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Hi, I am trying to do roof framing for a single level wood residential house. the roof was designed in Revit Architure as "basic roof - wood rafter 8"", now inRevit structure i am trying to add the rafter as beams to the roof. i am using beam systems but i could also use single beams. however before i place the beams i need to select the work plan. the book i am reading "Sybex Mastering Revit Structure" says i should select the under surface of the architure roof. but if i do that, on a section view i will see a 8" think roof on top of the rafter. is it right? should i use top surface of the roof as work plan? thanks. -jack.
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The architectural roof includes the stucture typically.
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if you are going to add the rafters as a beam system, then reduce the thickness of your roof to that of sheathing and shingles. As WWHub said, when doing roofs in Revit most people include roof structure as part of that process which contradicts the Revit edict "model it and you would build it" , which you are doing. Thus, in your case you will have to reduce the thickness of your current roof by the thickness of your rafters. hth
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Hi WWHub and Coreed. i am just starting to do revit so forgive my novice-ness. i am adding rafters to the roof becasue i need to show roof framing. without beam systems the framing just don't show up althoughfrom the name: "basic roof - wood rafter 8" you would think the rafters are included. and i am not seeing joint details either. WWHub's reply made me think maybe there is a better way that i have not figured out. maybe a view property? i made the roof in Revit Architecture and then open the same file directly from Revit structure to add beam systems. was that the right way to do it? i know we should link to architecture from structure, but since i am the only person working on both sides i thought linking is not necessary. -jack.
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So much of this depends on your office standards and what you are trying to accomplish. In REVIT, you don't need to model everything. Stud walls are not modeled with studs, they just have a stud space. For many structures, we do the same with roofs and floor. We model the roof with space for the structure. Then in sections, we add detail elements that fill that space with appropriate structure detail and on plans, we single line represent the framing to show spacing and spans. If you are running a structural ananlysis from your model, you may have to model these components but I doubt that you have to for wood construction.
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Thank you WWHub, this is what novice learn from experienced people. i have always thought that in revit, everything has to be modeled. my assumption was if you model everything, your details and sections will come automatically. now i understand that you just can't go to the extremes. i had the same issue with floors. i think i am going to reduce the thickness of my architecture roof and floor so that i can use beam systems to draw the framing. i like beam systems. it is fast and convenient. -jack.
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