lavorhaynie Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 I have an odd roof plane I need to draw. It is a simple triangle shape but each of the triangle points needs to be at a different elevation, making each edge non-parallel to the floor. It also make it difficult to determine the correct direction to draw the roof plane's baseline. See attached pics. Any ideas on how to draw a triangle roof plane like this would be greatly appreciated. It would be nice if the "Change Roof Pitch or Height" dialog offered one more button to "Pivot About Selected Edge". Thanks, LaVor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Have you tried the Join Roof Planes tool ? Or if that is what you are using and there is no way it will work, you can rotate the baseline in plan view or tilt it using the Baseline Angle: setting in the Roof Plane Specification DBX under the General Tab at the bottom. Failing that, post the plan file and someone will have a look for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavorhaynie Posted January 16, 2018 Author Share Posted January 16, 2018 Yes. The planes do not join correctly because the needed orientation of the baseline is unknown and the needed roof pitch is also unknown. I came up with a solution that uses CA geometry. It works perfectly and creates a roof plane that joins all edges correctly. Looks great! If any are interested in the solution, leave a comment and I will create a video showing how I resolved this. Best regards, LaVor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenGreene Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 8 hours ago, lavorhaynie said: I have an odd roof plane I need to draw. It is a simple triangle shape but each of the triangle points needs to be at a different elevation, making each edge non-parallel to the floor. It also make it difficult to determine the correct direction to draw the roof plane's baseline. See attached pics. Any ideas on how to draw a triangle roof plane like this would be greatly appreciated. It would be nice if the "Change Roof Pitch or Height" dialog offered one more button to "Pivot About Selected Edge". Thanks, LaVor I'd be more inclined to draw/build it like this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaneK Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 That roof plane can be set in place in the dbx. Post the plan please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renerabbitt Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 9 hours ago, lavorhaynie said: I have an odd roof plane I need to draw. It is a simple triangle shape but each of the triangle points needs to be at a different elevation, making each edge non-parallel to the floor. It also make it difficult to determine the correct direction to draw the roof plane's baseline. See attached pics. Any ideas on how to draw a triangle roof plane like this would be greatly appreciated. It would be nice if the "Change Roof Pitch or Height" dialog offered one more button to "Pivot About Selected Edge". Thanks, LaVor You can create 3 separate elevation points by using "baseline angle" as well in the roof plan dbx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 10 hours ago, lavorhaynie said: I came up with a solution that uses CA geometry. It works perfectly and creates a roof plane that joins all edges correctly. Looks great! If any are interested in the solution, leave a comment and I will create a video showing how I resolved this. That would be a great idea. Love to see what you did and how it worked out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaneK Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Yes please show us video on your method of repairing your roof plane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavorhaynie Posted January 16, 2018 Author Share Posted January 16, 2018 I will get the video done sometime today or tomorrow. Things are hopping here with a bunch of plans in the queue. Builders waiting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavorhaynie Posted January 18, 2018 Author Share Posted January 18, 2018 I finally took some time to create the video as promised. Below is the plan I used in the video, (a partial plan with needed objects). I have posted the video on youtube at https://youtu.be/AqT9pBODOMs Happy Chiefing! Roof Plane Issue.plan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 On 1/18/2018 at 0:01 PM, lavorhaynie said: I finally took some time to create the video as promised. Below is the plan I used in the video, (a partial plan with needed objects). I have posted the video on youtube at https://youtu.be/AqT9pBODOMs Happy Chiefing! Roof Plane Issue.plan Nice video Lavor : ) Thank you for bringing this up too. This was a fabulous challenge that really peaked my interest and so I decided to make a video of my own with my take. I would highly encourage anyone and everyone to watch this one. I think there’s some pretty good stuff in here... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Thanks for working that out Michael. I figured it could be done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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