The insulation thickness must be at least as thick as the vertical slope else you will receive a warning.
Low slope roof in revit.
The tail is the low point and the head is the high point.
To specify roof pitch select a slope defining boundary line click the numeric slope definition.
When in the roof by footprint sketch mode select all of your newly created boundaries and turn off the defines slope parameter.
Check variable material in the roof structure to create sloped insulation.
In order to enable shape editing tools the following conditions must be met.
The roof assembly is defined as the roof deck along with the roof membrane and roof insulation.
The second option in the list is toggle slope defining.
A roof cannot attach to another roof and the roof cannot be a curtain roof.
This create an uni directional slope parallel to the arrow.
8 set variable material for sloped insulation.
Floors must be flat and on a horizontal plane.
Finish the sketch by pressing the green tick and you will not have a completely flat roof surface in your revit model.
See hd version of video tutorial here.
Select the lines of the roof outline and right click over the line.
Want a sloped structure or a sloped insulation in your flat roof.
Flat roof in revit this one is very straightforward.
In sketch mode select a roof boundary line that defines slope indicated by.
The roof system is defined as the roof membrane including surfacing and the roof insulation.
Roof assemblies with a pitch slope of less than 3 12 are considered low slope roofs.
For a low slope roof you can change these to inch rise to 12 inch run by clicking the roof outline and replacing the slope dimensions.
On the properties palette select or clear defines roof slope.
Draw the arrow then click it and change the properties to select the right levels and offsets.
Low slope roofs are often referred to as flat roofs.
To construct a flat roof you must toggle the slope defining line see step 3.
To create a slope for an odd shaped roof like the one below use slope arrow.