Revit Wont Cut Dormer Roof

If so how do you do it.

Revit wont cut dormer roof.

Select the dormer cut and then select the edit dormer opening from the ribbon as shown in figure 8. On the properties palette set the top constraint for the walls to unconnected and specify a height of 4000. It can be as little as 1 128. Seems to be a geometry solver problem with the edges of the 2 roofs where the 2nd slope meets.

Place the 3 walls in the plan view. The dormer cut has been left selected to show the modification. I have a roof that i have cut for a major gambrel dormer that is identical on both the front and rear of the building. Watch the status bar to be sure that you are highlighting the main roof.

I made the dormers and the dormer openings the same way but on the rear of the building one line of the cut profile only seems to cut the roof in the vertical direction instead of both horizontally and vertically as all the other cut profile lines do. When i erase the dormer walls and roof i have the hole in my roof where the dormer was located. When that edge on the dormer gets too close to the same edge on the main roof the opening cut fails. If you make the dormer roof with a very slightly bigger overhang than the main roof it will then join to the main roof.

Structure tab opening panel dormer opening highlight the main roof on the building model and click to select it. Change the visual style back to shaded to show the finished item as in. I cant seem to select the hole to remove it. I placed two dormers in a gable roof and used the dormer opening tool to cut out the roof at the dormers.

Place the cursor in the drawing area. I m not sure if you got this roof to join but here are a couple tricks to try. Next the walls need to be moved to the roof line to create the dormer. Is it possible to remove a cutout for a dormer in a roof with revit.

You can also create the dormer with a two cut plumb and the fascia depth set to zero so that the dormer has a flat. This tutorial explains the process to create a gable dormer in revit. I want to eliminate of the dormers. The pick roof wall edges tool is active so that you can pick the boundaries that compose the dormer opening.