In the type selector select a roof type.
Revit massing roof.
Mass instance properties modify instance properties to generate mass floors or to see the gross volume surface area and floor area of the selected mass.
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Lines and on the options bar choose polygon enter 8 sides and choose circumscribed polygon it really doesn t matter how you sketch the base of the roof mass use whatever method you like.
Revit will ask you for a name for the family and offer mass 1.
The beauty of the forms derived from masses is that they can be loaded in a project and added as components.
You just have to get used to the modeling process.
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Be aware however that the visibility of masses in all views is turned off by default in the visibility graphics overrides dialog box.
Click massing site tab model by face panel roof by face.
See hd version of video tutorial here.
Revit s massing tools are awesome.
Optional on the options bar specify the level of the roof.
You can use 3d design software to create large scale massing studies and then use revit to associate host elements walls roofs and so on to the mass faces.