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Great materials on this! Did you have to manually model the standing seams on the metal roof? What about the board and batten?

Cody

On 10/31/2022 at 7:06 AM, OldBarnDesign said:

Great materials on this! Did you have to manually model the standing seams on the metal roof? What about the board and batten?

Cody

Hi Cody, neither of those would have to be modeled manually, however that is what I did. It's a small thing that makes a big difference!

5 hours ago, robdyck said:

Hi Cody, neither of those would have to be modeled manually, however that is what I did. It's a small thing that makes a big difference!

Indeed! Being in Texas, we do a lot of farmhouse style homes with these types of materials and finishes.  Currently I only use textures in Chief to represent the B&B and metal roof. It gets the point across to the client; however, for website/marketing renderings, having it actually modeled really does make a huge difference! Kudos to you, I presume simple 3D solids copied at intervals would do the trick?

Cody

@OldBarnDesign 3d solids are the most reliable for stability within Chief. I used rafters, then turned off the automatic height and raised them in the z-axis. Rafters provide the ability to be edited in plan view using CAD tools. But, occasionally they can move (seemingly on their own). When using rafters, they should be one of the last things done prior to rendering. Just my experience anyway!

Thanks for the advice!

@robdyck Rafters for the standing seam is genius and quick...great tip.  The BnB certainly pop when done manually.  Material regions?  Well done!

1 hour ago, BenPalmer said:

Material regions?  Well done

Yes. Fast and simple. One more tip: I place material regions (used as battens) on their own layer so they match the pattern line settings in layout.