In residential architecture as well as other types it is often a required part of the working drawing set to be able to show the roof overhang as a hidden line on the floor plan views.
Revit roof plam.
If you try to add a roof on the lowest level a dialog prompts you to move it to a higher level.
Open the plan view of the level in which you want to see the roof line.
Click architecture tabbuild panelroof drop down roof by footprint.
Out of the box revit doesn t do this because revit shows it as it s built.
In the view properties expand the underlay drop down and select the level on which the roof was created to display as an underlay.
Some may call this wysiwyg or what you see is what you get.
Display a floor plan view or a reflected ceiling plan view.
If you choose not to move the roof to a different level revit notifies you later if the roof is too low.
Tutorial on roof construction modeling in revit.