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Gable/Roof Lines

• Each gable will extend 12” (300 mm)
• Gable Over Door/Window is not
available for openings placed in Full on either side of its door or window.
Gable Walls or for Bay, Box or Bow • If two of these openings are within 30”
Windows. See “Bay, Box, Bow (750 mm) of each other on the same
Windows and Roofs” on page 598. wall, a single gable will be created.
• If you move or resize the door or
3. In the Gable Line Specification dialog,
specify the desired Pitch and Overhang window(s), the associated Gable/Roof
for the gable roof. See “Gable Line Line will not update until the roof is
Specification Dialog” on page 819. built again.
5. To remove a Gable Over Door/Window,
4. The next time automatic roof planes are
built, gables will be created over each of select the door(s) or window(s) and click
these doors and windows. the Delete Gable Over Opening
edit button, or select the gable line and

click the Delete edit button. The
next time the roof is built, the gable will
be removed.

Covering an Alcove

A Gable/Roof Line can also be used to In order for a Gable/Roof Line to direct
maintain a roof plane baseline where there is the roof to extend over an alcove or other
no wall below. For example, you can use it to area where no wall is present, it must be
extend a roof plane across an alcove, rather aligned with the exterior walls’ Main Layer.
than wrap into it.

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