Roof Help

[PitMan71]

Rookie here.... Working on a home with a simple but difficult roof in chief.... It seems that all is required to confuse chiefs roof generator is some varying heights, varying pitches, and shed roofs. If you allow the wall to direct the pitch, the overhang gets less or more depending on whether it's steeper or lower than the primary pitch. Because of the changes in overhangs when the pitch changes, you need to "break" the roof and adjust the planes manually. The downside of that is the trim transitions at the edges with different pitches don't line up or clean up nicely despite the height of the shadow board being the same in each plane.

 

I know that more complex roofs have been drawn than what I am drawing right now, But I can't figure out what combination of settings or roof tools will yield the result I am looking for. I refuse to compromise the design style of the home because chief can't generate the roof. 

 

Is there a way to allow chief to generate the roof on part of the home while allowing you to add roof planes for the porch sheds?

Is there a tool that will allow you to draw the roof with lines and then generate the planes?

Is there a way to clean up the transitions when using just roof planes?

 

I thought I had learned enough to build to the roof on the house I am referring to, but so far working on roof is taking longer than the plan itself.

 

Any guidance anyone can give would be appreciated.

 

I plan to take another shot at the roof on this house in the morning. If don't have any luck I will attach the file so everyone can have a look.

 

Thanks

[JKEdmo]

  On 2/9/2025 at 2:55 AM, PitMan71 said:

Any guidance anyone can give would be appreciated.

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Have you checked out the tutorial videos?  I think these are often overlooked.  There are many help videos for roofs:

 

https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/playlists/95/roofs.html

[SHCanada2]

look up:

roof baseline polyline

 

same height eaves

[Renerabbitt]

  On 2/9/2025 at 2:55 AM, PitMan71 said:

Rookie here.... Working on a home with a simple but difficult roof in chief.... It seems that all is required to confuse chiefs roof generator is some varying heights, varying pitches, and shed roofs. If you allow the wall to direct the pitch, the overhang gets less or more depending on whether it's steeper or lower than the primary pitch. Because of the changes in overhangs when the pitch changes, you need to "break" the roof and adjust the planes manually. The downside of that is the trim transitions at the edges with different pitches don't line up or clean up nicely despite the height of the shadow board being the same in each plane.

 

I know that more complex roofs have been drawn than what I am drawing right now, But I can't figure out what combination of settings or roof tools will yield the result I am looking for. I refuse to compromise the design style of the home because chief can't generate the roof. 

 

Is there a way to allow chief to generate the roof on part of the home while allowing you to add roof planes for the porch sheds?

Is there a tool that will allow you to draw the roof with lines and then generate the planes?

Is there a way to clean up the transitions when using just roof planes?

 

I thought I had learned enough to build to the roof on the house I am referring to, but so far working on roof is taking longer than the plan itself.

 

Any guidance anyone can give would be appreciated.

 

I plan to take another shot at the roof on this house in the morning. If don't have any luck I will attach the file so everyone can have a look.

 

Thanks

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post your plan file

 

[PitMan71]

Rene... There is no need to post.... I fixed it. Your YouTube video on roofs helped me get it sorted out.

 

Thanks!

 

Shane

[PitMan71]

PaulJohnson.plan.zipFetching info...

 

Here you go. I decide to post anyway. I still have cleanup work to do.

 

Thanks