in the family environment 2013.
In the work plane dialog select the reference plane name you just created and click ok.
Select the reference plane and on the properties palette enter a name for the plane.
Here i am using 2 reference planes to control the start and end of the roof extrusion.
To cut a beam at a wall create a reference plane in the plane of the wall where you want the cut to occur.
And cannot for the life of me figure out a way to cut the intersecting beam.
Cut geometry will not allow me to select the alternately intersecting beam as cut plane and i have found no way of creating a curved reference plane in order to.
Select the beam to be cut.
Various methods to upgrade your office rft files to 2013.
Having trouble cutting trimming two arched cambered cellular beams where they intersect see attached screenshot.
Reference plane creates a reference plane using drawing tools.
For example use cut geometry to cut a column to a certain height or to stop a beam at a wall.
Click modify tabgeometry panelcut drop down cut geometry.
Use cut geometry and click the element and then click the plane.
Split face divides the face of an element into regions for application of different materials.
Naming reference planes makes it easier to track their.
I just tested it again on revit 2013 and it does work.
To align roof ridges use the align tool.
Split element cuts an element such as a wall or line at a selected point.
1 create another named ref plane in plan view so as to draw the roof profile roughly at end of roof image 1 2.