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Chief Architect X10 Reference Manual

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Unless you have a specific reason to
adjust the roof plane this way, it is usu-
ally best to select None of the Above.
Editing Roof Baselines
The amount of vertical displacement
between the selected roof plane and another The pitch direction and initial height of any
nearby roof plane is stated at the top left. roof plane - manual or automatic - is
determined by its Baseline. See “The
• Click on Pivot About Eave to maintain Baseline” on page 789.
the current eave height and modify the
baseline and ridge heights and pitch to In floor plan view, a Baseline can be selected
meet the other roof plane. Not available and edited independent of the roof plane. To
when the selected corner is associated select it, click on the roof plane at the
with the eave edge. location of the Baseline and then click the
• Click on Pivot About Baseline to main- Select Next Object edit button. The
tain the current baseline height and mod- Status Bar tells you when the roof plane
ify the eave and ridge heights and pitch to Baseline is selected. See “Select Next
meet the other roof plane. Not available Object” on page 215.
when the selected corner is associated If a roof plane Baseline is moved, its height
with the baseline.
will not change. Instead, the height of the
• Click on Pivot About Ridge to maintain roof plane will be affected. In most cases,
the current ridge top height and modify therefore, moving a roof plane’s Baseline
the eave and baseline heights and pitch to independent of the roof plane itself is not
meet the other roof plane. Not available recommended.
when the selected corner is associated
with the ridge edge. If the angle of a roof plane’s Baseline is
changed, the direction of the roof plane’s
• Click on Raise/Lower (no pivot) to pitch will be modified. The Baseline Angle
maintain the current pitch and raise or can be modified in either of two ways:
lower the entire plane to connect the
roofs. This may affect plate heights of the •In the Roof Plane Specification dialog.
walls below. This will change its angle relative to the
floor, and will tilt the roof plane along an
• Click on None of the Above to close the axis perpendicular to its Baseline. This
dialog without making any changes to the method is helpful when a specific eave
selected roof plane. angle is needed. See “General Panel” on
page 799.

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