topic Re: Floor-based skylight in Revit Architecture Forum

Floor-based skylight

Anonymous — Tue, 09 Jul 2019 17:39:03 GMT

Hello,

I need to put a skylight on a roof. I know it’s possible to convert a wall or floor based family to a face based family. But do you know how to do the same thing with a roof based family ? Or how would you do ?

Many thanks

Re: Floor-based skylight

ToanDN — Tue, 09 Jul 2019 18:42:59 GMT

A face based or work-plane based family can be placed on a roof.

Re: Floor-based skylight

dferreira-blackwell — Tue, 09 Jul 2019 19:15:13 GMT

Refer to following solution:

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-architecture-forum/change-family-host-type/td-p/4950442

Re: Floor-based skylight

barthbradley — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 00:41:37 GMT

double check to make sure "Always Vertical" is unchecked in the Family.

Re: Floor-based skylight

Anonymous — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 05:37:39 GMT

Thank you for your answer but I made a mistake in my question. I meant how I can put a skylight on a floor ?

Re: Floor-based skylight

barthbradley — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 06:31:49 GMT

Now you are talking about rebuilding the family. Fastest way would be to clipboard copy and paste the geometry into a new floor or face based template. Then recreate labeled dimensions, parameters, et al.

How about using a Roof instead of a Floor in the Project? Too crazy? Well, so is a Skylight in a Floor.

...another thought: create a hole in the floor and then put a roof in that hole to host the skylight.