Making Standing Seam Roofing In Revit

Most of the time this is a sufficient representation of a standing metal seam roof.

Making standing seam roofing in revit.

Hi all im very new to revit just transitioned from autocad. Natural non coated aluminium for standing seam roofs facades and flashings. So why bother modeling the seams in 3d. I guess it depends on how specific you want it to look.

A free cloud tool where you can build entire revit wall and roof assemblies layer by layer using berridge products. And needing a little help i have created a roof by footprint using the basic roof generic 125mm roof provided in revit 2019 however i want to change the roof construction to a klip lok roof so it is represents the correct material and profile in the 3d model. By default the revit material for standing seam metal roof has a surface pattern and an image with a bump map. The data is there the graphic representation is there and your construction documents will look fine.

The data and graphic representation is shown and it will look fine in your construction documentation. A quick tip to create a seamed metal roof in revit 2018 should you need to represent standing seam metal roof ridges in 3d. The sheet has practically no resilience so that tight seams can be made. The revit 2018 material for standing seam metal roofs has a surface pattern and an image with a bump map as a default.

Standing seam systems alternative systems simulated tile systems. I use a material called roofing metal standing seam that i set to use an ootb relief pattern called standing seam png to control the render appearance and a simple model surface pattern called standing seam 16 etc to control it s graphics for plans and elevations and it works great. Creating a seamed metal roof using revit 2018. Most of the time this is a sufficent representation of a standing metal seam roof.

The material may be seamed by machine or.