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Create a Single-plane Roof on the Floor Plan

Note: Apart from drawing a new Roof as described below, you can also select a Multi-plane Roof and split it into several Single-plane Roofs, using Edit > Reshape > Split into Single-plane Roofs or Design > Roof Extras > Split into Single-plane Roofs. 1.Select the ...

Customize Roof Plane

For a Multi-plane Roof, you can customize any of its planes so that its surfaces, eaves overhang, and pitch are different from the Roof Settings ...

RoofMaker Settings

(Design > Roof Extras > RoofMaker) Rafter Settings Dialog Box Select a roof on the floor plan. Choose Create a Rafter from the Design > Roof Extras > RoofMaker menu (or select the first icon from the RoofMaker toolbox). The Rafter Settings dialog box appears in ...

RoofMaker Settings

(Design > Roof Extras > RoofMaker) Rafter Settings Dialog Box Select a roof on the floor plan. Choose Create a Rafter from the Design > Roof Extras > RoofMaker menu (or select the first icon from the RoofMaker toolbox). The Rafter Settings dialog box appears in ...

Graphical Editing of Roof Geometry

To graphically edit the geometry of a selected Roof, edit any of the following: •the pivot line •a ridge line •the Roof level dividing line, if your Roof has several levels •the Contour line To edit the pivot line, use the familiar polygon editing commands in the ...

Gable 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 rectangular Gable geometry method (this is found in the pop-up next to the Hip geometry method).   3.In Roof Settings, adjust the main ...

Create a Single-plane Roof in the 3D Window

Note: Apart from drawing a new Roof as described below, you can also select a Multi-plane Roof and split it into several Single-plane Roofs, using Edit > Reshape > Split into Single-plane Roofs or Design > Roof Extras > Split into Single-plane Roofs. Use this method ...

About Roofs

Choose either the Single-plane or Multi-plane construction method to create a Roof element. Like other construction elements, a ...

Mansard Roof

  To create a Mansard Roof, you want a Multi-plane Roof that has two different levels to accommodate two different pitches. 1.Begin with ...

Add a Tower to the Roof

1.Begin with a regular hip roof. 2.In the Floor Plan or 3D, select the pivot line on the plane where you want to add the tower. 3.Chamfer the polygon to create an additional roof plane.       4.In this new plane, again select the pivot line and use polygon ...