Revit Host Roof On Reference Plan

Use roof by extrusion and use pick a plane option.

Revit host roof on reference plan. In the drawing area draw the reference planes by dragging the cursor. On the plus side you ll be able to move the duct by moving this level. Did you know that there are differences between drawing a reference plane from right to left versus drawing one from left to right. Lights can be attached to a reference plane to better maintain attached lights and allow.

Go to end view of roof elevation face on to new named ref plane select roof by extrusion the select new named ref plane from drop box. I am learning revit and trying to figure out building structure. So far i found that to create a sloping beam i need to create a reference plane then sketch the beam on that reference plane. Here i am using 2 reference planes to control the start and end of the roof extrusion.

While in plan draw a reference line through the building and select it to give it a name. In the roof reference level and offset dialog select a value for level. Using the reference plane you can control the position of the extruded roof in relation to a level. You ll see how to convert the hosted family to a face based family using the copy monitor tool.

Create tab datum panel reference plane conceptual design environment. The highest level in the project is selected by default. That is the vertical reference planes on the left and right hand side of the image. I also found that you can t attach the top of a structural column to a reference plane so you have to manaully add the height of the column.

In this image we are looking down plan view on to the top of an extruded roof i ll show you how to create these later on in the course. If you have a top of plate level set that as the working level. Draft reference planes to host lights which are oriented correctly. On the draw panel click line.

This method is worth learning so when plane moves everything goes with it. Revit places a reference plane at the specified offset. Create tab draw panel reference plane to draw a line. Here we host air terminals to a named reference plane following the previously mentioned steps.

Structure tab work plane panel reference plane systems tab work plane panel reference plane family editor. Pick the best elevation option that comes up and you will be swtiched to that view. Creating a dedicated level for the ceiling could work as well but there are pros and cons. 1 create another named ref plane in plan view so as to draw the roof profile roughly at end of roof image 1 2.

This video shows how to change a hosted family to a type that revit can monitor. Take the above example. The most overlooked part of the entire process is drawing the reference plane itself. System families like duct and pipe cannot be hosted to a reference plane and must be.