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Chief Architect X10 Reference Manual

7. With the railing still selected, Ctrl + drag ing. See “To move an object freely” on
it into the same position as the first rail- page 250.

Roof Directives in Walls
To automatically generate a roof plane using You can also specify a second, upper pitch
values other than the defaults or to not above a given wall. Mansard, gambrel, gull
generate a roof plane bearing on a particular wing and half-hip are examples of roof styles
wall (as for a gable or the sides of a shed that use two pitches. See “Roof Tutorial” on
roof), you can change the settings in the Wall page 439 of the User’s Guide.
Specification dialog. See “Roof Panel” on
page 395. Overhangs and Roof Returns
Hip, Gable, and Shed Roofs You can specify the overhang of the roof
plane to be generated above the selected
By default, the program will produce a roof wall. This setting only takes effect when
plane over each exterior wall to create a hip Same Height at Exterior Walls is unchecked
roof. You can instead specify a gable or shed in the Build Roof dialog, which is also where
roof above the selected wall. the default Overhang value is set.
• Check Full Gable Wall to create a gable Check Auto Roof Return to generate roof
with a ridge centered above the selected returns on the selected wall. In most cases,
wall(s). roof returns only generate on Full Gable
• Check High Shed/Gable Wall for the Walls. See “Roof Returns” on page 829.
side walls or the wall under the high side
of a shed roof. Extend Slope Downward
• You can also select a wall and click the Check Extend Slope Downward to extend
Change to Gable Wall(s) edit button, the roof plane downward over a bump out,
or change it back by clicking the Change instead of creating additional roof planes.
The two connecting walls that create the
to Hip Wall(s) edit button.
bump out must be Full Gable walls.
Pitch In the following image, the bearing wall of
the bump out has Extend Slope Downward
The default pitch for roof planes is set in the checked. The two short side walls are Full
Build Roof dialog. However, any exterior Gable Walls.
wall can define the pitch of the roof plane
built above it.

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