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You can also access it under the ribbon menu Home tab Roof title in the architectural program.

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General Tab

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Specifications

Roof elevation

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The height of the roof from the floor is entered.

Roof thickness

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The thickness of the roof cover is entered.

Roof eaves types

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The preferred type of roof eaves shown in figures is selected by clicking with the left mouse button.

Roof ID

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Enter a name for the roof object to be created.

Eaves overhang

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Overhang length is entered. While drawing the roof, the eaveses of the polygon created are shifted outward by the value entered here to create a roof.

Materials Tab

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Specifications

Single material

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 By selecting the single material option, the material selected in "Upper material" is used on all surfaces of the object.

Upper material

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The material to be used on the top surface of the roof is selected from the list. The material list window opens with the left mouse button. The material is selected from the opened material list. The materials must be predefined.

Under material

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The material to be used on the sub surface of the roof is selected from the list. The material list window opens with the left mouse button. The material is selected from the opened material list. The materials must be predefined.

Side material

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The material to be used on the surfaces other than the top and sub surfaces of the roof is selected from the list. The material list window opens with the left mouse button. The material is selected from the opened material list. The materials must be predefined.

Detail material

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The material to be used on the surfaces of the roof details is selected from the list. The material list window opens with the left mouse button. The material is selected from the opened material list. The materials must be predefined.

World length

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Texture length is entered. For example; If 1 is entered, the selected material texture is taken as 1 meter and covered on the relevant roof. Considering that the texture is in the form of a square, the object surfaces are covered with 1x1 textures arranged side by side. It can be determined separately for each surface.

Angle

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The texture angle is entered.

U mirror

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It takes the symmetry of the texture with respect to the y-plane.

V mirror

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It takes the symmetry of the texture with respect to the x-plane.

U offset

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The motion value of the texture in the x-plane is entered.

V offset

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The motion value in the y-plane of the texture is entered

Colors and Linetypes Tab

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Specifications

Linetypes

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Linetype is selected separately for roof, rafters, purlins, fascia board, lath, hip/valley rafter, post strut, collar beam and trimmer. Clicking the down arrow button on the right side of the boxes opens the list of line types. From here, the desired line type can be selected by clicking the left mouse button. There are 22 types of line types available.

Colors

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Different colors can be used for each roof element. Click on the color box with the left mouse button and the mouse cursor slides over the opened color palette. The button is released when the wanted color is reached. The color box turns into the selected color. If the color box is clicked on the keyboard with the Shift key, the pen thickness of the relevant color can be adjusted.

Components Tab

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Add new components: Assigns the building materials defined for the detailed building components metering to the wall object.

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Following are the lines that appear in the proportion list according to the roof object and material size.

Roof

Measure

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Explanation

Constant

Independent

The fixed measure used will be used exactly as the amount.

Length

Independent

It means that the length measure found while defining the material will be used exactly as the length value.

Perimeter

It means that the length of the material will be found by multiplying the circumference of the roof with the length measurement found when defining the material.

Thickness

It means that the length of the material will be found by multiplying the length measurement found when defining the material and the thickness of the roof.

Area

Independent

It means that the area measure found while defining the material will be used exactly as the field value.

Area

By multiplying the area measure found when defining the material with the area of ​​the roof, the area of ​​the material will be found.

Volume

Independent

The volume measurement found when defining the material will be used exactly as the volume value.

Count

Independent

The number measure found while defining the material will be used exactly as the number value.

Count

The number measure found while defining the material will be used exactly as the number value.

Edge count

The number value found by multiplying the number of sides of the roof with the number of sides found when defining the material means to be used as the number of the material.

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Creating a Roof

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