Building Roofs with Revit

Learn to build roofs with Revit: from flat roofs to crazy free-form roofs and everything in between (hip, gable, mansard, Dutch hip combination, and gambrel).

Introduction

• Welcome
• Using the exercise files

1. Flat and Shed Roofs

• Adding a flat-roof material
• Pitching insulation to roof drains
• Adding sloped framing
• Adding crickets
• Sloping flat roofs

2. Pitched Roofs

• Building a hip roof
• Adding a gable
• Adding a sloping gable
• Creating a Dutch gable roof
• Creating a Dutch hip roof
• Adding a mansard roof
• Creating a gambrel roof

3. Dormers and Skylights

• Adding roof-edge dormers
• Adding custom eyebrow dormers
• Adding dormer walls
• Adding dormer openings
• Adding skylights and curbing

4. Fascias and Soffits

• Adding a flat fascia
• Creating and adding a custom fascia
• Adding the default soffit
• Adding an in-place fascia family
• Adding fascia returns at gable ends

5. Roofs by Extrusion

• Adding a roof by extrusion
• Trimming an extruded roof
• Creating an in-place roof by blend
• Adding a roof by face

6. Roof Structure

• Attaching columns to roofs
• Adding 2 x 10 sill plates
• Modifying a roof for structure
• Creating rafter-style framing
• Adding Howe trusses
• Modifying bottom-truss chords
• Cleaning truss connections
• Creating custom in-place trusses

7. Roof Detailing

• Detailing rake ends
• Truss detailing
• Valley details
• Wall attachment details
• Materials

Conclusion

• Next steps