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mansard roof

Anonymous
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hi
i would like draw mansard roof . building has got shape quadrangle shapeless so wall has got changeable high. how do it?
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Anonymous
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j0asia wrote:
hi
i would like draw mansard roof . building has got shape quadrangle shapeless so wall has got changeable high. how do it?
Could you post a sketch?
Laszlo Nagy
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The PolyRoof construction method of the Roof Tool may be what you are looking for.
Check the Manual for its description.
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Djordje
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Try

http://www.graphisoft.com/archiguide_archive/ArchiGuide_Online_6o/issue15/roofs.html

In general: do two single plane roofs, make the gable walls as high as the roof ridge, trim the walls to roofs. That's it.
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Anonymous
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this is sketch