Revit Roof Slope Insulation

Then place the minimum untapered layer of rigid insulation and metal deck on the joists.

Revit roof slope insulation.

Use pick supports to split the roof element at the supporting beams. Rigid board insulation is the most common type of insulation used in low slope commercial roofing. First select the roof. By default the whole roof will be sloped.

Use shape editing to add internal drains to the roof built using sloped insulation. Select your roof edit type and select construction. Start with the sloping joists and use a beam system and a sloped reference plane to hold them with the slope. The insulation thickness must be at least as thick as the vertical slope else you will receive a warning.

I used 1 8 and 1 4 sloped pieces on a 1 4 sloped roof. It is made from cellular plastic or fibrous materials and pressed into boards. Find the insulation assembly item. The second attachment shows how it s actually constructed with 1 2 tapered boards.

8 set variable material for sloped insulation. This also adjusts the position of the roof if the support and the roof are not aligned. The best way to model a slope in your roof insulation layer only is to assign the insulation materials as variable in the construction assembly. Check variable material in the roof structure to create sloped insulation.

Want a sloped structure or a sloped insulation in your flat roof. Here is how to assign a variable material in revit.