Select the wall type and constraints for a dormer that will be added to a roof.
How to make a dormer roof in revit.
Create the roof opening and finish the dormer.
Add a dormer to a roof and use the dormer opening tool to cut the opening for it.
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Use it to extend the dormer roof to the main roof.
How to model a dormer roof in revit.
Place the cursor in the drawing area.
Then follow these 2 steps.
You can model this in any of the 3 primary roof modelling methods but in the example i have opted to use the roof by extrusion tool.
Structure tab opening panel dormer opening highlight the main roof on the building model and click to select it.
First a work plane needs to be decided upon.
This video demonstrates the following.
Watch the status bar to be sure that you are highlighting the main roof.
Use the join roof tool to join the dormer roof to the primary roof.
This video was recorded using revit 2018.
This tool is located in the modify tab.
After adding a dormer cut an opening for it through the roof.
The pick roof wall edges tool is active so that you can pick the boundaries that compose the dormer opening.
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To create a dormer model required walls and additional roof.
To create a dormer roof we first need to start with the smaller roof portion of the dormer.
Use join unjoin roof tool.
Create the dormer roof and join it to the main roof.