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Ex 2-4 Lake Cabin Roof

Exercise 2-4: Roof

In this exercise you will add a simple roof to your cabin.

  1. Open Lake Cabin.rvt created in exercise 2-3.

 

Sketching a roof:

  1. Click on the Roof tool under the Basics tab in the Design Bar; a fly-out menu will appear. (Figure 2-15)

The fly-out prompts you for the method you want to use to create the roof.

  1. Click Roof by Footprint.

Roof is on the Lowest Level warning Revit notices that you are on Level 1 and asks you if you want to switch to another level. In our case we want toswitch to Level 2. (Figure 2-16)

  1. Make sure Level 2 is selected and click Yes.

You are now on level 2 and ready to sketch the roof footprint. Notice the Level 1 walls are light grey because they are on the level below the current level.



Also notice the Design Bar has temporarily been replaced with Sketch options relative to the roof (Figure 2-17), as with the Options Bar (2-18).

  1. Pick each of the exterior walls to specify the roof footprint. Be sure to pick the exterior side of the wall.

  2. Click Finish Roof on the Design Bar.

You should be back on Level 1. You can see this in the project browser
(i.e., Level 1 is bold).

  1. To see the roof click the Default 3D View icon.
  2. Click the X in the upper right corner of the Drawing Window to close the current view (3D). This will close the 3D view but not the project or the Level 1 view.

  3. Save your project.

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