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Rotating a roof with 2 pitches?

Anonymous
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Im fairly new to ArchiCad and was wondering if there is a way to rotate a single plane roof in two directions?
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Barry Kelly
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A roof plane can only ever pitch in one direction, however the pitching line can be at an angle to the front of the roof so it appears to be pitching in two directions.

See this post and follow the links for more info.

https://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=66929

Barry.
One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
i7-10700 @ 2.9Ghz, 32GB ram, GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11

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Barry Kelly
Moderator
A roof plane can only ever pitch in one direction, however the pitching line can be at an angle to the front of the roof so it appears to be pitching in two directions.

See this post and follow the links for more info.

https://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=66929

Barry.
One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
i7-10700 @ 2.9Ghz, 32GB ram, GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11