decorators3 Posted December 29, 2025 Share Posted December 29, 2025 (edited) I posted this a few days ago and got all your responses thanks! My original question was what is a gable perch? But now I have a Drawing of what the client wants so I'm asking how do I create this gable perch Thanks again in advance Edited Saturday at 01:54 PM by decorators3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PitMan71 Posted December 29, 2025 Share Posted December 29, 2025 Manual Roofs. On the plan draw with CAD lines where you want the roof to extend to and resulting angled perimeter lines. THEN, on your plan select one of the roof planes. Grab the grip at the gable ridge and drag it out to where your cad lines intersect. Then do the same with the opposite roof plane. Drawing the lines may not be necessary if you are just going for a certain angle that the roof edge will snap to. I like the CAD lines in cases like this to determine plan wise exactly where I want the roof to extend to. Have fun with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PitMan71 Posted December 29, 2025 Share Posted December 29, 2025 Might want to combine your posts on this topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decorators3 Posted December 29, 2025 Author Share Posted December 29, 2025 1 minute ago, PitMan71 said: Manual Roofs. On the plan draw with CAD lines where you want the roof to extend to and resulting angled perimeter lines. THEN, on your plan select one of the roof planes. Grab the grip at the gable ridge and drag it out to where your cad lines intersect. Then do the same with the opposite roof plane. Drawing the lines may not be necessary if you are just going for a certain angle that the roof edge will snap to. I like the CAD lines in cases like this to determine plan wise exactly where I want the roof to extend to. Have fun with it. hey! thanks this will be a first for dure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decorators3 Posted December 29, 2025 Author Share Posted December 29, 2025 30 minutes ago, PitMan71 said: Might want to combine your posts on this topic. I know ... I did edit it but didn't see it go anywhere so I'm not sure if it worked or not 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark3D Posted December 30, 2025 Share Posted December 30, 2025 Is that what you want 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decorators3 Posted December 30, 2025 Author Share Posted December 30, 2025 1 hour ago, Mark3D said: Is that what you want YES!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
para-CAD Posted December 30, 2025 Share Posted December 30, 2025 That's called a prow over here 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark3D Posted December 30, 2025 Share Posted December 30, 2025 just manual edit roof plains with auto roof turned off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decorators3 Posted December 30, 2025 Author Share Posted December 30, 2025 thanks all so much!! a picture is definitely worth a thousand words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBCooper Posted December 31, 2025 Share Posted December 31, 2025 So manual roofs is probably the easy way to go but just as an FYI, you can also do this style of roof using the automatic tools. Should be able to do it using invisible walls or even using roof baseline polylines. Here is an article that shows how to do it in one of the Home Designer versions that doesn't even have manual roofs: https://www.homedesignersoftware.com/support/article/KB-01197/creating-a-prow-roof.html 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decorators3 Posted Saturday at 01:54 PM Author Share Posted Saturday at 01:54 PM thank you every one for your assistance it worked perfectly. Now the client has asked me if I can create the roof where the perch/prow is at a higher pitch than the ridge. here's how he wants the roof to look if its possible ( see image he sent me ) I looked at videos for dual roof heights but didn't see anything for this set up, should I copy the roof as if I was adding a curved and adjust the height then join but not sure how to approach this with a gable roof , any info is appreciated! Cheers Levina dual pitch gable.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decorators3 Posted Saturday at 01:58 PM Author Share Posted Saturday at 01:58 PM here's is an image of the clients idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark3D Posted Saturday at 09:53 PM Share Posted Saturday at 09:53 PM You can give the baselines a angle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decorators3 Posted Saturday at 10:09 PM Author Share Posted Saturday at 10:09 PM 11 minutes ago, Mark3D said: You can give the baselines a angle yes I can do that and it works ,,now how do i keep the roof looking straight from the side view.. the roof looks slanted from back of house to front of house all the way to the front prow. client is looking for a slight upward slant towards the prow front overhang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark3D Posted Saturday at 10:46 PM Share Posted Saturday at 10:46 PM It would be good to see a real-world example of the desired outcome, maybe you use a small roof plane that buts the into the zero degrees roof plane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark3D Posted Saturday at 11:06 PM Share Posted Saturday at 11:06 PM To get a real world example if knows a house address i can look at on google or apple street view or can he show something on the internet that would help me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark3D Posted Sunday at 12:45 AM Share Posted Sunday at 12:45 AM (edited) Here is a possible way of doing it not sure if it could be made to work in real world situation the more expert chief users will have better idea of it being buildable roof ship front1.plan Edited Sunday at 01:06 AM by Mark3D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decorators3 Posted Sunday at 01:21 AM Author Share Posted Sunday at 01:21 AM 33 minutes ago, Mark3D said: Here is a possible way of doing it not sure if it could be made to work in real world situation the more expert chief users will have better idea of it being buildable roof ship front1.plan 4.03 MB · 1 download I think we are on the right track..clients can sure make you create out of ordinary scenatios..i think a small plane might work..i was creating one but eas too large..thanks..but will google Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decorators3 Posted Sunday at 01:28 PM Author Share Posted Sunday at 01:28 PM 12 hours ago, decorators3 said: I think we are on the right track..clients can sure make you create out of ordinary scenatios..i think a small plane might work..i was creating one but eas too large..thanks..but will google thanks soooo much for your plan it looks prefect. I work in imperial measures so I have to adjust according; AGAIN looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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