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#1 Bruce Donelson

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Posted 04 March 2015 - 07:44 PM

Can anyone remind how to put a roof aver a bay window?



#2 Keith Almond

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Posted 04 March 2015 - 07:47 PM

I assume you mean in a gable ... There are a few ready built symbols in the library.


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#3 Bruce Donelson

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Posted 04 March 2015 - 08:05 PM

Thanks Keith, its a little goofy, but makes a reasonable placeholder. I was thinking of something that looked more like the main roof. But this is better than what I had!



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Posted 04 March 2015 - 09:30 PM

You could always draw some beams, hide them, and remove them from "Extract in 3D" and fit the roof to the beams.


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#5 Sam Morgan

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Posted 04 March 2015 - 10:47 PM

roof on bay in draw roof



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Posted 05 March 2015 - 09:18 AM

Sam, if the bay is physically constructed of walls, then that works fine. However, with a bay over a flat wall (which I suspect is the case here) or an oriel bay, the window looks flat like the wall on plan and the roof won't pick up the bay.


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#7 Chris Stewart

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Posted 05 March 2015 - 10:37 AM

That is true but it will not make a correct model unless you take the time to draw a wall which you can generate a roof with and then you have a good model which will generate correct elevations and roof plan.  


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Posted 05 March 2015 - 11:39 AM

Doesn't that depend on whether it's a walk in bay or just a bay window?


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Posted 05 March 2015 - 12:01 PM

If it's just a bay window (not a walk in bay) with a shingled or maybe standing seam roof, then typical what I would do is build a 2x6 box around the top of the window with a plate on top, then set the bay roof rafters on top of that. If you draw the model like that it will provide an accurate model, and an accurate takeoff. I typically use Andersen windows, and their bay style has a cable support system that would be hidden within the roof structure. This way the top can be insulated properly as well - if your building in a cold climate zone.



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Posted 05 March 2015 - 12:42 PM

Yea I do the same -either a short wall or plate

And landings make good bottoms and ceilings

 

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