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Autodesk® Revit® Architecture 2012: No Experience Required
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Autodesk® Revit® Architecture 2012: No Experience Required

by Eric Wing
June 2011
Beginner
1032 pages
22h 10m
English
Sybex
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Adding a Roof Dormer

The best way to add a roof dormer is to modify an existing roof. You certainly have plenty of those in this model, so there should be no shortage of roof surfaces you can use to chop up into dormers.

To begin adding a roof dormer, follow along:

  1. Go to the Level 3 floor plan.
  2. Zoom in on the corridor roof.
  3. Select the corridor roof, as shown in Figure 7.59.
  4. On the Modify | Roofs tab, click the Edit Footprint button.

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FIGURE 7.59 Selecting the roof to be modified

You are now in the Sketch Mode for this roof.

It is time to start modifying this roof. This procedure is reminiscent of climbing up on an actual roof and adding a dormer: ...

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