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Choose either the Single-plane or Multi-plane construction method to create a Roof element. Like other construction elements, a Roof’s essential structure derives from its Building Material, defined in Roof Tool Settings. The Multi-plane Roof is a single element despite ...

This document was prepared in response to the ArchiCAD-Talk question of when to use the Figure Tool rather than the Drawing Tool.   Drawing Tool Figure Tool What it inserts ArchiCAD views (internal or external), external drawings ( DWG , DXF, DWF…

Tool settings dialog boxes can be accessed from the Toolbox, the Info Box palette, or from context menus. They contain the settings that define the appearance and parameters of the elements drawn using the tools. To open a Tool Settings dialog box, do one of the following: •Double-click ...

Tool settings dialog boxes can be accessed from the Toolbox, the Info Box palette, or from context menus. They contain the settings that define the appearance and parameters of the elements drawn using the tools. To open a Tool Settings dialog box, do one of the following: •Double-click ...

1.Draw the Floor Plan outline of your building (i.e. external walls). 2.Activate the Roof Tool, and use the Multi-plane Construction method and the Hip geometry method.   3.In Roof Settings, adjust the main roof parameters (e.g. pitch, eaves overhang) 4.Click twice to place the ...

The following sections show you how to create the following roof types, step by step: Hip Roof Complex Roof Gable Roof Pyramidal Roof ...

1.Draw the Floor Plan outline of your building (i.e. external walls). 2.Activate the Roof Tool, and use the Multi-plane construction method and the Complex geometry method.   3.In Roof Settings, adjust the main roof parameters (e.g. pitch, eaves overhang) 4.Trace the outline the ...

For a description of generic settings common to all tools in the Toolbox, see Working in Tool Settings Dialog Boxes. For general information, see Walls. For information on the Structural Analytical Parameters Panel of Wall Tool Settings: See 2D Members (Slab, Wall, Roof) Wall Geometry ...

  Create this by trimming two separate gable roofs to each other. 1.Start by creating two roofs gabled at each end, and placed atop each other, like this:   To see how to make a gable roof, see Gable Roof. You can adjust the pivot line elevations of each roof as needed to ...

  Try two ways of making a pyramid roof: •On the Floor Plan, use the Roof Tool - Multi-plane construction method, with the Rectangular Hip geometry method, to draw a square roof outline.   •Another way is to select the ridge of an ordinary hip roof in the 3D Window. ...