How To Trim Roof With Soffit In Revit

Ok so this intrigues me a little.

How to trim roof with soffit in revit.

Any reference to revit revit architecture revit mep or revit structure on this site is made acknowledging this ownership. It seems that soffit s cannot be tagged in the model. The roof soffit in revit works differently to the fascia placement acting more like the standard roof by footprint command. Roof soffit revit tutorials for beginners.

Design intent for creating roof soffits can vary widely. This video shows how to add roof soffit in the revit project. Do they just use ceilings instead. You can also create soffits that are not associated with other elements.

If a wall or roof changes or moves the soffit adjusts accordingly. The soffit is associated with the walls and the roof. To create non associative soffits use the lines tool while in sketch mode. Fascia tool to sweep along eave and the rake which still leaves me with an open end.

If that is the case how do people tag soffit heights and materials in their projects. Please like my video and subscribe visit my webs. Click modify create roof soffit boundary tabdraw panel pick. Click architecture tabbuild panelroof drop down roof.

New aluminum soffits the underside of eaves and fascias the vertical trim at the roof edge won t peel or rot so they ll last for decades with no maintenance. In order to close off the end of the soffit i will create a new fascia sweep but i will host it to the soffit not to the roof eave or rake. To create non associative soffits use the lines tool while in sketch mode. Create a sloping soffit by drawing a slope arrow or changing properties of the boundary line.

Wrap the soffits and fascias on your home with prefinished aluminum and you ll never have to scrape prime or paint those roof edges again. To being to model a roof soffit in revit you first need to navigate to a plan view that suitably shows the roof the and the wall that rises to join the underside of the roof roof base level in the example. This procedure creates a soffit from a 2 loop sketch between a wall and a roof. Autodesk revit is a product that is wholly owned by autodesk.

Works well enough well that is until you go to tag them banghead.