Roof Label Units

[JKEdmo]

Good morning,

 

Is there a way to modify the default roof label units to round to nearest 1/2"?

 

Thanks,

 

Jim

 

 

[Alaskan_Son]

Yes, but why would you want that if it’s not accurate?  Why not change the pitch and make your model correct?  

[scottkendall]

2 hours ago, Alaskan_Son said:

Yes, but why would you want that if it’s not accurate?  Why not change the pitch and make your model correct?  

 

One reason that I do not condone would be:

 

High limitation if you use the right pitch you will exceed it so you draw it at one height/pitch and build it at another since the plan checker will check the high but no building inspector is going to and even if they do if you are only a few inches over they will chalk it up to field construction.  Some contractors love to live in the grey area and walk the line of what is code compliant and what is not.  

 

Also I am not sure any framer is going to follow that 3 5/16 : 12 pitch... Maybe 3 1/4 : 12... I am not sure I would want my tolerance set to 1/2 but 1/8" - 1/4" is what I have had contractors ask me for they get really prissy when you give them fractions like 5/16 or 3/32 lol. 

 

 

 

[Alaskan_Son]

5 hours ago, scottkendall said:

 

One reason that I do not condone would be:

 

High limitation if you use the right pitch you will exceed it so you draw it at one height/pitch and build it at another since the plan checker will check the high but no building inspector is going to and even if they do if you are only a few inches over they will chalk it up to field construction.  Some contractors love to live in the grey area and walk the line of what is code compliant and what is not.  

 

Also I am not sure any framer is going to follow that 3 5/16 : 12 pitch... Maybe 3 1/4 : 12... I am not sure I would want my tolerance set to 1/2 but 1/8" - 1/4" is what I have had contractors ask me for they get really prissy when you give them fractions like 5/16 or 3/32 lol. 

 

 

 

 

You're talking about reasons to draw at a different pitch then it will be built.  I was asking why someone would want to round to a different pitch instead of drawing to the desired pitch.  What it gets built at wasn't part of the equation.  In other words, why would someone need to draw a roof at 3 5/16:12 and show at 3 1/2:12?  Why not just change the roof to 3 1/2:12?