Setting Roof Rafters In Revit

This free 30 minute webinar on june 3rd will be an advanced tutorial on how to design and generate roofs in revit using our wood metal framing roof bim solutions.

Setting roof rafters in revit.

Just enjoy the course and drop me line if you found it useful. You don t even need to sign up. Built on site and prefabricated roofs built off site will both be covered. Choose which end of your rafter you want to be the top.

If you re new to revit you may be interested in my beginner s guide to revit architecture 84 part video tutorial training course the course is 100 free with no catches or exclusions. Creating a parametric rafter. To embed this screencast choose a size. In the type properties you will see another box that says edit under the type parameters.

Then use a pencil to trace the outside edge of the framing square s tongue. Select that and another dialogue box will open for you to edit the roof assembly. Position the square with the base or raised edge on top of the rafter board. Additional options in revit have to do with the termination of the rafters at the eaves.

The plumb or ridge cut is made at the top of the rafter. The default is plumb cut as we have seen in the previous images. This is where you change your materials. To lay out a rafter with thepivot square first determine the pitch and set the square to the correct pitch on the deg.

3 minutes rafter purlin creation. Then copy and paste the embed code into your own web page. Set the framing square on top of the rafter beam with the tongue facing the top of the rafter. Traditional roof framing i e.

Revit gives us three options.