Profiled sheet roof cladding

[septerverius]

Has anyone any idea how to model industrial type roof cladding in Revit 2010?

[Mike Sealander]

Welcome to the fora.
Personally, I would not try to model standing seam or S-deck in order to mimic the sheet metal profile. If you are interested in acknowledging the overall height of a standing seam roof, you may want to to simply set your roof sheathing layer to the overall seam height layer. Assuming this first post indicates you are still climbing up the steep part of the Revit learning curve (which we all have done or are doing), one important lesson I am continually learning is: what to model, and what not to model.

[tropitech]

...and if you can do simple modelling this is quite easy, get a profile of what you want and simply extrude it. This is not neccessarily creating a roof for scheduling though. Mike is right though, don't overdo what you don't need to, it's even easier to set a thickness to your roof structure and just apply a nice looking viewport and/or rendering texture.

[septerverius]

But this is such a common cladding material that I am surprised that someone somewhere (manufacturer or even Autodesk?) hasn't come up with a simple way of applying a profiled sheet finish to a wall or roof. After all there is a pan tile available which isn't so different in profile.

[tropitech]

content creation can go on forever...many manufacturers websites have colour swatches and tileable textures with a realistic look, simple to apply to a flat face and still look RPC-ish in a render. remember too, the less faces in a model the easier it is on your cpu. i don't think anyone is suggesting what you want is a bad idea. It's relatively easy to extrude a profile...then save it as a new family and you'll have one of your very own.

[dhurtubise]

Depending on the size of your model you might (like said earlier) consider not modelling it. A simple fill pattern could do it on large model where a sloped glazing with specific panel could give you a very accurate model.
Your call :-)