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on. If you try to either edit or draw a roof
plane using the Roof Plane tool, a
question message will display.

Build Roof Dialog

The Build Roof dialog is used to The settings in this dialog are similar to those
automatically build or rebuild roof found in the Roof Plane Specification
planes and generate Roof Baseline Polylines. dialog, but affect all subsequently created
The settings in this dialog act as defaults for roof planes rather than one or more selected
both manually drawn and automatic roofs. roof planes. See “Roof Plane Specification
See “Roof Defaults” on page 775. Dialog” on page 798.
To open the Build Roof dialog, select Build> There are eleven panels in the Build Roof
Roof> Build Roof . You can also double- dialog:
• Roof Panel
click the Roof Tools button or the Roof
• Options Panel
Plane button to open this dialog.
• Structure Panel
Roof planes and Roof Baseline Polylines are
generated based on the positions and roof • Rafter Tails Panel
directive settings for each exterior wall in the • Ridge Caps Panel
plan. If you make changes to any of these • Gutter Panel
walls or to any of the settings in this dialog,
you will need to build the roof again for them • Frieze Panel
to take effect. See “Roof Panel” on page 395. • Shadow Boards Panel
Aside from a number of checkboxes on the • Arrow Panel
ROOF panel that allow you to automatically • Materials Panel
generate roof planes and related objects, the • Roof Styles Panel
settings in this dialog are also found in the
Roof Defaults dialog. See “Roof Defaults”
on page 775.

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