Porticos


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32 minutes ago, TomSams said:

I apologize for being so vague. Let me rephrase my question.

Are there any training &/or instructional rsferences on how to build a portico over a garage door with CA?

I believe it is a regional description problem.  A portico in most areas refers to a porch style roof that sticks out from an entry.

 

Do you maybe mean an "eyebrow" roof over a garage door?

 

 

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8 minutes ago, rgardner said:

I believe it is a regional description problem.  A portico in most areas refers to a porch style roof that sticks out from an entry.

 

Do you maybe mean an "eyebrow" roof over a garage door?

 

 

Yes (regional maybe), sounds like what some might call an Arbor, Trellis or Pergola

 

Link.......Like this :

 

Mini Tutorial:

https://www.homedesignersoftware.com/support/article/KB-00889/creating-a-custom-pergola.html

 

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3 hours ago, Kbird1 said:

Yep could be indeed , not whatt I'd call a Portico like you but maybe ...

 

So a couple of the Ranch brackets from the library and a manual Roof plane then.

 

Mick.

Yeah I don't call it a portico either.  The most common name I have heard is an eye-brow or an awning roof.

 

 

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2 hours ago, TomSams said:

Thank you all for your input. You are correct in that this may be a regional semantics issue. But rgardener has zeroed in on my thinking.

If you want to do it with auto roofs you will do an open below room and set the walls to invisible, setting the roof pitch/overhang, etc. on those three walls in front of the garage door.  

 

But honestly faster to place a manual roof or ceiling plane setting it to specs (I use a ceiling plane if I don't want to turn off auto-roofs and set my layers accordingly.) You will have to place the beam and corbels or posts manually using the framing tools.

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2 hours ago, TomSams said:

Thank you all for your input. You are correct in that this may be a regional semantics issue. But rgardener has zeroed in on my thinking.

 

So use a couple of the Ranch brackets from the library and a Roof plane drawn manually along the garage Door Wall. You might need to lower it down as well?

 

https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/25/drawing-roofs-manually.html?playlist=95

 

https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00634/raising-or-lowering-a-roof-plane.html

 

M.

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