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Create vertical openings in an existing roof.
Type:
Tutorial
Length:
5 min.
Tutorial resources
These downloadable resources will be used to complete this tutorial:
Transcript
00:03
And zooming into the 3d view here,
00:05
we can see the roof that we will create the skylight within.
00:10
We'll create an opening first that spans the ridge line here
00:14
and then within that opening, we'll create the glazed roof for the skylight.
00:18
It will be easier to create the opening in a plan view.
00:21
So from the project browser,
00:23
we'll go to the floor plans and we'll open up the roof floor plan view
00:28
and now zooming into the top of the building on the screen here,
00:31
we can see the red line that will create the opening either side of
00:35
and to do this, we'll go to the architecture ribbon tab
00:38
and from the opening panel,
00:40
which is the vertical opening tool.
00:44
First, we need to select the object to create the opening within.
00:47
So we'll click the roof here
00:50
and now that we have the create opening boundary tools,
00:53
we can see we have the draw tools here and it's set to be a line.
00:57
So I changed this to be a rectangle
01:01
and now we can come over to the roof here and I'll
01:03
step to the middle of the line on the surface pattern here.
01:06
At the top left
01:07
and then we go down to the opposite corner on the other side of the ridge line and
01:12
we'll snap to this grid line just here.
01:15
So now I haven't got that sketched in. I'll click, modify to finish the sketch in
01:19
and the lines at the top and bottom are in the correct
01:21
location as we've snapped to the actual surface pattern of the roof.
01:25
So I choose the vertical line here on the left
01:28
or change its temporary dimension to be 2 ft six.
01:33
And now I'll select the vertical line on the right side of this sketch here
01:37
and we'll set the overall width of the opening to be 7 ft six inches.
01:43
So now I haven't got that sketch created. We'll click, finish edit mode
01:48
and then the opening will be created within that roof.
01:50
So we can see here that the opening and
01:52
obviously the the surface pattern is not going through that.
01:56
And if I swap back to the 3D view again, we can see the opening in the roof here.
02:01
The opening is a separate object.
02:03
So if we did need to edit its size, we can see whilst it's still selected that
02:07
on the modify opening ribbon here,
02:09
we've got the tool to edit the boundary lines again,
02:13
but ours is in the correct place. So now we'll create the glazed roof for the skylight
02:19
and to do this, we'll use the roof by extrusion tool.
02:23
So from the architecture ribbon tab on the build panel
02:26
under the roof by footprint tool.
02:28
We'll choose roof by extrusion.
02:32
Now, we need to have a non horizontal work plane set as current
02:36
and we can see in the workplace settings here that
02:39
the current work plane is set to none.
02:41
So beneath this, we need to specify a new work plane
02:45
and we'll leave the option set to pick a plane
02:48
and then we'll click. OK?
02:50
And now we can just zoom in to the end of the opening here
02:52
and click on the vertical edge of the roof.
02:56
So now we have that selected, we have to associate it to a level.
02:60
So we'll leave this set to be the roof level and click. OK?
03:03
And now we have the create extrusion roof profile ribbon tools
03:08
and looking at the draw tools, they're set to be a straight line.
03:11
So we'll leave that set and we'll zoom right in here
03:14
and we can just snap to the lower left corner of the opening here
03:18
and then go up and snap to the ridge
03:21
and then we'll go across to the other side of the opening here
03:24
and snap to draw that line in.
03:27
And now we'll click, modify to finish drawing the sketch lines.
03:31
And now looking at the type selector at the top of the properties pallet,
03:35
we can see we have the nine inch corrugated deck and insulation roof type.
03:40
So if we select on this,
03:41
we can scroll down through the basic roofs here
03:44
and we can now choose the sloped glazing roof type
03:47
to apply to our sketch.
03:51
And now we can go back to the create extrusion profile ribbon here and click finish,
03:56
edit mode
03:57
and that roof will be created.
03:59
And we can see now that that's now glazed roof and it's extruded away
04:03
from that edge on the profile here.
04:06
However, we zooming out a little, we can see it's going too far
04:10
and looking at the properties palate here,
04:11
we can see we have an extrusion end value which is
04:14
over 100 and 39 ft and zooming out. We can see that's quite a long way
04:19
and look at the end,
04:20
we do have a drag grip at the end so we could try and drag this back into place.
04:25
But actually, I know that this extrusion end value should be 33 ft. So
04:29
let's click into the properties palette here and set that value to 33 ft.
04:34
And now we can see that that glazed roof fills in the opening that we created.
Video transcript
00:03
And zooming into the 3d view here,
00:05
we can see the roof that we will create the skylight within.
00:10
We'll create an opening first that spans the ridge line here
00:14
and then within that opening, we'll create the glazed roof for the skylight.
00:18
It will be easier to create the opening in a plan view.
00:21
So from the project browser,
00:23
we'll go to the floor plans and we'll open up the roof floor plan view
00:28
and now zooming into the top of the building on the screen here,
00:31
we can see the red line that will create the opening either side of
00:35
and to do this, we'll go to the architecture ribbon tab
00:38
and from the opening panel,
00:40
which is the vertical opening tool.
00:44
First, we need to select the object to create the opening within.
00:47
So we'll click the roof here
00:50
and now that we have the create opening boundary tools,
00:53
we can see we have the draw tools here and it's set to be a line.
00:57
So I changed this to be a rectangle
01:01
and now we can come over to the roof here and I'll
01:03
step to the middle of the line on the surface pattern here.
01:06
At the top left
01:07
and then we go down to the opposite corner on the other side of the ridge line and
01:12
we'll snap to this grid line just here.
01:15
So now I haven't got that sketched in. I'll click, modify to finish the sketch in
01:19
and the lines at the top and bottom are in the correct
01:21
location as we've snapped to the actual surface pattern of the roof.
01:25
So I choose the vertical line here on the left
01:28
or change its temporary dimension to be 2 ft six.
01:33
And now I'll select the vertical line on the right side of this sketch here
01:37
and we'll set the overall width of the opening to be 7 ft six inches.
01:43
So now I haven't got that sketch created. We'll click, finish edit mode
01:48
and then the opening will be created within that roof.
01:50
So we can see here that the opening and
01:52
obviously the the surface pattern is not going through that.
01:56
And if I swap back to the 3D view again, we can see the opening in the roof here.
02:01
The opening is a separate object.
02:03
So if we did need to edit its size, we can see whilst it's still selected that
02:07
on the modify opening ribbon here,
02:09
we've got the tool to edit the boundary lines again,
02:13
but ours is in the correct place. So now we'll create the glazed roof for the skylight
02:19
and to do this, we'll use the roof by extrusion tool.
02:23
So from the architecture ribbon tab on the build panel
02:26
under the roof by footprint tool.
02:28
We'll choose roof by extrusion.
02:32
Now, we need to have a non horizontal work plane set as current
02:36
and we can see in the workplace settings here that
02:39
the current work plane is set to none.
02:41
So beneath this, we need to specify a new work plane
02:45
and we'll leave the option set to pick a plane
02:48
and then we'll click. OK?
02:50
And now we can just zoom in to the end of the opening here
02:52
and click on the vertical edge of the roof.
02:56
So now we have that selected, we have to associate it to a level.
02:60
So we'll leave this set to be the roof level and click. OK?
03:03
And now we have the create extrusion roof profile ribbon tools
03:08
and looking at the draw tools, they're set to be a straight line.
03:11
So we'll leave that set and we'll zoom right in here
03:14
and we can just snap to the lower left corner of the opening here
03:18
and then go up and snap to the ridge
03:21
and then we'll go across to the other side of the opening here
03:24
and snap to draw that line in.
03:27
And now we'll click, modify to finish drawing the sketch lines.
03:31
And now looking at the type selector at the top of the properties pallet,
03:35
we can see we have the nine inch corrugated deck and insulation roof type.
03:40
So if we select on this,
03:41
we can scroll down through the basic roofs here
03:44
and we can now choose the sloped glazing roof type
03:47
to apply to our sketch.
03:51
And now we can go back to the create extrusion profile ribbon here and click finish,
03:56
edit mode
03:57
and that roof will be created.
03:59
And we can see now that that's now glazed roof and it's extruded away
04:03
from that edge on the profile here.
04:06
However, we zooming out a little, we can see it's going too far
04:10
and looking at the properties palate here,
04:11
we can see we have an extrusion end value which is
04:14
over 100 and 39 ft and zooming out. We can see that's quite a long way
04:19
and look at the end,
04:20
we do have a drag grip at the end so we could try and drag this back into place.
04:25
But actually, I know that this extrusion end value should be 33 ft. So
04:29
let's click into the properties palette here and set that value to 33 ft.
04:34
And now we can see that that glazed roof fills in the opening that we created.
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