topic Re: Roof Flare in Modeling

Roof Flare

Anonymous — Tue, 23 May 2023 12:34:55 GMT

How has anyone modeled roof flares like over a bay or any other place where a metal roof "swoop" was needed? Without using morph.

I have 2 conditions where one is over a box bay double window and they are requesting a hip roof out of metal with a slight flare.
The other is a long leg of a gable end that continues down past the opposing side and flares off slightly at the end to a lower height.

Attached pic and the 2 areas with the arrow to them is where I need the flare, or swoop.

Re: Roof Flare

Steve Jepson — Thu, 15 Aug 2013 18:57:10 GMT

Did you try to make it with a complex profile ?

there are several ways to make those roofs curved but even when you do figure out how to make it one way or the other you may not be happy with how smooth the curves are.

Re: Roof Flare

Anonymous — Thu, 15 Aug 2013 19:07:50 GMT

I haven't thought about complex profile. I am in the midst right now of covering all of the cornices with gutter/soffit/crown/frieze complex profile right now.

I just wanted to ask and later find out, oh I could have just bent a slab. Or some secret hidden menu item I am not aware of.

Thanks!

Re: Roof Flare

Erich — Thu, 15 Aug 2013 19:46:02 GMT

I've done this with a shell most recently. I prefer it over the morph or complex profile because it behaves more like a roof does.

Re: Roof Flare

Anonymous — Fri, 16 Aug 2013 12:33:12 GMT

Erich,

I tried with shell and I cannot for the life of me, even giving morph a try get it to work.
The shells won't work correctly or trim or bend like I need them too. I know it's a ID-10T error on my part but I decided to just fake it and use 2-D lines and fills because I cannot spend 2 days on this when I could have spent 3 seconds in CAD drawing 2 lines. It kills me to say that but not sure if 3D is for us with me able to draw 10,000 sq foot houses within days in CAD and taking over 2 weeks to model them just to be like, cool, look at the 3D.

I tried morph, shell, complex profile, roof...nothing can get that corner I need to both be curved slightly. It's 7:32 am and I am already wanting to drink.