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Roof Baseline Specification Dialog

Roof Baseline Polylines always form a On the left is the baseline polyline as it was
closed area with straight sides only. They originally produced and the roof plan it
cannot be severed or curved, but additional creates.
joints or corners can be added.
To model the roof plan shown on the right
When a new roof is built, it follows the shape
of the Roof Baseline Polyline even if that 1. Select the Roof Baseline Polyline along
shape does not follow the exterior walls. its bottom-most edge.
In addition to length and direction, each Roof 2. Click the Intersect/Join Two Lines
Baseline Polyline edge has roof directives edit button. See “Reshaping Objects” on
associated with it, much like the roof page 258.
directives in individual walls. See “Roof
Directives in Walls” on page 376. 3. Click the left-most edge to remove the
two intervening edges.
An Example 4. A message box informs you that “The
system must delete intervening lines
For a simple example of Roof Baseline (those on the inside of the L) to join the
Polyline editing, consider an L-shaped two selected lines.” Click OK.
house, with a rectangular roof. The inner part
of the ’L’ is a patio that is covered under the 5. Open the Build Roof dialog and select
same roof. the Build Roof Planes and Use Existing
Roof Baseline check boxes to model the
roof plan shown on the right side of the
image above.

Roof Baseline Specification Dialog

Like walls, each line of a Roof Baseline Polyline click the Open Object edit
Baseline Polyline contains roof button open the Roof Baseline
directives that affect automatic roof Specification dialog.
generation. Select any edge of a Roof

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