FAQ

The standard Vectorworks roof is very editable. You can change a standard roof into a gable or a split gable roof by continuing to edit the roof places with the selection tool.

If you start with a standard Vectorworks roof, you can change this from a hip roof to a gable roof using the selection tool.

The standard Vectorworks roof is reasonably easy to create. You can create a roof from a selection of walls or from a polygon. Once the roof is created, you can edit the roof with the selection tool.

If you have the walls drawn, you can select them and use them to create the roof.

Once a roof is created you can edit parameters of the roof, roof plane by roof plane if you want, or the entire roof. We are going to create a gable roof using the standard roof command, and some simple editing.

If you don’t want to go to the trouble of creating a 3D symbol for the skylight, you can punch a simple hole in the roof face. VectorWorks calls these holes a cut out. First draw a rectangle and choose Create Roof From Polygon from the AEC menu so that…

Vectorworks makes it easy to edit the roofs. It is often easier to keep the Vectorworks roof as a complete roof rather than ungrouping it into roof faces.  you only need to use the selection tool to edit a roof.