ArchLand00085.pngCreating a Custom Massing Model Roof

If the standard flat or pitched massing model roof is not sufficient for portraying a more specific type of model, the roof geometry can be customized.

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To create a custom massing model roof:

1. Create the massing model as described in Creating Landscape Walls.

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2. Select Use Custom Roof from Profile.

3. Select Modify > Edit Massing Model to enter roof profile editing mode.

In this mode, the roof can be selected and modified by standard editing methods used in the Vectorworks program; see Editing Objects. The Reshape tool can also be used.

The first roof created by the object is used as the default custom roof; if the number of stories has changed, the height of the custom roof needs to be manually adjusted. A pitched roof is treated as a roof object; edit its parameters as described in Editing Roof Objects. Eaves can be changed to gables, for example.

The geometry of a pitched roof can be further edited by selecting Modify > Edit Group and creating cut-outs; see Creating Cutouts in a Roof Object. Geometry can be added to the roof (a dome or cupola), or subtracted from the roof using 3D tools. Click the Exit Group button (or select Modify > Exit Group) to return to the roof profile editing mode.

Deleting the existing custom roof causes a copy of the current standard roof, pitched or flat, to be placed in the group when the group is exited.

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4. When the roof edits have been made, click the Exit Profile button (or select Modify > Exit Profile) to return to the drawing.

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Changes to the massing model may require manual updates to the custom roof; select the massing model and select Modify > Edit Massing Model to make any changes.

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Creating a Massing Model

Editing a Group

Editing Roof Objects

 

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