Roof Framing and Sheathing | Day 27 – North Wing Modern Home Addition

 

In the final days of getting "water tight" we are framing and sheathing the roof!  Did we get it watertight within the 28 day goal I set...?  Tune in to find out!

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Roofs in Revit with Balkan Architect - Replay

 

I'll be the first to admit I wasn't expecting a ton of "ah ha" or "brilliant idea" moments from an episode about Roofs in Revit... But, alas, Milos (Balkan Architect) brought the house down yesterday... Seriously, you should see some of the comments!

One word... Slop arrows...

Now, you have to go watch the episode to see why....

Click here to see the replay of episode 88 of BIM After Dark Live now... 

Modern Kitchen Renovation Series - Designing, Sketching, and Revit (Episode 5)

 

In episode 5 of our Modern Kitchen Renovation series we will finally get to the fun part of being an Architect!  Designing!  I will break down my design process: how I sketch, the tools I use, and how I integrate Revit into my sketching process.

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Modern Kitchen Renovation Series - Roofs and Railings (Episode 4)

 

In episode 4 of our Modern Kitchen Renovation series we will finish up building our existing conditions Revit model.  Today we are going to model Revit roofs and railings for the existing structure... The roof is fairly simple but contains some great tips and tricks for aligning soffits, gables, and valleys.

Click here to view Episode 4 of the modern kitchen renovation series... 

Dynamo & Revit: Beams that Follow Complex Roofs

Today's tutorial is a simple but powerful Dynamo script.  This is a great introduction to the use of geometry within Dynamo itself.

I was recently tasked with modeling a Unitarian Church here in Connecticut designed by Victor Lundy.  The church has two big modeling challenges: the roof and the beams that follow the roof.

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

(Photo Credit - MyRooff.com)

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...

Revit Tutorial - Flat Roof Crickets and Documentation

Flat roofs in Revit are a mystery to many people. Similar to a lot of elements in Revit, there are many ways to go about flat roofs. Additionally, people get extremely creative when it comes to the crickets on flat roofs.

My two favorite approaches to creating a flat roof cricket in Revit are either creating an adaptive component or modifying the sub-elements of the roof. I know, some of you may be thinking that the modify sub-elements tool is like voodoo black magic... Well, it's not that bad!

 In fact, it is actually pretty easy after you've used the method a few times. Of course, the more complex the roof is, the more complex the method becomes (and the adaptive component comes in handy).  Continue reading for a tutorial extracted directly from BIM After Dark - Volume 2 (which will be released this Thursday!)...

Revit Tip - Show a Triangle on a Spot Slope (The Revit Geek)

If, for some reason, you have not stumbled on Brian's blog you should now.  Definitely a blog worth following with plenty of great tips and tutorials.

Brian posted the simplest of tips that will change some of your lives!  It's one of those "oh, there it is" moments...

Have you ever wondered if Revit can make a slope triangle graphic for your roofs and sloped surfaces?  Well, yes, it can!

Click here to see how to make your slope arrow a slope triangle!

Revit Tutorial - Spanish Roof Tiles (Enjoy Revit)

This is what I love so much about the Revit/BIM community.  This is how I learned Revit and this is how we expand our knowledge and others knowledge too... Taking something like a tip or trick and expanding on it to fit your personal needs or just for fun.  Awesome.

You may remember my raised seam metal roof tutorial from a few weeks ago. Well, HyunWoo Kim, from "Enjoy Revit" used the same concept to create Spanish  Roof Tiles.  The results were pretty awesome.

Oh, and there is a family file to download...

Revit Tutorial - Standing Seam Metal Roof

This is a cool little tip that some of you may find useful.  Basically, the idea stemmed from wanting a quick way to represent standing seam metal roof ridges in three dimensions.  By default, the Revit material for standing seam metal roof has a surface pattern and an image with a bump map.  Most of the time this is a sufficient representation of a standing metal seam roof: the data is there, the graphic representation is there, and your construction documents will look fine!

So, why bother modeling the seams in 3D?  Well, for rendering!  The default material for standing seam roofs does not look good at all rendered... Not one bit. I am going to show you a very fast way to create standing seams ribs with the roof you ALREADY CREATED!

How do I make a Roof?

I have received countless numbers of emails about different roof types.  Here is a cool find over at What Revit Wants:

Roof forms - How do I make a 'xxx' roof?

Okay, xxx means "insert your desired roof type here". One of the best and easiest ways to find find the answer you are looking for is by downloading this file on Roof Forms from the Revit 2011 Content Distribution Center.
From here, you should be able to figure out the 'best practice' when it comes to creating the various different roof forms.

Still can't figure out how to make your roof type?  Shoot me an email at Jeff@TheRevitKid.com and I will do my best to figure it out and possibly create a tutorial like the hundreds on this site.

Tutorial - Roof Basics (Revit Rocks)

Daryl created a nice set of simple tutorials that breaks down the basics of creating a roof in Revit.  Thanks for the tutorials Daryl.  If any of my readers have questions and want me to create a more detailed tutorial on any of the subjects write a comment and let me know.

CADClip - REVIT 2011 Roof Basics 01 Gable 3:56
CADClip - REVIT 2011 Roof Basics 02 Hip / Cottage 3:46
CADClip - REVIT 2011 Roof Basics 03 Intersect by Footprint 2.14
CADClip - REVIT 2011 Roof Basics 04 Intersect by Roof Join 3:50
CADClip - REVIT 2011 Roof Basics 05 Gambrel 5:36
CADClip - REVIT 2011 Roof Basics 06 Mansard 5:07
CADClip - REVIT 2011 Roof Basics 07 Butterfly Roof 4:02
CADClip - REVIT 2011 Roof Basics 08 Shed By Footprint 2.46
CADClip - REVIT 2011 Roof Basics 09 By Extrusion 3.19
CADClip - REVIT 2011 Roof Basics 10 Slope Arrow 3:59

(Thanks to Alan over at Revit Structural Learning Curve for the link list)