topic Re: Roof Accessory Tool - Standing Seam in Modeling

Roof Accessory Tool - Standing Seam

Steve Jepson — Tue, 23 May 2023 12:11:59 GMT

Is there a way to control the layout of the standing seams to the match on each side of the ridge?
When the roofs surfaces are the same on each side of a ridge or valley you can just mirror the metal roof, however, if they are a little different that does not work so well.

Re: Roof Accessory Tool - Standing Seam

Carstenem — Mon, 30 Jul 2018 00:26:27 GMT

You can but it's a bit fiddly .

- moving the roof reference line in 2D moves the 2D display.
- To move the 3D you have to extend/reduce one side of the roof to match the opposite side, then extend/reduce the other side accordingly. ( do this in 3D view )

Help screen shot attached.

Re: Roof Accessory Tool - Standing Seam

Steve Jepson — Mon, 30 Jul 2018 20:55:57 GMT

Carstenem wrote:
You can but it's a bit fiddly .

- moving the roof reference line in 2D moves the 2D display.
- To move the 3D you have to extend/reduce one side of the roof to match the opposite side, then extend/reduce the other side accordingly. ( do this in 3D view )

Help screen shot attached.

Yes. That's what I am doing where I can, modeling the both roofs the same, generate that standing seam metal roof, mirror it, then adjust the one roof and the metal roof with adjust with it. But you can't always use that method. I use other tricks a well to get what I need. I was just hoping someone knew how to control it without the work-arrounds.

Re: Roof Accessory Tool - Standing Seam

Carstenem — Mon, 30 Jul 2018 22:17:02 GMT

yeah I think that's about it about this tool !

Re: Roof Accessory Tool - Standing Seam

Erwin Edel — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 06:44:29 GMT

Gave up on that long ago and when I want to show those seams, I model them with single plane roofs, which I can connect together easily with CTRL + clicking an edge. Multiply with a spread at the proper distance does the rest.

Early stages I just show a vectorial fill.