To create a New roof design using an existing roof model
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Click the Roofs icon.
The Roofs dialog opens. Your project building name appears on the Building drop-down list.
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Click New.
The Add New Roof dialog appears.
- In the Add New Roof dialog, enter a description for the new roof design.
- In the Add New Roof dialog, enter a Height value equal to the highest elevation in your building (on the top floor).
- Browse the disk to the roof model file that you want to use. If the roof model file you browsed to contains multiple DGN models, then you must select one from the Model drop-down list.
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Click OK.
The roof designing tools are enabled.
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Click the Setup icon in the Roofs group of tools.
The Set up roofs for building dialog opens with the building floors listed in the Floor column.
- Find the floor you want the roof design to be associated to. Select the roof design you specified in the Add New Roof dialog from the corresponding drop-down list (Roof column).
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Click OK.
The new roof design is established. The project is automatically saved, and the new roof appears on the OpenBuildings Energy Simulator Project Tree.