Creating a Complex Roof Using a Standard Roof – I often find the standard Vectorworks roof will not make the roof I want. If you work on renovation projects you will find the standard Vectorworks roof will not be able to draw the final roof you want, and sometimes find the…
Flat Roofs – First, is the roof really flat. Even membrane roofs have a low pitch on them and as you want to use this 3D model to create accurate sections you may as well build the roof correctly, with a low pitch.
Curved Roofs – VectorWorks doesn’t really have a tool that will make a curved roof, but we can draw a form that looks like a curved roof.
Cut Out in a Roof Face – The other way to create the cut out in the roof face is when you have already created the roof and then you want to punch a hole in it. This technique is exactly the same as creating the cut out in a standard…
Creating a Roof Face – Peak Height Above Axis – This option is under used but very useful when you know the height to the ridge (peak) above the axis (pitch line), but you do not know the angle of the roof.
Creating a Roof Face by Rise Over Run – Creating a roof by rise over run is similar to the create roof by angle, but you use a horizontal length for the run and a rise for the run.
Creating Roof Face by Angle – A roof face is one part of the roof, what you might call a roof plane. A roof face is a hybrid object. Vectorworks takes a 2D roof plane and projects it to 3D. This method creates a roof face by the roof angle.
When You Can’t Edit The Roof Enough – There are times when the editing that you can do to the roof is not enough.
Roof Accessories – You can add soffits and fascias to a roof.
Cut Out in a Standard Roof – 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.