How To Turn On Overhaed Line Of Roof In Revit

Once you select this tool you get a choice of line styles from a drop down menu.

How to turn on overhaed line of roof in revit.

Use pick walls if you want the roof to automatically adjust when walls are moved. With this line style selected all i need to do is click on each line that i want to apply this style to which is all the lines that make up the perimeter of the roof boundary. Let s go ahead and select the overhead line style. You can use the overhead line style for tracing underlays or define your own line style.

Revit plan views show overhead eg stair parts walkways in floor plan view view properties turn on underlayfor the level where the feature is set say an intermediate landing or gantry in view props set underlay orientation to rcp. You can even underlay the same level as the view to select a ceiling or beams or other elements that are not shown in the view. Now the next step is to select the linework tool from the modify tab view panel. Then select the line style you want to represent the roof overhang in the view.

5 activate overhang on picked walls roofs. If level 2 has a roof you can select the roof in the plan view and then modify it. You can set an overhang on roofs created with pick walls. In the properties dialog box for the view you want to see the overhang lines in set the underlay drop down to be the level on which the roof was created.