Note: If you're using Home Designer Pro, place a check in the 'Build Roof Planes' box and click OK. On the Roof panel of the Build Roof dialog, the default Pitch (in 12) of the entire roof, its Minimum Alcove Size setting, and the Roof Overhang values can all be set.Select Build> Roof> Build Roof from the menu.By default, a Hip Roof will be automatically created on our 40' x 30' structure without making any changes.In this article, we will show you how to create the following roof styles automatically:Ī hip roof has a roof plane built over every exterior wall in the plan that does not have another wall drawn above it, as shown in the image below. The pitch, along with the roof style can be overwritten on a per-wall basis by accessing the Roof panel that wall's specification dialog.įor this tutorial we will begin by creating a basic 40' x 30' enclosed rectangular structure as shown in the image below. The Pitch value set in the Build Roof dialog only sets the default pitch for all roof planes in a plan. How do I use the automatic roof tools to create some of the basic roof styles?Īutomatically creating the basic roof styles in Home Designer can be easy using the Roof panel located in the Wall Specification dialog.
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