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I am having some trouble drawing a dome roof.
The trouble is that it is a dome that is square in plan. Imagine a dome that tapers down to meet a the corners of a square structure.
Does this sound impossible to model in Revit?
Thanks a bucket.
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Is this sort of what you're after?
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Yes,
Well very similar anyway. the top should be spherical. Like a dome but this would be close enough.
Can you fillet the edges where the egdes meet aswell?
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You could easily sweep another void along the edges to smooth it off a bit, i was just keeping it simple and reducing the number of lines.
Its created as a mass and consists of two sweep solids and two sweep voids. All very simple arcs. Let me know if you want the file.
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Mr. Spot would it be possible if I get a copy of this file as well I would like to try and learn how to use this command.
Just curious if you are running your version of Revit on a Mac platform, cause it looks very similiar to it.
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i think he is using s program called Flyakite OSX which run on windows and simulates the mac
here is a link
http://osx.portraitofakite.com/
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Mr Spot,
Thanks, I tried this approach but I still wanted a spherical top.
With some help from my teacher I have revolved a dome so the leading edge meets the very corner of where the walls meet. Then placed a void to cut the over hang from the outside face. From here I'll just attach the walls to the dome. It's a simple approach and it's not spot on but it might have to do. I'll attach a JPEG when I work out how.
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I have a dome structure we started to design. I had to do the main layout in AutoCAD then create a mass object in Revit to start the beam layout. Unfortunately Revit does not like to place objects out in space, especially when there are not parallel to a floor plan.
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For something like that, i would rotate the dome back to my xy plane - create what i had to, then roatate everything back.
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Tried that. unfortunately Revit does not like to rotate beams and columns. They tend to move all over the place.
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Are you really using (structural) beams or just beam like objects? Although structural elements can be a problem, components created in place will rotate just fine.
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Creating nearly 160 work planes so I can create a In-place object would nearly be imposable to do accurately. I am trying to create a model that a structural engineer can use to correctly size the beams and connection plates. See the DWF file for a better illustration.
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I think your missing the power of Revit. You need to do something like Mr. Spot did here: http://blog.cadway.com.au/
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"Is this sort of what you're after? "
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Ohkk..it you don't have any other way then you can do it in 'Revit Family' and import it in your project.
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