Oculus roof

[Anonymous]

Hello kind people,

I am trying to make the roof you can see on the model below but so far I've been failing miserably. The roof beams are exposed and follow the vertical fins then join onto a ring. I have no idea how to model the ring which also slopes towards one end and no idea how to model the roof beams after that. 

It would be amazing if someone could help me with a solution.

Thanks in advance.
Iva

[Alfredo_Medina · Accepted solution]

Welcome to the forum.

One way to do it, is using 2 or more families, made with the generic model adaptive template. In the illustration sample below, I am using 2 families, but because I am simplifying the exercice by joining column and beam in the same "Family 2". But you could do that separately. 

• Family 1 contains just the basic geometry. One rectangle or square at the base. Another rectangle or square elevated, sloped, some reference points to host the circle, and the circle.
• The two squares and the circle are divided with "Divide Path" to the same number of divisions, for example, 90 divisions.
• Family 2 contains the building elements, here simplfied as a line, as the wires that you are using. This is a model line controlled by 3 adaptive points, 1, 2, and 3.
• Family 2 is loaded into Family 1, and is placed, by face, in this order: Point 1 is at the base. Point 2 is at the sloped roof, and Point 3 goes to the circle. 
• Then, repeat Family 2 wit the Repeat tool. 

You can use the reference lines that you created in Family 1 to create surfaces, walls, etc. And the repeater(s) to create the center lines and slopes of columns and beams. Then, in the project, you can use those lines to create the actual columns and beams, and the surfaces to create the roof.

[chrisplyler]

Impressive work Mr. Medina. Did you place the adaptive component by hand ninety times? Or were you able to user the repeater functionality?

[FGPerraudin]

He clearly used the repeater!

[Alfredo_Medina]

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@chrisplyler wrote:

Impressive work Mr. Medina. Did you place the adaptive component by hand ninety times? Or were you able to user the repeater functionality?

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Hi, I am revisiting this thread today. I see no comments yet from the user who posted the question. (?)

In reply to @chrisplyler: Yes, Family 1 (the repeater) was placed only once the nodes of the divided paths, and then repeated.

[Anonymous]

My sincerest apologies for not replying earlier Alfredo. I had a deadline and things were a bit hectic.

I have never used adaptive components before so that was a bit too much for me to learn in the time frame I had so I ended up modelling it as a mass. I am sure it's probably the slowest and most inaccurate way of doing it but it did the job for now. Your way seems to be much better and precise if you know how to do it. I am determined to spend some time learning it in the next couple of weeks and hopefully I'll be able to show you proper results 🙂

Thank you so much for the solution! It will not go to waste, I promise!

Best regards,
Iva

[Anonymous]

My sincerest apologies for not replying earlier Alfredo. I had a deadline and things were a bit hectic.

I have never used adaptive components before so that was a bit too much for me to learn in the time frame I had so I ended up modelling it as a mass. I am sure it's probably the slowest and most inaccurate way of doing it but it did the job for now. Your way seems to be much better and precise if you know how to do it. I am determined to spend some time learning it in the next couple of weeks and hopefully I'll be able to show you proper results 🙂

Thank you so much for the solution! It will not go to waste, I promise!

Best regards,
Iva

[Alfredo_Medina]

Hi, Iva, hey, no problem at all. I was just curious. Nice to know that you resolved the issue. Thanks for the update.

[jedbjorn]

I've seen some of your replies in the forum, and you are really good. I need some help with this- I have a butterfly roof, a sort of inverted gable, I need it to slope in at a 4:12 and down at a 1:12. I know this can be done through families somehow but I am new to Revit, and the interface for editing and modeling in families is tripping me up a little. I can also export a 3D CAD out of SketchUp, but I would like to learn how to do this myself if I can, for future use. I am attaching a screen shot of the idea, but this was just done using the roof by footprint tool, and does not how the 1:12 down the valley that I need to drain. I am on Revit LT 2017. Any help you can give! Note, I am not solid on families yet, but I am a quick learner. Just tell me what template to use and what tools. Thanks!