Sidney Rofe Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Hi All, I'm new to Vectorworks. At the moment I'm creating some 3D massing models of existing buildings on a site. I'm having trouble creating this roof seen in the sketch below. Note the 4 ridges are not horizontal, but raking up to a central point in the middle. It doesn't need to be anything more than a 3Dsolid or extrusion at this point. Any tips would be greatly appreciated! Quote Link to comment
michaelk Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Here's a first stab. Someone will have a clever solution soon, but this is one idea. I made a 4:12 roof face but I made the bearing line 10 degrees off. That gets falling ridge line. Then just mirror around and use the Connect/Combine Tool. Roof Puzzle.vwx 4 Quote Link to comment
Jonathan Pickup Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 hey Michael, nice roof. I just edited it slightly.. Roof Puzzle_2.vwx 1 Quote Link to comment
builtra Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 this is how i would do it -create roof command -use 3d polygon to create shape of roof connecting -clip following 3d polygon shape Untitled 1.vwx Quote Link to comment
Sidney Rofe Posted February 8 Author Share Posted February 8 Hi Guys, Thanks for the advice. I've tried to open the sent files, but my software is rejecting it. Here are the notification screenshots below. I'm running VW2023. Quote Link to comment
michaelk Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Please add your VW version and computer specs to your signature. Here's my attempt and Jonathan's better attempt in 2023. Roof Puzzle_2 v2023.vwx Roof Puzzle v2023.vwx 2 Quote Link to comment
Jonathan Pickup Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Thanks Michael. 5 hours ago, Sidney Rofe said: great sketches. can I use these to show to my Architectural Technology Students? 2 Quote Link to comment
Benson Shaw Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 I guess it depends on where the level line is (roof face axis). I put it on the gutter line. -B RoofPuzzleVideo(1).mov 3 Quote Link to comment
Sidney Rofe Posted February 8 Author Share Posted February 8 16 hours ago, Jonathan Pickup said: Thanks Michael. great sketches. can I use these to show to my Architectural Technology Students? Certainly Jonathan. Happy for you to use the sketches. Regards Sidney Quote Link to comment
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