Spanish Tile?

[m_r_meza]

Any tips on constructing a spanish tile roof in Revit?

[beegee]

These are all from a search using the keywords " Spanish " and " Tile ".

Roof Tile Pattern Problem. (http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=8709&highlight=spanish+tile)

Roof Tile (http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=8640&highlight=spanish+tile)

Hatch Starting Point (http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=6951&highlight=spanish+tile)

Spanish Tile Drafting problem (http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=2825&highlight=spanish+tile)

[archjake]

I would only recommend this one for rendered presentations as this is definitely over modeling in my opinion.

Also, if you break the curves into short line segments it may help to not bog down your system, and you can make a roof sub-category and put your in place family into that category. This way you can turn it off in views you don't need to see it.

you can create the tiles with a modeled in place family. Sweep it along a sloped plane, or however you can to get it to work for you.

See the attached example.

Also, On RUGI there were some families for tile ridges that were already modeled. Are they still posted somewhere online?

[Arnel Aguel]

I would rather use model pattern for the drawing output then if you have viz/max just use displacement modifier to create a realistic spanish roof tile.

Some examples attached.

[mmolina]

OR, you guys are going to hate this.
export your elevation to dwg.
hatch it in autocad.
export hatch, import back into Revit

[Arnel Aguel]

Why do you need to export/import the hatch if you can do it the easy way in revit alone using model pattern?

The originator was asking how to model a tile roof in revit which is quite daunting to do and will just burden the machine.

[Steve_Stafford]

...you guys are going to hate this...export your elevation to dwg...Revit can apply a surface hatch pattern (model patterns) to objects that are at an angle to a view and display them accordingly, which Autocad can't do. No advantage there...besides it isn't really related to the question.

We tend to model two roofs, one structural and one finish. It allows you to overhang the tile edge as much as desired, gives you added thickness to the roof and for most views is sufficient when used with a spanish tile model pattern. For rendering purposes, using some other more intensive modeling techniques might make sense unless you are using Viz or Max.

[sbrown]

Note you can also paint the end(fascia edge) of the tile roof thickness with the same material as the roof, this gives it the hatch patterns, and looks really good in elevations.