…Not all dormers can be integrated into the main roof itself.…Some dormers are an entirely different shape, and…even material than the main roof.…By being able to add a dormer free from the confines and…constraints of the main roof, we're actually freed up to do quite a bit.…This video has us creating a rounded roof dormer.…By adding a roof by extrusion, we can create an actual free-form sketch of…anything we want, then physically join it to the main roof once complete.…To get started, let's jump into our Revit Roofs file.…
Or of course you can use any file that you've been working on.…What I want to do now, is I want to go to the actual roof level.…So let's go to the Project Browser.…Let's go to our roof level.…I want to specify a plane,…that we're going to actually put the front of our dormer on.…So under Work Plane on the Architecture tab, let's go ahead and…click on the Reference Plane button.…On the Draw panel, let's click the Pick Lines button.…Let's give it an offset of 30 feet.…I want to come down and I want to offset my ridge line downward 30 feet.…
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9/4/2014- Adding flat-roof materials
- Building a gable
- Creating dormers and skylights
- Adding fascias and soffits
- Creating roofs by extrusion
- Building in roof structure
- Adding detailing
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome44s
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1. Flat and Shed Roofs
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Adding a flat-roof material5m 59s
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Adding sloped framing3m 11s
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Adding crickets5m 26s
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Sloping flat roofs2m 58s
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2. Pitched Roofs
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Building a hip roof3m 27s
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Adding a gable4m 13s
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Adding a sloping gable3m 25s
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Creating a Dutch gable roof8m 10s
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Creating a Dutch hip roof7m 28s
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Adding a mansard roof4m 48s
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Creating a gambrel roof7m 12s
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3. Dormers and Skylights
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Adding roof-edge dormers2m 48s
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Adding dormer walls3m 7s
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Adding dormer openings2m 14s
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Adding skylights and curbing2m 45s
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4. Fascias and Soffits
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Adding a flat fascia2m 52s
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Adding the default soffit3m 11s
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5. Roofs by Extrusion
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Adding a roof by extrusion4m 49s
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Trimming an extruded roof3m 23s
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Adding a roof by face6m 23s
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6. Roof Structure
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Attaching columns to roofs4m 23s
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Adding 2 x 10 sill plates4m 27s
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Adding Howe trusses5m 35s
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Cleaning truss connections3m 53s
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7. Roof Detailing
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Detailing rake ends8m 56s
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Truss detailing8m 13s
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Valley details6m 40s
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Wall attachment details2m 46s
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Materials3m 45s
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Conclusion
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Next steps16s
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