Click the roof button on the build menu on the home ribbon and sketch the roof footprint.
Revit add roof plan.
The roof is outlined by magenta lines with magenta triangles on the outside of the line.
Then follow these 2 steps.
For type select a view type from the list or click edit type to modify an existing view type or create a new view type.
Add another view to your project or duplicate an existing view.
Use join unjoin roof tool.
Click view tab create panel plan views drop down and then click.
See hd version of video tutorial here.
The triangles are the slope annotations which by default are 9 inch rise to 12 inch run.
Floor plan reflected ceiling plan structural plan in the new plan dialog.
On the properties palette specify a cutoff level and then specify a height for cutoff offset.
1 st floor no overhang.
Go to the new level for the roof under floor plans on the project browser.
Select one or more levels for which you want to create a plan view.
To cut off a roof in order to sketch another roof on top of it select the roof in the drawing area.
9 join roofs add opening to create dormer.
This tool is located in the modify tab.
To create a dormer model required walls and additional roof.
I have linked in an architects drawing into an mechanical template in my project browser i have only got floor plans ceiling plans and elevations i need to add a roof plan so that i can put together a.
In the properties dialog box for the view you want to see the overhang lines in set the underlay drop down to be the level on which the roof was created.
Sketch the new roof on top of the existing roof.