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#1 Allen McDonnell

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Posted 19 July 2019 - 11:59 AM

How do I assign a standing seam profile to the roof?



#2 Tim Stockton

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Posted 19 July 2019 - 01:12 PM

Change the roof material from asphalt shingle to standing seam material.  In 3D, go to materials and select the metal and color you want.



#3 Allen McDonnell

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Posted 19 July 2019 - 01:14 PM

I know that.... i want to use a " PROFILE".  Not a texture



#4 Tim Stockton

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Posted 19 July 2019 - 01:26 PM

I believe the profile is only for the ridge caps, not the roof main body.



#5 Jon Davis

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Posted 19 July 2019 - 02:28 PM

could you create a profile, put it on something in the drawing, then in 3D copy & paste surface to the roof?



#6 Allen McDonnell

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Posted 19 July 2019 - 02:47 PM

NO.  It only copies the "surface"



#7 Allen McDonnell

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Posted 19 July 2019 - 02:48 PM

I think the standing seam "roof" would look close to the "board and batten" profile.  Maybe make it a little wider



#8 Allen McDonnell

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Posted 19 July 2019 - 04:28 PM

I think a profile on the roof for standing seam would take it to another level.

 

Although i am very pleased with the standing seam textures I use from Keith Almond until then.

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#9 Martin Livingston

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Posted 20 July 2019 - 10:26 AM

This was right out of the Softplan textures.

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Posted 20 July 2019 - 11:00 AM

But they are just textures, Allen wants a real 3D profile.


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#11 Joseph Smith

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Posted 22 July 2019 - 07:26 AM

Looks decent to me in 3d.

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#12 Allen McDonnell

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Posted 22 July 2019 - 07:45 AM

Great Job!!!  How did you accomplish the profile?



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Posted 22 July 2019 - 10:01 AM

Standing seam is an illusion using 2 heel height roof planes.  The rafters and ridge beam which simulate the standing seam are associated with the higher heel plane.  Great out of the box idea which i can not take credit for....something Randy Cohn was great at.

 

This same logic is also useful for wooden stairs that need a carpet runner down the center....have a second stair slightly raised down the center to simulate carpet.


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#14 Allen McDonnell

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Posted 22 July 2019 - 10:23 AM

Wow....that is impressive.



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Posted 23 July 2019 - 07:30 AM

Very cool Joseph.  However it would be nice if it can be done more like what Allen is asking so that for us that are using Softlist would be able to keep it simple and accurate.  


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#16 Brent Hyndman

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Posted 23 July 2019 - 12:33 PM

Thanks for all of your input. A suggestion has been made to add the ability to use profiles on a roof surface. 



#17 Allen McDonnell

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Posted 23 July 2019 - 12:36 PM

See if this can be apart of 2020....Exterior 3-dimensional profiles are the way to go.  It adds so much realism.  I hear it over and over how the renders looks like actual photos.


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#18 ANTHONY SLOAN

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Posted 30 July 2019 - 06:32 PM

If you want a true standing seam roof you can export to Sketchup when all is finished and use the Roof-Nui plugin to create a true standing seam on your roof plane. When you render it will look real.

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#19 Allen McDonnell

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Posted 30 July 2019 - 06:36 PM

I appreciate that but i dont need another computer program to manipulate models.  LOL


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Posted 30 July 2019 - 06:49 PM

I appreciate that but i dont need another computer program to manipulate models.  LOL

I understand! Unless you are really going for an impressive submittal to a customer the time you can put into those extra bits of realism are not worth it.  SoftPlan actually does a really good job by itself getting the point across for a project. 






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