Sweeney Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Hi all, Wondering if anyone has recommendations on achieving a metal snowbelt? Something like the attached photo. Thanks! Austin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chief58 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Sweeny a couple things you might try is doing manual roofs with 2 seperate materials on them or doing a materal region for the for those area's, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RL-inc Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Interesting idea, How does it work in practical application. Meaning how do you set the metal roofing and flashing so that it lays under the comp above? Step down the framing 1 1/2" or so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridge_Runner Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 12 hours ago, RL-inc said: Interesting idea, How does it work in practical application. Meaning how do you set the metal roofing and flashing so that it lays under the comp above? Step down the framing 1 1/2" or so? It appears they have hammered over the tops of the standing seam to fit under the shingles. I wonder if that is in the "manufacturer's suggested installation method?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeney Posted April 11, 2018 Author Share Posted April 11, 2018 That is exactly how it is done. The roofer crimps the standing seam over and flashes it under the first course of shingles. It allows the snow to slide off the lower half of the roof and helps prevent ice dams for cooler climates. Not the mention the copper oxidation looks great after awhile. I decided use a call out & detail, I tried to make it happen in Chief but ran into other problems. Thanks tho! Austin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RL-inc Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 Love to see the detail if you want to post it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 Austin, I gave Ray's Idea a try and no luck with the material regions but if you create and extra file you could do a pretty good job of a illustration with the manual roof planes and switching the roofing material and then just add a molding for the seams. Oh and find a better material than the one Chief provides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennw Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 One way to do this is to go to the wall specification dbx...Roof panel. Check Upper Pitch and make it a fraction different from the default. Have a play and see how close you can get the 2 pitches before Chief makes them a single plane. I could easily get them to be within 0.1deg, which isn't noticeable. Set the Starts At. Auto build the roofs. Once you have the 2 roof planes you can apply different materials to each plane. I did this one in about 3 minutes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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