topic Re: Roof Kickers in Modeling

Roof Kickers

Anonymous — Tue, 23 May 2023 12:22:53 GMT

I have a condition and I am trying to figure this out before I start on the plan.

The house will have 2 pitches, a low kicker pitch, then the main structural pitch. I do not know these pitches as of yet but I have used 9:12 and 14:12 in the past. The condition I will be using will have a smooth transition between the 2 pitches.

Do I make it with the 2 pitches and there is some setting that escapes me that has them to be smooth?

Or do I do like 5 pitches and have each one smooth out as it moves from the main one to the lower one?

The catch is, (as seen in the photos attached), is I do not need to show the lines in the roof elevation or floor plan. It needs to be an invisible transition.

Method suggestions appreciated.

Re: Roof Kickers

Anonymous — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 19:25:00 GMT

other option. both just have to be "smooth"

Re: Roof Kickers

Barry Kelly — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 01:12:39 GMT

To get an actual curve then you could try the shell tool or a complex profile wall or beam.

Barry.

Re: Roof Kickers

Anonymous — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 02:17:37 GMT

Barry wrote:
To get an actual curve then you could try the shell tool or a complex profile wall or beam.

Barry.

Unfortunately even a perfect tangential transition from straight to curve has a line at the tangent. Image below is using a Complex Profile beam.
(PS existing building, not our design 😉 )

Re: Roof Kickers

Erich — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 02:19:10 GMT

While it's not as convenient as the roof tool, the shell it the answer. I have used it a number of times in the past few years for similar conditions where seams were completely unacceptable.

Re: Roof Kickers

Erich — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 02:21:23 GMT

s2art wrote:
Barry wrote:
To get an actual curve then you could try the shell tool or a complex profile wall or beam.

Barry.
Unfortunately even a perfect tangential transition from straight to curve has a line at the tangent. Image below is using a Complex Profile beam.
(PS existing building, not our design 😉 )

The morph tool would fix that if it was a must.

Re: Roof Kickers

Anonymous — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 02:51:08 GMT

Erich wrote:
s2art wrote:
Barry wrote:
To get an actual curve then you could try the shell tool or a complex profile wall or beam.

Barry.
Unfortunately even a perfect tangential transition from straight to curve has a line at the tangent. Image below is using a Complex Profile beam.
(PS existing building, not our design 😉 )
The morph tool would fix that if it was a must.

Tried to convert it to a morph, but when I deleted the offending line it took the whole surface with it

Re: Roof Kickers

Anonymous — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 03:05:37 GMT

Instead of deleting line, select both the curved surface and the tangental flat surface. then Design>Modify Morth>Smooth and merge faces. Make sure you preserve boundaries