You can apply surface pattern to your family for this purpose.
Revit how to show roof pattern.
Duplicate any material from the list rename it.
Understanding pattern in revit surface vs cut.
Revit includes several fill patterns and stores them in the default project template file.
Image above is actually plotted from sheet.
Go to roof view select the roof open edit type dialog box enter structure in finish x funtion the top face of the roof enter material under surface pattern set the same pattern as in cut pattern.
Here is my simple building a single storey building with an overhanging pitched roof.
As seen above this behavior does not occur in the wireframe visual style when using a transparent background for solid fill patterns elements below the fill will show through.
Place the cursor over a line of the surface pattern.
Open your roof type properties edit the material.
If the surface pattern does not display in the view you may need to change the view s detail level to fine or zoom in on the model element.
When placing a filled region you may find that elements with a surface pattern specified show through the filled region when the background is set to transparent and the pattern is set to solid.
To align a surface pattern on a model element.
Alternatively you can check the visibility graphics overrides by typing vv or vg or click the visibility graphics command in the view menu on the ribbon while in the plan view in question.
And now i need to set it s underlay to show the roof element.
You can unhide them by right clicking on a floor select override graphics in view by category surface patterns visible.
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A fill pattern is stored in the project file in which it was created.
Now we will apply pattern to this material.
So let s say i want to show the outline of the roof on my ground floor plan.
First of all i need to open the ground floor plan.
Please like this tutorial.
Alternatively you can create your own or edit an existing fill pattern to meet your needs.
To save the pattern to a project template open the template file and create the pattern there.