Floor-based skylight

[Anonymous]

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

[ToanDN]

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

[dferreira-blackwell]

Refer to following solution:

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

[barthbradley]

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

[Anonymous]

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

[barthbradley]

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.