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Create a roof sketch for a shed roof using the roof by footprint method. Apply slope properties to a roof sketch. Convert a roof sketch to a roof element.
Type:
Tutorial
Length:
7 min.
Tutorial resources
These downloadable resources will be used to complete this tutorial:
Transcript
00:04
We will begin by opening an existing project from the recent files page.
00:09
And within this view,
00:10
we'll use the shift key and the wheel on our mouse to orbit the model.
00:15
So we're looking at the front of the building
00:18
and we'll zoom in
00:19
and pan to the entrance here.
00:24
We're going to construct our shed roof on top of these three walls here,
00:29
the construction will take place within the floor plan level two.
00:34
So if we go over to the project browser and double click on level two
00:38
and once again using the wheel on our wheel mouse, we zoom and pan
00:42
over the entrance walls.
00:47
Now from the architecture tab build panel,
00:50
we'll click on the fly out for roof
00:53
and then select the roof by footprint tool.
00:56
We are now in sketch mode
00:58
by default, we can see within the draw panel here, we are using peg walls
01:03
and this will create a parametric relationship between the walls and the roof
01:08
up on the options bar within the overhang field. We'll just confirm that set to one ft
01:14
and we'll also confirm over here that the
01:16
defines slope check box is indeed unchecked.
01:21
We'll hover our cursor over the left hand vertical wall until we see a blue dash line.
01:26
And when we do so, we'll click
01:28
and do the same on the horizontal wall
01:31
and do the same on the right hand veritable.
01:36
We now need to close this loop.
01:38
So going back up to the draw panel or select the line tool
01:42
and we'll click where the lines we've just drawn,
01:46
intersect the mall of the main building.
01:49
So I'll click here
01:51
and we'll also click here when constructing any closed loops. It is essential.
01:56
They are clean and tidy,
01:58
meaning the objects making a loop cannot overhang, have gaps or overlay each other.
02:03
In this instance, we have overhanging lines.
02:06
So we'll need to resolve this before we click on the finish, edit mode
02:11
to resolve it. We're going to use the trim extend to corner tool
02:14
which we can find within the modify panel here.
02:17
So if we click on there
02:19
and now we're going to click on the bits of the profile,
02:23
the lines we've just drawn that we want to keep.
02:26
So we click on this line
02:28
and this line
02:29
and then repeat that over on the right hand side, click on this line
02:33
and this line and now we have a nice tidy loop.
02:37
We'll now click, modify up on the ribbon to exit that tool.
02:42
This line at the bottom,
02:43
the horizontal line needs to be assigned a slope and a particular angle.
02:48
So we'll click on there
02:50
and up on the options bar, we will now click in the defined slope check box
02:55
and make sure it's checked.
02:57
And over in the properties pallet dimensions section
03:01
will change that from 9
03:03
to 6 inches.
03:06
We can now see that this line has a slope symbol adjacent to it.
03:10
And the other three do not.
03:12
We are now ready from the contextual ribbon mode panel
03:16
to click on
03:17
the finish, edit mode, green tick.
03:20
Now, within this dollar box, we're going to answer this question
03:25
with attach.
03:28
So we have now created the roof as we can see.
03:32
But if we open up the 3D view,
03:35
we can see it even better
03:37
and we can confirm that the roof has been created
03:40
and the walls associated to it
03:42
have attached themselves
03:44
to it.
03:45
If we click in an empty space to deselect.
Video transcript
00:04
We will begin by opening an existing project from the recent files page.
00:09
And within this view,
00:10
we'll use the shift key and the wheel on our mouse to orbit the model.
00:15
So we're looking at the front of the building
00:18
and we'll zoom in
00:19
and pan to the entrance here.
00:24
We're going to construct our shed roof on top of these three walls here,
00:29
the construction will take place within the floor plan level two.
00:34
So if we go over to the project browser and double click on level two
00:38
and once again using the wheel on our wheel mouse, we zoom and pan
00:42
over the entrance walls.
00:47
Now from the architecture tab build panel,
00:50
we'll click on the fly out for roof
00:53
and then select the roof by footprint tool.
00:56
We are now in sketch mode
00:58
by default, we can see within the draw panel here, we are using peg walls
01:03
and this will create a parametric relationship between the walls and the roof
01:08
up on the options bar within the overhang field. We'll just confirm that set to one ft
01:14
and we'll also confirm over here that the
01:16
defines slope check box is indeed unchecked.
01:21
We'll hover our cursor over the left hand vertical wall until we see a blue dash line.
01:26
And when we do so, we'll click
01:28
and do the same on the horizontal wall
01:31
and do the same on the right hand veritable.
01:36
We now need to close this loop.
01:38
So going back up to the draw panel or select the line tool
01:42
and we'll click where the lines we've just drawn,
01:46
intersect the mall of the main building.
01:49
So I'll click here
01:51
and we'll also click here when constructing any closed loops. It is essential.
01:56
They are clean and tidy,
01:58
meaning the objects making a loop cannot overhang, have gaps or overlay each other.
02:03
In this instance, we have overhanging lines.
02:06
So we'll need to resolve this before we click on the finish, edit mode
02:11
to resolve it. We're going to use the trim extend to corner tool
02:14
which we can find within the modify panel here.
02:17
So if we click on there
02:19
and now we're going to click on the bits of the profile,
02:23
the lines we've just drawn that we want to keep.
02:26
So we click on this line
02:28
and this line
02:29
and then repeat that over on the right hand side, click on this line
02:33
and this line and now we have a nice tidy loop.
02:37
We'll now click, modify up on the ribbon to exit that tool.
02:42
This line at the bottom,
02:43
the horizontal line needs to be assigned a slope and a particular angle.
02:48
So we'll click on there
02:50
and up on the options bar, we will now click in the defined slope check box
02:55
and make sure it's checked.
02:57
And over in the properties pallet dimensions section
03:01
will change that from 9
03:03
to 6 inches.
03:06
We can now see that this line has a slope symbol adjacent to it.
03:10
And the other three do not.
03:12
We are now ready from the contextual ribbon mode panel
03:16
to click on
03:17
the finish, edit mode, green tick.
03:20
Now, within this dollar box, we're going to answer this question
03:25
with attach.
03:28
So we have now created the roof as we can see.
03:32
But if we open up the 3D view,
03:35
we can see it even better
03:37
and we can confirm that the roof has been created
03:40
and the walls associated to it
03:42
have attached themselves
03:44
to it.
03:45
If we click in an empty space to deselect.
Create a roof sketch for a shed roof using the roof by footprint method, apply slope properties, and convert a roof sketch to a roof element.
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