ADVANCED - Roof covering thickness, cladding, integration of roof windows, dormers, and ridges: understanding the management of different roof thicknesses.
- Understand and Manage Roof Thickness
- Integrate and Manage a Roof Window
- Integrate and Manage a Wall or Roof Dormer
Understand and Manage Roof Thickness
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In the 'Roof' step, when a roof is selected (left-click), it's possible in the right column, under 'Roof Settings', to manage two different thicknesses:
- 'Thickness': This value represents the thickness of the roof covering (visible outer part of your roof)
- It can be adjusted from 2" to 5". - 'Finished Roof Thickness': This value represents the thickness of the roof covering + the roof cladding (interior), especially to represent insulation in the converted spaces of your attic
- It can be adjusted from 5 1/2" to 3'-4 1/2".
On your cross-sections, two different thicknesses will be graphically represented: the thickness of the roof covering (value of external covering thickness, here 4") and the thickness of the cladding (finished roof thickness - covering thickness, here 11" - 4" cm).
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❗Note that a room placed as an 'annex area' will not represent the 'cladding' part of the roof./4-23%20annex%20room.png?width=221&height=64&name=4-23%20annex%20room.png)
Integrate and Manage Roof Windows
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1 - Click on the opening positioned on your roof
2 - Go to the settings of the opening to the right
3 - In the 'Trim' section, select the type of trim to apply: 'Hybrid' (default choice) / 'Classic' / 'Optimal'
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Hybrid Visual Rendering |
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Classic Visual Rendering |
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Optimal Visual Rendering |
The roof windows and their cladding type will appear on the cross-sections and will be adapted to the finished thickness of your roofs. Roof Window Cross-Section Representation
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(here, example representation of a roof window with 'hybrid' trim)
Integrate and Manage a Wall or Roof Dormer
1 - Select and integrate your dormers on your walls or roof (from the 'Roof' step)
2 - Possibly modify the existing opening of your dormers (from the 'Opening' step)
3 - Go to the 'Layout' step and select the 'Partition wall' tool
4 - Draw your knee walls
5 - Thanks to the active magnetism on the dormers, move your partitions (holding left-click) to adapt their positioning:
- For a Wall Dormer, draw partitions that will run along its outer edges before reaching its base
- For a Roof Dormer, draw a partition that will go through it at the level of the opening base
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💡 Dormers are represented in light orange and transparency to facilitate the handling of partitions in the 'Drawing' step.
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