Designer1 Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Sometimes when I see interesting roof configurations I often try and think of how I can achieve that in Chief. Usually once playing around with chief for a bit I can figure it out. Heres one that has me puzzled. I tried to recreate the hip/gable at both ends of the house. I cant seem to figure out how to do this. I know this isnt important for me to accomplish but its the principal at this point like how the heck do I do this roof in chief! Heres the link to the picture I saw of a homebuilder model. Then my unsuccessful chief recreation. Not close! https://www.tollbrothers.com/luxury-homes-for-sale/Arizona/Whitewing-at-Whisper-Ranch/Colton#view=elevations,1 Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHCanada2 Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 i think the left is a gable as well. i would do two gables, and manually edit and move it across the front Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug_N Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 RC.plan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgardner Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Lookup returns in the roof help files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug_N Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Ryan, I agree that roof returns can create great and varied returns, unless I am missing something here, that won't work in this case. My model, in answering the challenge, is pretty sloppy, but I did it in a few minutes just to see a method for answering the OP problems. I posted my working file, just so that the working method could be examined. This is pretty much a manual roof job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted January 7, 2022 Author Share Posted January 7, 2022 WOW! Thanks for all the replies. Doug that was quick of you to find a fix... now its making me think I need to polish up on my roof skills for sure. Doug thanks for including a sample plan to view. Can I ask for some insight on how you got control over the roof planes to create this? Everytime I would select walls for certain roof types (gable or other) it would then change the other roof planes. Sometimes I find it hard to get the roof right thats why whenever I see an interesting roof line I try and recreate it in chief so I can try and learn new ways of using the tools. Thanks again for all the replies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug_N Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 Your welcome Chad, glad to be of assistance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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