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Chief Architect X10 Reference Manual

Curved Roof Planes

Any roof plane can be turned into a curved 4. Check Curved Roof and notice that the
roof plane in the Roof Plane Specification Angle values below are both at 0.0°.
dialog. See “Roof Plane Specification 5. Change the Angle at Eave from 0° to
Dialog” on page 798. 45° and press the Tab key. Notice that
One way to produce a barrel roof is using a the other values update and that in order
single roof plane that starts out flat (zero to maintain the 0 in 12 pitch, the Angle
pitch) and covers the entire building. at Ridge becomes -45°.
Curving a Single Roof Plane

To curve a roof plane
1. Draw a simple four wall structure with a
4 in 12 pitch shed roof.

Curving Two Roof Planes

2. Select the roof plane and click the Open You can also create a barrel roof using two
roof planes. A 12 in 12 pitch is used because
Object edit button to open the Roof it allows the curved roof to be nearly vertical
Plane Specification dialog.
at the eave and nearly flat at its peak.
3. On the GENERAL panel, change the
Pitch to 0 in 12. To curve two roof planes

1. Draw a simple four wall structure with a
12 in 12 pitch gable roof.

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