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[Robyn Pike]

Hi there, I have been having some trouble closing these 3 gable ends with walls. I found something saying try hidden walls? I attached a photo. I am very new to softplan and any help would be appreciated. I would love to be able to use auto roof, but there are vaulted ceilings in different areas. Is there a way to use auto roof that incorporates the vaulted ceiling areas?

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[Mark Petri]

Vaulted ceilings and wall offsets sometimes get messy. Once you set up walls, beams, hidden walls/beams and get plate heights and offsets close you can certainly try auto-roof, but often it doesn't quite do the job. Sometimes a good place to start. Then you can adjust if it is close. Where gable ends meet other roofs, often the system thinks it needs to intersect or treat the roof edge differently. Sometimes turning off clean up helps. Sometimes going through and editing works. Other times it is best to use a simple wall or beam set outside the model, turning on hidden, turning off extract in model. Then drag the wall/beam to where you want the edge of the gable to line up (but outside the model) and then drag the associated roof edge "lollipop" over to reference that wall or beam. Lots of ways to work with it. You just have to try some out and see how it models best.

[Joseph Smith]

Hi there, I have been having some trouble closing these 3 gable ends with walls. I found something saying try hidden walls? I attached a photo. I am very new to softplan and any help would be appreciated. I would love to be able to use auto roof, but there are vaulted ceilings in different areas. Is there a way to use auto roof that incorporates the vaulted ceiling areas?

 

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