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Chief Architect X10 Reference Manual

Label Panel Style assigned to that layer. See “Roof Plane
Labels” on page 791.
Roof plane labels display when the “Roofs,
Labels” layer is turned on and use the Text For information about the settings on this
panel, see “Label Panel” on page 682.

Roof Baseline Polylines

Typically, the program builds an automatic To create a new roof using the directives in
roof based on the settings in the Build Roof your Roof Baseline Polyline(s), check Use
dialog and on the ROOF panel of the Wall Existing Roof Baselines in the Build Roof
Specification dialog, along with the layout dialog and click OK. See “Roof Panel” on
of the exterior walls and floor and ceiling page 781.
heights.
Displaying Roof
If you want to build a roof that diverges from
the footprint of your building as well as the Baseline Polylines
roof directives in the exterior walls, you can Roof Baseline Polylines are placed on the
use Roof Baseline Polylines. “Roofs, Baseline Polylines” layer by default
and use the Text Style assigned to that layer.
To create roof baseline polylines See “Layer Attributes” on page 185.

1. Select Build> Roof> Build Roof . Roof directive information displays along
each edge of the polyline, including:
2. On the BUILD panel of the Build Roof
dialog, check Make Roof Baseline • V - vertical (against wall);
Polylines. • G -gable/shed;
3. Click OK. A set of roof Baselines is cre- • K - knee wall;
ated along the outside edge of the Main • L - lower (extend slope downward).
Layer of the exterior walls, forming one
or more closed polylines. If the directive information includes the
pitch, the roof plane slopes toward that edge;
As with roof planes, the heights of Roof if it includes the word (vert), it does not.
Baseline Polylines are determined by ceiling
heights in the plan. If roof planes will be Editing Roof
built at more than one height, a separate
baseline polyline is created for each height. Baseline Polylines

Once created, a Roof Baseline Polyline can A Roof Baseline Polyline’s shape can be
be edited in a variety of ways, then used as edited much like a CAD polyline using its
the basis for the roof then next time it is built edit handles and edit toolbar buttons. See
automatically. “Editing Closed-Polyline Based Objects” on
page 231.

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