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Automatic Roofs

Auto Dormer Delete Ceiling Planes
Select Build> Roof> Auto Dormer Select Build> Roof> Delete Ceiling
and click within a roof plane to place a Planes to delete all manually drawn
dormer. See “Dormers and Crickets” on page ceiling planes in the plan. See “Ceiling
822. Planes” on page 811.

Edit All Roof Planes Fix Roofs
Select Build> Roof> Edit All Roof Select Build> Roof> Fix Roofs to
Planes to open the Roof Plane remove breaks where a single edge of
Specification dialog and edit all roof planes one roof plane meets the broken edge of
in the entire plan at once. See “Roof Plane another along a ridge, hip or valley. Fix
Specification Dialog” on page 798. Roofs does not affect eave edges. See
“Aligning Roof Edges” on page 793.
Delete Roof Planes

Select Build> Roof> Delete Roof
Planes to delete all roof planes in the
plan. See “Deleting Roof Planes” on page
798.

Automatic Roofs

When roofs are automatically generated, a For more information about creating
roof plane is created over each exterior wall different roof styles, see “Roof Tutorial” on
by default, resulting in a hip roof, and the page 439 of the User’s Guide.
program tries to join them together to form a
single, integrated system. Roof Groups
There are a number of options available to When an automatic roof is generated, the
produce variations in this default roof style. program tries to create roof planes that join
together to form a single, integrated system.
Roof Directives in Walls Different parts of the structure influence how
the roof is generated over the whole.
To automatically generate a roof plane using
values other than the defaults or to not When you need the roof planes over an area
generate a roof plane bearing on a particular of a plan to be entirely separate from those
wall (as with a gable or the sides of a shed over the rest of the structure, you can assign
roof), you can change the settings in the Wall those areas to a non-default Roof Group. The
Specification dialog for that wall. See “Roof program treats different Roof Groups as
Panel” on page 395. separate buildings for the purpose of

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