How To Demo A Roof Revit

A frequent renovation case is to demolish the finish of an exterior wall but keep the rest of the wall elements.

How to demo a roof revit. Select the family catagory as roof. One pyramid roof and the four walls under it in existing make another roof as new phase on one of the sides the same width can use lock draw a reference plane on the border of the existing roof with a very small offset exterior of the border i used an offset of 1 mm important is not to be exactly on the border because will not work. Click on the void tab on the design bar. Confused by revit roofs.

Use the void extrustion and make it massive in height so you can see it easily and trace your new walls in a plan view maybe site if you lock the sketch to the walls when your walls move so does the void. Visit revit products forums. Demolishing a portion of roof is quite different to the methodology of demolishing any other element in revit. A longstanding problem in revit as far as i know but i may have missed something and i just do what you suggest in a new construction phase view i select the roof or sometimes walls copy to clipboard demolish with the hammer tool and then paste to the same location to create a new construction phase copy.

1 remove slope to create flat roof. One containing the exterior finish the other containing the rest of the wall. Give it a name something logical like demo roof void 1. Get answers fast from autodesk support staff and product experts in the forums.

We will go through the latter steps below. 6 create separate walls to demolish finish. We will need an existing roof structure a new roof structure as well as an exact match to the portion of roof to be demolished. Want to create a flat roof.

This guide provides the answers to the most common roof problems beginners face with revit. Then change the demolition phase of the portion to be demolished roof. You will get all the answer in this short and efficient video. In the option bar make sure defines slope is deactivated before drawing the boundary.

Tell us about your issue and find the best support option. You can also watch the video tutorial below if you prefer. Then set the exterior finish to be demolished. Check out the complete blog post.