Home Designer Pro Roof Upper Pitch Options

Check the box beside upper pitch.

Home designer pro roof upper pitch options. Click ok to close the wall specification dialog. Roof pitch designations are comprised of two numbers indicating a ratio. Click ok to close the wall specification dialog. Use the upper pitch setting in the wall specification to set upper and lower pitch options to create a gambrel style roof.

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 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. Advanced building tools for roofs foundations and framing make the design process easy.

The ratio can be indicated by a division slash separating the numbers such as 2 12 or 7 12. As you draw walls the program creates a 3d model. Specify the upper pitch as 6 in 12 and the start height as 156. To learn more see finding the start of an upper pitch on page 72.

When you move walls the roof and foundation are also updated. See to set a wall s roof directives on page 3. To learn more see finding the start of an upper pitch on page 10. Specify the upper pitch as 6 in 12 and the start height as 156.

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. Select the roof panel and put in the desired lower pitch for the roof plane that will build over this wall or railing. Check the box beside upper pitch. 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.

To learn more see finding the start of an upper pitch on page 13. Check the box beside upper pitch. Roof pitch defined and explained. When you place a door or window it is inserted into the wall and the program automatically updates the framing.

Open the build roof dialog check build roof planes. Generate the roof using only the first lower pitch. Open the build roof dialog check build roof planes. Baseline height does not include the roofing material or sheathing just the framing materials.

Pitch is the term used to describe the angle slope or slant of your roof. The roof that results will have the default pitch over all non gable walls except those for which you specified a different pitch. Or the colon can replace the slash as in 2 12 or 7 12. Place a check next to the upper pitch and set this value.

To find the start of an upper pitch 1. Specify the upper pitch as 6 in 12 and the start height as 156. 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.