This video will show you how to increase the overhang on a portion of the roof and fix the eave height.
Roof overhang to show dashed in plan revit.
It is also worth knowing that.
Overlay the roof plan and this celing plan on the sheet they will snap align.
This post explores the effect of different types of wall finish materials on the overhang of the roof.
Then select the line style you want to represent the roof overhang in the view.
On the options bar for overhang enter 3 and clear defines slope.
Select the desired linetype from the line style type selector.
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.
In the drawing area highlight the west wall.
Select the linework tool in the view panel on the home ribbon.
On the draw panel click pick walls.
Create roof lines with an overhang.
When a dashed line is displayed on the exterior of the wall press tab to select the chain of walls and click to place the roof lines.
Return to the properties dialog box and change the underlay to none.
This makes the roof line visible in the plan view but the lines appear as solid lines.
In the drawing area highlight an entry wall.
So let s say i want to show the outline of the roof on my ground floor plan.
And now i need to set it s underlay to show the roof element.
On the options bar for overhang enter 600 and select defines slope.
Now click on the lines of the roof overhang you wish to be visible this will change their line style.
Extend into wall to core.
Repeat for the north and east walls.
Here is my simple building a single storey building with an overhanging pitched roof.
First of all i need to open the ground floor plan.
Revit displays the modify linework contextual ribbon.
Two options for the overhang.
Create a sloped roof with an overhang.
You can draw your eaves dimensions on the ceiling plan.
When you create a roof in revit using the select walls tool in the options bar you will see an option with a checkbox see the left red colored arrow in the image below.
Alternatively create a new ceiling plan cut just below the eaves that shows only walls and rooves with wall display overridden to dashed.
On the draw panel click pick walls.
When a dashed line is displayed on the exterior of the wall click to place the roof line.
