Locking the thickness of a roof.

[Anonymous]

In respect of this thread here.

Currently when you change the angle of a roof, the perpendicular thickness stays constant whilst the vertical thickness changes to suit.

I'd like to be able to lock either the vertical thickness or the perpendicular thickness of a roof depending on which was required to stay constant when the roof angle is changed.

Personally, I'm voting important essential as I think it an obvious funtionality enhancement that has been strangely missed out, which would require minimal programming to implement.

Many thanks!

[Eduardo Rolon]

TomWaltz wrote:
When you angle a wall in plan, you don't expect the thickness to change? Why should a roof? If you use the wall for a weird purpose, like trim or structure, you have to think about things like that. Roofs are no different.

Thanks Tom for the basics reminder, I just forgot that I started to learn AC yesterday. The newbie is going to sit on the corner and sulk.

[Jere]

I voted average. I can see how it might be useful, but in reality I doubt I'd ever use it. Materials generally have a fixed thickness. How it gets rotated in space shouldn't change its thickness. The tools should reflect how we build.

I would vote essential for having flexibility on the pivot line location (top or bottom or offset.) Being able to offset the pivot line such as you can to the reference line in a wall composite would be much more useful. In fact, that would be a nice feature on slabs as well.