Hip and Ridge Caps

[Mike_Maloney]

What is anyone or everyone using/doing to create Hip and Ridge Caps on Roofs. ?Particularly, Metal Roofing.

Thanks,

Mike Maloney
BIM Mgr
SSA
Jax, Fl.

[ws]

I've always used the Fascia sweep for ridges and hips.

Duplicate the standard family offered and change the profile to a previously created and loaded Profile family - just a simple outline of the shape required.
Then point and click at hips and ridges to create.

Unfortunately there is a bug in RAC 2010 which will stop this working properly on such as dormer roofs where the dormer roof has been joined to the main roof - the sweep refuses to extend beyond the extent of the dormer roof before it was stretched by the join tool to connect to the main roof.

[DoTheBIM]

I wonder...why do they keep breaking this feature, with every new version?

[ws]

Possibly because it is a slightly unusual use of the sweep fascia tool?

I have not heard back from Revit support (Europe) yet on this, but it's only been a few weeks ;)

[ws]

Fixed in Update 2 :)

thanks 8)

On projects already upgraded to 2010 from 2009 the ridge sweep is still short but you can now stretch it, or delete and create from scratch.