You can draw your eaves dimensions on the ceiling plan.
Roof overhang to show dashed in plan revit.
And now i need to set it s underlay to show the roof element.
Then select the line style you want to represent the roof overhang in the view.
On the options bar for overhang enter 3 and clear defines slope.
Alternatively create a new ceiling plan cut just below the eaves that shows only walls and rooves with wall display overridden to dashed.
When a dashed line is displayed on the exterior of the wall press tab to select the chain of walls and click to place the roof lines.
Here is my simple building a single storey building with an overhanging pitched roof.
It is also worth knowing that.
On the options bar for overhang enter 600 and select defines slope.
On the draw panel click pick walls.
Return to the properties dialog box and change the underlay to none.
Extend into wall to core.
Overlay the roof plan and this celing plan on the sheet they will snap align.
Create a sloped roof with an overhang.
In the properties dialog box for the view you want to see the overhang lines in set the underlay drop down to be the level on which the roof was created.
Repeat for the north and east walls.
Create roof lines with an overhang.
In the drawing area highlight the west wall.
Two options for the overhang.
This post explores the effect of different types of wall finish materials on the overhang of the roof.
First of all i need to open the ground floor plan.
In the drawing area highlight an entry wall.
This makes the roof line visible in the plan view but the lines appear as solid lines.
On the draw panel click pick walls.
Click on each roof edge line to change the linetype.
Now click on the lines of the roof overhang you wish to be visible this will change their line style.
Select the linework tool from the modify tab view panel.
When a dashed line is displayed on the exterior of the wall click to place the roof line.
Select the linework tool in the view panel on the home ribbon.
Select the desired linetype from the line style type selector.
This video will show you how to increase the overhang on a portion of the roof and fix the eave height.
So let s say i want to show the outline of the roof on my ground floor plan.