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Monday, November 30, 2015

Revit Tutorial - Creating a Jerkinhead (Half-Hipped) Roof

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The "jerkinhead" (also called "half-hipped"or "clipped gable") roof is a funky one to model. But, like many approaches to Revit, Occam's razor applies... There are always more than one way to solve a problem in Revit but I always find the simplest solutions is usually the best.  So, how would I model a jerkinhead roof using Revit's roof tool?  Continue reading to find out...



Creating this type of roof is actually very simple... Check out the video below to learn how...






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Alan · 490 weeks ago

How did you show the rafter framing on your rendered view?
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Ar. Bharat · 490 weeks ago

great help.
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Thomas · 490 weeks ago

Actually, you don't have to split anything! All you have to do is set an plate offset on the two roof defining lines(the whole line, without any splitting).
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TheRevitKid 72p · 490 weeks ago

Would you look at that... That saves some time! Thanks Thomas!
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brad · 485 weeks ago

when I do this the fascia gets wider than the rake any way to keep it the same thickness?
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Sean · 489 weeks ago

True. It depends on whether you want to control the offset points.

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