Vertical opening within roof-based family

[g_thong]

Hi,

I'm trying to create a vertical opening that is hosted in a rooflight, so that if I place the window in a sloped roof, the opening will still be vertical in the project. Is this possible? I'm working in Revit 2023

Thanks!

[barthbradley]

Are you talking about skylight shaft walls? If so, use Project Walls. 

[g_thong]

Sorry, what do you mean by project walls?

[barthbradley]

Please confirm. Are you talking about the skylight shaft? 

[g_thong]

Yes I am. Our roof buildup is quite thick so it is very obvious that the opening is not vertical, but is instead perpendicular to the rooflight.

[barthbradley · Accepted solution]

Are you using the Attach Top/Base Tool to attach vertical walls to the roof? 

...wait a minute. are you talking about the opening?  Remove the opening cut from the Window Family and use a Shaft to cut the opening in the Project.  Or use an In-Place Void Extrusion.  

[syman2000 · Accepted solution]

It is possible, you have to built a family with angle.

[g_thong]

Thank you, I was hoping I'd be able to have the opening hosted in the family so it would update with the size of the rooflight, but this is also a solution

[g_thong]

Thank you for this! Do you know if there is any way to have the roof of the slope reported as a reporting parameter, or is this not possible?

[syman2000]

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@g_thong wrote:

Thank you for this! Do you know if there is any way to have the roof of the slope reported as a reporting parameter, or is this not possible?

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Currently it isn't possible.