Revit Host Roof On Reference Plane

Tips tricks and troubleshooting by paul f.

Revit host roof on reference plane.

If you are linking an architectural model in to your mep model and using a reference plane to host your lighting or plumbing fixtures the direction of your reference plane will matter. After drawing the lines set roof properties from the side menu not the properties button and then complete the roof extrusion. Create tabdraw panel reference plane to draw a line. These parameter properties also apply to elements like lighting and other objects that might rely on a reference plane for placement.

I have actually selected the left hand reference plane you can see that i have also named it roof start. If you want to place the face based family somewhere other than a face in the properties palette deselect work plane based. The most overlooked part of the entire process is drawing the reference plane itself. 1 create another named ref plane in plan view so as to draw the roof profile roughly at end of roof image 1 2.

This method is worth learning so when plane moves everything goes with it. That is the vertical reference planes on the left and right hand side of the image. Then use lines to lay out the basis of the extrusion of the roof. On the ribbon click reference plane.

Did you know that there are differences between drawing a reference plane from right to left versus drawing one from left to right. Much the same as the earlier gable that was generated as an extrusion the process goes as follows. Only one line is necessary to extrude the roof. The way i approach a butterfly style roof is via the roof by extrusion tool.

Here i am using 2 reference planes to control the start and end of the roof extrusion. Convert a hosted family to face based or non hosted family. Pick your plane and reference level. Now use a combination of reference lines to lay out your slopes.

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. How to model a butterfly roof in revit. Use the line tool or the pick line tool to draw a reference plane. Then switch to 3d view.

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