Revit Cut Roof By Extrusion

Click in the drawing area and draw a closed loop that intersects solid geometry.

Revit cut roof by extrusion.

Determine the length of the void ideally in 3d view at wireframe mode extend this in order to. Create negative geometry voids to cut solid geometry with the create void tool. A void form extrusion is created. We also need to use a refrence plane upopn which we can sketch the side profile for our extrusion.

Click modify lines tabform panel create form drop down void form. Elevation of section you can select a reference plane to sketch your profile on as long as you have a named one in your model. Create an in place family roof at choosing void extrusion. The bad thing about extruded roofs is the fact you can t follow along with the footprint of your building the good thing is we can do something about that the objective of this video is to go to the plan view we will then create a void where our walls jag in and out this is going to allow revit to cut the roof properly in plan to get started jump into your revit roofs file in the project browser let s go to the roof level to see all of our walls below let s go.

So first of all let s go ahead and create our reference plan. Within revit the roof by extrusuion tool is used in an elevatation or section view as opposed to the roof by footprint tool which is used in a plan view. On the create tabdraw panel select one of the drawing tools.