Dutch Gable roofs

[-OTTP-Brembo]

Ae there any tutorials to create a Dutch Gable Roof ?

[sbrown]

there sure is, do a search on this group for it, basically you just split the line of the gable end of the roof in two places equal dist from the center, then place a slope arrrow facing toward the roof, set the tail offset to the hieght above the fascia you wan the gable to start at and set the slope.

[-OTTP-Brembo]

I have tried to do a search, must be using the wrong keywords?

[Steve_Stafford]

Check out this tutorial...

http://revit.autodesk.com/pillar/custserv/web/service/support_4.0/faq/Implementation_Series/week_7/week_7.html#Start%20Roof%20Exercises

By Dutch Gable are you refering to a gambrel or two pitch roof (like you see in Barns in the USA) or the portion of a gable end of a roof that has a smaller pitched section. Dutch Gable, when I think of it means the gambrel roof... This type of roof is can be done pretty well as a Roof by Extrusion. For another approach...you can also do them as an in-place roof family, either a sweep or extrusion.

[mlgatzke]

I've always understood a Dutch Gable to be a roof that starts on the low-side as a hip. Then, as it approaches the ridge, it switches to a gable.

[Steve_Stafford]

The first roof in the tutorial covers the type Mike describes.

btw, deja vu...I went into this in a thread at the Autodesk Revit ng's... Mike's explanation seems to be consistent with what most folks think of when talking about a dutch gable. I'm confusing gambrel with it...

This is what I get when I "google" (a verb now eh) dutch gable...

http://ah.bfn.org/a/DCTNRY/d/dutchgable.html

[artitech]

What he's after we here in Northern Ontario (Canada) usually refer to as a "Dutch Hip".


:-)

[Matt Brennan]

You can also check out this Dutch Hip Post or http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?p=172932#post172932.

But otherwise ALL good ideas!

[patricks]

Should be able to easily accomplish the Dutch Gable using the Cutoff Level function and 2 roof elements.

[Matt Brennan]

Should be able to easily accomplish the Dutch Gable using the Cutoff Level function and 2 roof elements.

Your right Patrick. It’s usually easier to create 3 different roofs that one complex roof. After creating the 3 roofs, remember to use the join geometry tool to clean up any unnecessary lines usually seen on elevations and sections. .