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Creating footprint roofs

Creating footprint roofs - Revit Architecture Tutorial

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Creating footprint roofs

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- [Instructor] In this video, we're going to talk about the footprint roof command. Footprint roof command allows you to work in a plan view, create a 2D sketch of the outline of the roof, and then it will create the 3D roof element, complete with any sloping edges that you decide to enable. So, we're going to go ahead and get started with the high roof. This building actually has two different roofs. So, over on the left hand side, we have a high roof above the two story portion of the building, and then there's a lower roof over the one story portion of the building on the right. So, I'm in the high roof floor plan and I'll click the roof button, or if you're using the dropdown, it's just the roof by footprint, that first item off the list. Now, if you've watched the previous video on creating floors then this is very similar. We're in sketch mode, the drawing grays out, we move to the modify create footprint roof tab, it's tinted in green, and we have the mode panel with the two…

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