Low Slope Roof In Revit

Want a sloped structure or a sloped insulation in your flat roof.

Low slope roof in revit.

The roof assembly is defined as the roof deck along with the roof membrane and roof insulation. To specify roof pitch select a slope defining boundary line click the numeric slope definition. Low slope roofs are often referred to as flat roofs. On the properties palette select or clear defines roof slope.

The insulation thickness must be at least as thick as the vertical slope else you will receive a warning. The roof system is defined as the roof membrane including surfacing and the roof insulation. Revit will issue a warning when a slope significantly deviates from the expected thickness. For a low slope roof you can change these to inch rise to 12 inch run by clicking the roof outline and replacing the slope dimensions.

A roof cannot attach to another roof and the roof cannot be a curtain roof. In order to enable shape editing tools the following conditions must be met. In sketch mode select a roof boundary line that defines slope indicated by. See hd version of video tutorial here.

To create a slope for an odd shaped roof like the one below use slope arrow. Select the lines of the roof outline and right click over the line. To construct a flat roof you must toggle the slope defining line see step 3. By default the whole roof will be sloped.

Check variable material in the roof structure to create sloped insulation. Floors must be flat and on a horizontal plane. Draw the arrow then click it and change the properties to select the right levels and offsets. Flat roof in revit this one is very straightforward.

The tail is the low point and the head is the high point. When in the roof by footprint sketch mode select all of your newly created boundaries and turn off the defines slope parameter. This create an uni directional slope parallel to the arrow. Roof assemblies with a pitch slope of less than 3 12 are considered low slope roofs.

8 set variable material for sloped insulation.