Trim top of wall

[Beginner]

I would like to trim the walls as shown in the picture. I can't trim them to the roof as they  go further up than the roof.

Hope someone can help me to the right, and hopefully easy method. I am new to Archicad, but have experience from Revit.

[Bob Moore]

I've always used the "Fake Wall" on top of the parapet as the coping or wall cap. The top of the wall should never be exposed.

[Bob Moore]

I meant to say Fake Roof not wall.

[Laszlo Nagy]

Here is my solution.

I was looking for an element that can be associated to the Roof slope, we can set its height relative to the Roof  top surface, and can trim the top of the Wall.

This is possible to do using a Railing composed of a single Toprail (which can be even Profiled). We can place it associated to the Nodes of the Roof outline, we can specify how high it is above the associated Roof Planes, and then we can use it as a SEO operator to cut off the top of the Wall. It can have the same Surface as the Wall or a different Surface. Also, the Railing can be placed on a separate and hidden if needed. If we change the Roof geometry it will update its position since it is associated to it.

I found only two issues:

1. If we change the Roof pitch the Railing reference line node associated to the Ridge will not stay associated and needs to be adjusted.

2. If the "Wall Top" Railing has the same Surface as the Wall below it, their Textures' orientation may not align. I would circumvent this by making the height thickness of the Railing very small (less than 10 mm) so its texture would not be visible very much.

[mthd]

All these methods above are very good and have applications in many situations.

I searched and found yet another method online that would also be applicable with a fancy formed pediment.

This method uses the morph tool and SEO’s to sculpture a gable wall that extends above the roof.

This video is 9 years old but it’s a great method and shows what else can be done right inside Archicad.

I would consider using this method in certain situations if applicable ?

https://youtu.be/v0l8UulwyOA

Have fun !

Edit: Another excellent video by Eric Bobrow on using the morph tool to create a facade and molding trim.

https://youtu.be/_EGdK-D7zXY