Home Designer Pro Roof Upper Pitch Options

A roof section s baseline is the line in 3d space around which the roof section pivots as you alter the roof section s pitch.

Home designer pro roof upper pitch options.

Home designer pro 2014 user s guide finding the start of an upper pitch when creating a roof style with lower and upper pitches you can determine the exact starts at or in from baseline values that you need in an elevation view. Roof pitch defined and explained. See to set a wall s roof directives on page 3. Check the box beside upper pitch.

To learn more see finding the start of an upper pitch on page 72. Open the build roof dialog check build roof planes. Roof pitch designations are comprised of two numbers indicating a ratio. To learn more see finding the start of an upper pitch on page 10.

See to set a wall s roof directives on page 3. A roof baseline is the uppermost portion of a roof plane directly above the main layer of a wall. Specify the upper pitch as 6 in 12 and the start height as 156. Click ok to close the wall specification dialog.

Specify where to start the upper pitch by specifying at what height to transition from the lower to the upper pitch or the measurement in from baseline where the. To learn more see finding the start of an upper pitch on page 13. Place a check next to the upper pitch and set this value. When you place a door or window it is inserted into the wall and the program automatically updates the framing.

Generate the roof using only the first lower pitch. The ratio can be indicated by a division slash separating the numbers such as 2 12 or 7 12. Baseline height does not include the roofing material or sheathing just the framing materials. See to set a wall s roof directives on page 63.

Click ok to close the wall specification dialog. Check the box beside upper pitch. Select build roof build roof from the menu and in the build roof dialog specify the desired default pitch for your roof check either build roof planes or auto rebuild roofs then click ok. As you draw walls the program creates a 3d model.

Click ok to close the wall specification dialog. To find the start of an upper pitch 1. Open the build roof dialog check build roof planes. Advanced building tools for roofs foundations and framing make the design process easy.

The roof that results will have the default pitch over all non gable walls except those for which you specified a different pitch. Specify the upper pitch as 6 in 12 and the start height as 156. Open the build roof dialog check build roof planes. Pitch is the term used to describe the angle slope or slant of your roof.

Or the colon can replace the slash as in 2 12 or 7 12. Use the upper pitch setting in the wall specification to set upper and lower pitch options to create a gambrel style roof. Check the box beside upper pitch.