Building Roofs with Revit
3h 11mIntermediate2014-09-04
Authors

Eric Wing
Director of BIM Services at C&S Companies
Course details
What's a room without a roof? This course covers the topic of adding roofs, roof framing, and detailing with Revit: from flat roofs to fun, free-form roofs and everything in between (hip, gable, mansard, Dutch hip combination, and gambrel). Eric Wing dives into flat roofs first, showing how to pitch insulation to roof drains, add crickets, and warp roofs to fit sloped framing. From there, he shows how to create pitched roofs, add dormers, and punch holes for skylights. Of course no roof can exist without a structure, so he also focuses on adding framing and trusses to support any roof shape. Looking for something more ornate? The final chapter shows how to add truss, valley, and wall attachment details for colonial, oriental, and gothic roof styles.
Learning objectives
Adding flat-roof materials
Building a gable
Creating dormers and skylights
Adding fascias and soffits
Creating roofs by extrusion
Building in roof structure
Adding detailing
Learning objectives
Adding flat-roof materials
Building a gable
Creating dormers and skylights
Adding fascias and soffits
Creating roofs by extrusion
Building in roof structure
Adding detailing
Skills covered
RevitBIMAutodeskProjectAEC
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Welcome
- 02 - Using the exercise files
1. Flat and Shed Roofs
- 03 - Adding a flat-roof material
- 04 - Pitching insulation to roof drains
- 05 - Adding sloped framing
- 06 - Adding crickets
- 07 - Sloping flat roofs
2. Pitched Roofs
- 08 - Building a hip roof
- 09 - Adding a gable
- 10 - Adding a sloping gable
- 11 - Creating a Dutch gable roof
- 12 - Creating a Dutch hip roof
- 13 - Adding a mansard roof
- 14 - Creating a gambrel roof
3. Dormers and Skylights
- 15 - Adding roof-edge dormers
- 16 - Adding custom eyebrow dormers
- 17 - Adding dormer walls
- 18 - Adding dormer openings
- 19 - Adding skylights and curbing
4. Fascias and Soffits
- 20 - Adding a flat fascia
- 21 - Creating and adding a custom fascia
- 22 - Adding the default soffit
- 23 - Adding an in-place fascia family
- 24 - Adding fascia returns at gable ends
5. Roofs by Extrusion
- 25 - Adding a roof by extrusion
- 26 - Trimming an extruded roof
- 27 - Creating an in-place roof by blend
- 28 - Adding a roof by face
6. Roof Structure
- 29 - Attaching columns to roofs
- 30 - Adding 2 x 10 sill plates
- 31 - Modifying a roof for structure
- 32 - Creating rafter-style framing
- 33 - Adding Howe trusses
- 34 - Modifying bottom-truss chords
- 35 - Cleaning truss connections
- 36 - Creating custom in-place trusses
7. Roof Detailing
- 37 - Detailing rake ends
- 38 - Truss detailing
- 39 - Valley details
- 40 - Wall attachment details
- 41 - Materials
Conclusion
- 42 - Next steps
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