I often find that the standard Vectorworks roof will not make the roof that I want. If you work on renovation projects, you will find that the standard Vectorworks roof will not be able to draw the final roof that you need, and sometimes you will find that the standard…
Introduction Walls, slabs, and roofs are designed to interact. This means that when you connect a slab to walls, it will update when you move the walls. Roofs can be connected to walls so that parts of the roof are inside the building and some parts of the roof extend…
Introduction Walls, slabs, and roofs are designed to interact. This means that when you connect a slab to walls, it will update when you move the walls. Roofs can be connected to walls so that parts of the roof are inside the building and some parts of the roof extend…
Vectorworks has the ability to create roofs from polygons and walls, and it has the ability to automatically generate some roofs accessories, but not all the accessories that you might require. For example, Vectorworks will create roofs, facias, and soffits, but it will not create ridge flashings, barge flashings, barge boards,…
Downspouts (Downpipes) – The downpipes can be created in exactly the same way that we have created lots of the other parts, Extrude Along Path.
Barge Flashing – Vectorworks does not create a barge flashing automatically, but we can use the techniques we have been using previously to create one. As we discovered with the barge board, you can use extrude along the path or you can use a framing member to create the barge flashing.
Barge Board – Vectorworks will not create barge boards automatically. There are three techniques that you can use, the Framing Member, Extrude Along Path, or Extract and Extrude. We have covered all of these techniques in the last chapter, so if you have not covered it already please go back to…
Creating Ridge Flashings – It is becoming more common for drawings to require the ridge and hip flashings to be shown on the building. The reason for this is that regulatory authorities often want to ensure that these flashings are shown to avoid the builder accidentally leaving them out. If you create…
Standard Roof Accessories – Vectorworks has the ability to create some to the roof accessories for you. As you will see, it creates some but doesn’t create the accessories that you require, and those that does create a not always created where you need them.
There was only one person at this session, so he was able to ask all the questions. The main issues related to a specific project that with a parapet boundary wall and he wanted to know how to create the roof, how to set the roof back to create an…