Lynda – Building Roofs with Revit

What’s a room without a roof? This course covers the topic of adding roofs, roof framing, and detailing with Revit: from flat roofs to fun, free-form roofs and everything in between (hip, gable, mansard, Dutch hip combination, and gambrel). Eric Wing dives into flat roofs first, showing how to pitch insulation to roof drains, add crickets, and warp roofs to fit sloped framing. From there, he shows how to create pitched roofs, add dormers, and punch holes for skylights. Of course no roof can exist without a structure, so he also focuses on adding framing and trusses to support any roof shape. Looking for something more ornate? The final chapter shows how to add truss, valley, and wall attachment details for colonial, oriental, and gothic roof styles.

Topics include:

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

Detail

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Welcome 48s 
    Using the exercise files 35s 

1. Flat and Shed Roofs 21m 52s
    Adding a flat-roof material 5m 59s 
    Pitching insulation to roof drains 4m 18s 
    Adding sloped framing 3m 11s 
    Adding crickets 5m 26s 
    Sloping flat roofs 2m 58s 

2. Pitched Roofs 38m 43s
    Building a hip roof 3m 27s 
    Adding a gable 4m 13s 
    Adding a sloping gable 3m 25s 
    Creating a Dutch gable roof 8m 10s 
    Creating a Dutch hip roof 7m 28s 
    Adding a mansard roof 4m 48s 
    Creating a gambrel roof 7m 12s 

3. Dormers and Skylights 16m 31s
    Adding roof-edge dormers 2m 48s 
    Adding custom eyebrow dormers 5m 37s 
    Adding dormer walls 3m 7s 
    Adding dormer openings 2m 14s 
    Adding skylights and curbing 2m 45s 

4. Fascias and Soffits 20m 39s
    Adding a flat fascia 2m 52s 
    Creating and adding a custom fascia 4m 25s 
    Adding the default soffit 3m 11s 
    Adding an in-place fascia family 4m 32s 
    Adding fascia returns at gable ends 5m 39s 

5. Roofs by Extrusion 19m 39s
    Adding a roof by extrusion 4m 49s 
    Trimming an extruded roof 3m 23s 
    Creating an in-place roof by blend 5m 4s 
    Adding a roof by face 6m 23s 

6. Roof Structure 41m 46s
    Attaching columns to roofs 4m 23s 
    Adding 2 x 10 sill plates 4m 27s 
    Modifying a roof for structure 3m 57s 
    Creating rafter-style framing 9m 34s 
    Adding Howe trusses 5m 35s 
    Modifying bottom-truss chords 3m 19s 
    Cleaning truss connections 3m 53s 
    Creating custom in-place trusses 6m 38s 

7. Roof Detailing 30m 20s
    Detailing rake ends 8m 56s 
    Truss detailing 8m 13s 
    Valley details 6m 40s 
    Wall attachment details 2m 46s 
    Materials 3m 45s 

Conclusion 16s