How To Add Overhang After Roof Revit

In this video we will be adding a structural truss underneath a roof and then attach the truss to the roof.

How to add overhang after roof revit. Now the next step is to select the linework tool from the modify tab view panel. Learn how to troubleshoot your roof overhang or offset issues to make better more precise roofs with autodesk revit. Click architecture tab work plane panel ref plane. When a dashed line is displayed on the exterior of the wall click to place the roof line.

Reference plane in plan view. Create roof lines with an overhang. On the draw panel click pick walls. In the drawing area highlight the west wall.

Select the reference plane and on the properties palette enter a name for the plane. Two options for the overhang when you create a roof in revit using the select walls tool in the options bar you will see an option with a checkbox see the left red colored arrow in the image below. Sketch or pick a closed loop for the roof. In the drawing area sketch a reference plane that is not perpendicular to the roof ridges.

Check out the full thing. On the options bar select extend to wall core if you want the overhang to be measured from the core of the wall and then specify a value for overhang. Understand your roof options. Open the 3d view.

On the options bar for overhang enter 3 and clear defines slope. Activate overhang on picked walls roof this is part of the revit pure basics package.