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Revit roof work plane.
Pick a line and use the work plane it was sketched in revit creates a work plane that is coplanar with the work plane of the selected line.
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In the work plane dialog select another work plane.
Pick a plane revit lt creates a plane coincident to the selected plane.
Select this option and click ok.
Go to end view of roof elevation face on to new named ref plane select roof by extrusion the select new named ref plane from drop box.
A work plane is used in the following ways.
Cogt2414 architectural design with revit working with datum plane and creating standard views.
Select this option and click ok.
A work plane is a virtual 2 dimensional surface.
Create tab datum panel reference plane conceptual design environment.
Create tab draw panel reference plane.
This method is worth learning so when plane moves everything goes with it.
1 create another named ref plane in plan view so as to draw the roof profile roughly at end of roof image 1 2.
Systems tab work plane panel reference plane family editor.
As the origin for a view for sketching elements for enabling tools in particular views such as rotate and mirror in a 3d view for placing work plane based components each view is associated with a work plane.
You can select any plane that can be dimensioned including wall faces faces in linked models extrusion faces levels grids and reference planes.
The list includes levels grids and named reference planes.
Name choose an available work plane from the list and click ok.
In the 3d world the work plane is the surface where 3d elements are created and where 2d lines are sketched.
For example a plan view is associated with a level which is a horizontal work plane.