Be aware however that the visibility of masses in all views is turned off by default in the visibility graphics overrides dialog box.
Revit massing roof.
Revit s massing tools are awesome.
You just have to get used to the modeling process.
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Mass instance properties modify instance properties to generate mass floors or to see the gross volume surface area and floor area of the selected mass.
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You can use 3d design software to create large scale massing studies and then use revit to associate host elements walls roofs and so on to the mass faces.
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Lines and on the options bar choose polygon enter 8 sides and choose circumscribed polygon it really doesn t matter how you sketch the base of the roof mass use whatever method you like.
Optional to create the roof from a single mass face click modify place roof by face tab multiple selection panel select multiple to disable it.
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The beauty of the forms derived from masses is that they can be loaded in a project and added as components.
Click massing site tab model by face panel roof by face.
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Optional on the options bar specify the level of the roof.
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