Revit Floor Slope

Today let s look at an interesting and overdue topic raised by the query on creating a sloped floor in the revit api discussion forum addressed with help from jaap van der weide and joe ye before getting to that let me quickly mention some other happy and important news.

Revit floor slope. The slope arrow must start on an existing sketch line. This is often the result of a curved face. Click modify create edit boundary draw tab slope arrow. Working with hardscapes or sloped floors it sometimes happens that a model pattern will deform or behave strange in revit.

Specify a value for the defines slope and slope properties for a single floor sketch line. Quite often you do not want to slope the whole of the floor element but just a small part of it. As a rule of thumb all areas around the drain should have a similar slope. To calculate this multiply the length in feet of the farthest wall from the drain and multiply that result by 0 125.

Click once to specify its start point tail. Welcome to my channel. I create videos and tutorials for architects. Use one of the following methods.

Select your floor element and then select split line from the ribbon menu. The preferred slope is between one quarter and one eighth inch per running foot of floor length. Click again to specify its endpoint head. Draw the slope arrow in the drawing area.

Revit 2015 is coming soon the autodesk 2015 software portfolio for the building and civil infrastructure industries has now been officially announced. How to create a sloped floor hi. Revit and sketchup and 3d max and autocad tutorials. Specify a value for the offset from base property for parallel floor sketch lines.

For more examples and tips see about slope arrows. Draw a slope arrow while sketching or editing the floor boundary.