Specifying slopes while using Modify Sub Elements.

[PowellDesign]

While modelling external floors it is important that specific falls are achieved away from the building in order to achieve good drainage. While this can be done with slope arrows or slope defining sketch lines for simple floor shapes, for more complex floor shapes with multiple slopes this is not possible. An alternative is shape editing using Modify Sub Elements.

At present while using the Modify Sub Elements tool one can only manipulate the elevation of either a point or a line.

My suggestion is that while in this mode the user would also be able to define the slope between points, similar to how this can be done with pipes in MEP (see below).

I've made a related suggestion for Express elevations relative to multiple levels while using Modify Sub Elements. Please take a look if you are interested.

Thanks,

Martin Powell

[samuelsanf]

I agree.


They show a slope value, but that doesn't work

[sasha.crotty]

Thanks for taking the time to submit your idea. Unfortunately, this idea did not get the support of the community over the last 6 months and as such we will not be pursuing it at this time. Please feel free to rework (titles and clear descriptions are really important) and resubmit this one down the road.

[Anonymous]

This needs to happen.  Maybe not the exact method, but rather be able to divide the roof into multiple areas to reduce the the complexity, then start applying slopes to those areas.  The way the current tool works is the opposite of how sloped insulation would really be constructed - ie: slope should take priority.  This is still a persistent problem 3 years later.

[rolandga]

Yes, this is such an obvious need for any architecture firm, it's a shame Autodesk doesn't just implement this simple change. Instead, users are punching numbers into calculators to figure out the height of the tapered insulation at the roof edges; or don't model the tapered roof slope at all and then realize that the parapet isn't high enough to cover the roof thickness during construction, when Revit could have been used to prevent these kinds of costly mistakes.

[marina_arampatzi]

Is there the possibility to work with modify sub elements on a roof, or floor that already has a genelar slope? Because sometimes we need different elevations at the corners on the top face but we alse need a flat general slope on the bottom face (which means that variable at type properties would not work, as it makes the bottom face horizontal). Thank you.