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Bay, Box, Bow Windows and Roofs

Use the Existing Roof select Rebuild Walls/Floors/Ceilings .
To generate a standard roof that ignores a Do not rebuild roof planes.
bay, box, or bow window, check Use
Existing Roof. Rectangular Hip Roofs
To create a rectangular-shaped hip roof
above a bay, box, or bow window, select
Rectangular Roof Over.

With this option the bay, box, or bow
windows is tucked under the roof eave. You
may find it helpful to increase the width of
the eaves. See “Roof Panel” on page 781.
Extend Existing Roof -
Extend the Existing Roof
Rectangular
To have the main roof extend down over the To extend the main roof down over a window
window unit and follow the shape of the unit, unit to create a rectangular roof over it rather
select Extend Existing Roof Over.
than one that follows its shape, select both
Extend Existing Roof over and
Rectangular Roof Over.

For this roof style, the ceiling heights of the
window unit and the adjacent room must be
the same. If you lower the ceiling of the Gable Roof
window unit and then build the roof, a lower
hip roof over the window is created. See A gable roof is not one of the automatic
“Floors and Ceilings” on page 598. options for the roof above a bay, box or bow
window. A gable can be created by manually
If a header is desired over the window unit, editing the rectangular hip roofs that are
first build the roof, then lower the ceiling of automatically created. See “Roof Planes” on
the window unit. Once the ceiling is lowered, page 788.

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