“Creating a roof”
- In your Vectorworks file, after you have built a set of walls and a floor, you can easily create a simple roof.
- Begin by selecting the walls that completely contain your building or select/create a polygon that represents the area of the roof. (You can use the AEC>Create Polys from Walls command or draw the 2D polygon yourself).
- With one of the above selected choose AEC>Create Roof...
- The Create Roof dialog box will open presenting you with several options.
- Type in the basic parameters of the roof an outline of the parameters appears below. Click “Ok” when finished.
- Eave Profile: Changes the type/look of the eave.
- Thickness: The overall thickness of the roof assembly.
- Bearing Inset: The depth of the birdsmouth cutout in the rafter (usually the thickness of the wall framing member.
- Roof Pitch: This is the degree of the roof above horizontal or they rise and run of the roof separated by a colon (ex: 6:12)
- Bearing Height: The height of the bearing member, usually the wall.
- Eave Height: Specifies the height of the eave.
- Eave Overhang: Adjusts the depth of the eave’s overhang
- Layer: Choose the layer you want for the roof.
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