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Roofs can come in many shapes, sizes, and degrees of complexity. They can be as simple as a single-pitch shed roof, or they can involve complex sine curves or intersecting vaults. One can surely say that all of these shapes are possible within Revit. Once you have understood the primary concepts, logic, and tools, you will be able to design any roof shape.
In general, roofs in Revit can be constructed in three different ways: |
- Roof by footprint: Use this method to create any standard roof that more or less follows the shape of the building footprint and is a simple combination of roof pitches.
- Roof by extrusion: This method is best applied for roof shapes that are generated by extru-sion of a profile, such as saw-tooth roofs, barrel vaults, and waveform roofs.
- In-place roof: This technique will be used to accommodate roof shapes that cannot be achieved with either the footprint or extrusion methods.
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| The following sections provide a close look at all three approaches and review their application to real-world scenarios. |
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