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Revit roof dormer cut.
After adding a dormer cut an opening for it through the roof.
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Edit the dormer opening to reflect the roof modification as per figure 9.
From the home tab select dormer opening.
Say adding a dormer which will involve cutting out a hole in the roof using the dormer tool which leaves a hole in the existing phase view of the roof as well as the new construction view.
You need four walls to cut a dormer opening in the main roof and the opening should be fully contained within the dormer roof.
Select the top wall of the dormer and move it down so it is below the valleys.
Revit roof slope can seem complicated at first glance but by learning a few critical features you can create any roof shape you desire.
First a work plane needs to be decided upon.
The next step is to cut a dormer opening in the main roof.
Create the walls and roof elements that make up the dormer.
Valid boundaries are a joined roof or its bottom face a side face of a wall a bottom face of a floor an edge of the roof to be cut or a model line on the face of the roof to be cut.
To create a dormer roof we first need to start with the smaller roof portion of the dormer.
Valid boundaries are highlighted.
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In this example side faces of walls and joined faces of the roof were selected.
Whether you want a double gable roof with 6 pyramid shaped dormers or a simple gambrel roof the basics remain the same.
Select the dormer cut and then select the edit dormer opening from the ribbon as shown in figure 8.
The dormer cut has been left selected to show the modification.
How to model a dormer roof in revit.