Roof Builder Tools
Use the Roof Builder tools to place roofs, modify roof slopes, trim roofs, and to place roof specialties.
| To | Select |
|---|---|
| Place roof shapes including sloped, mansard, gambrel, hip, shed, and profile roofs. |
Roof Builder
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| Modify the slope of a roof plane and modify the slope of roof lines. |
Modify Roof Slope
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| Used to create a roof over a new building wing, where the new roof must join the existing roof. Also used to build dormers of any size, that join the roof they are built on. |
Trim Roof tool
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| Place rectangular and round downspouts; corner and straight gutters as Roof Specialties. |
Place Object (User Defined
Types)
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Tip: The roof
building tools listed here are enabled by the
MDL
application
ROOFBLDR. By default,
ROOFBLDR is not loaded upon starting
ABD. If the roof building key-in commands do not respond, then issue the
following key-in.
Key-in:
Related tools
| To | Select |
|---|---|
| Modify a roof by inserting a vertex in a line or line string. | 
Insert Vertex into Slab/Free Form
Base
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| Modify a roof by deleting a vertex from a line string, multi-line, shape, or B-spline polygon. | 
Delete Vertex from Form Base
|