| Add Cricket Command
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Automatically add a cricket
anywhere along a higher wall edge on a roof with this new command. A
cricket is a built-up roof required between a wall and a roof, for
example, behind a chimney.
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| Add False Dormer Command
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Save time with the Add False
Dormer feature, which will automate the placement of a dormer. Simply
select the window, select the wall type, specify the roof pitch and
style, then the dormer is automatically constructed.
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| Add False Gable Command
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Adding false gables is
straightforward with the Add False Gable command. This command is used
along the hip edge of an existing roof. Using Add False Gable
automatically produces a separate roof that ties in with two valleys
and a gable on the outside edge.
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| Add Roof Edges Command
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This command allows easily adding
additional roof edges should design changes take place after the
initial roof is drawn. When the roof needs to be altered to cover
additional or modified areas of the building ‘Add Roof Edges’ can be
used instead of erasing a roof and starting over. With selecting the
roof you want to modify, the command can be used to modify or add roof
edges to tie into the existing roof outline.
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| Add Saddle Command
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The Add Saddle option has been
added to the Roof commands. This will provide a built-up roof where
there is a dead valley between two roof systems. ‘Add Saddle’ will
automatically produce a roof that includes 4 valleys and a ridge to
tie into the two adjoining roofs.
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| Auto Regenerate Flag Has Been
Added to the Toolbar |
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When a Roof command is selected,
the Status Bar displays the ‘Auto Regenerate’ checkbox. When making
complex changes to more than one roof edge at one time, de-selecting
this option will prevent the roofs from altering. Once the last change
is made, then the roof can be edited to regenerate.
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| Auto Roof Is Improved as It
Handles More Cases Than in the Past |
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The Auto Roof command has improved
overall as it can place more automatic roofs for additional cases
saving time and effort in creating them manually.
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| Bull Nose and Double Hip Generate
on the Same Roof |
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Bull nose and Double Hip edge
styles can be used together in more overall complex roof
situations.
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| Bull Nose Roofs Form in More
Complicated, Nested, Situations |
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Bull nose edge styles can now be
used in more overall complicated roof situations, such as having
multiple nested bull noses as part of the same roof system.
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| Calculate Roof Edge Height
Command Added |
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This is a very effective tool that
allows roofs to be generated without relying on the height of the
walls. ‘Calculate Roof Edge Height’ allows you to select the related
walls; one being the target which will change its height based on the
roof information, and the anchor wall, which is the known wall height.
The ridge distance and pitch information can be entered and the target
wall will update its plate height to match the new roof plane
automatically.
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| Collinear and Near Collinear
Walls Are Treated as Single Walls When Adding Roofs |
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When there is a slight jog or
transition between different walls, the program can recognize them as
a single wall in order to place a proper roof edge as selected using
Add Roof.
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| Dimensions and Extensions Can Be
Added and Edited in Roof Mode |
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Dimensions and Extensions can now
be drawn in Roof mode. This offers flexibility with being able to
dimension or extension different conditions, such as extensioning
walls or dimensioning roof framing. The items can be further modified
through the use of the editing.
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| Double Hip Roof Formation
Improved |
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Overall improvements have been
made to roofs in Version 13 which include Double Hip roofs. These roof
styles can now generate under more complex conditions.
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| Dutch Gable Roofs Form In More
Complicated, Nested, Situations |
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Dutch Gable edge styles can now be
used in more overall complicated roof situations, such as having
multiple, nested Dutch gables as part of the same roof system.
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| Fascia and Gutter Have Separate
Visibility and Texture Control in Softview |
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Fascia and Gutter have separate
visibility and texture controls in SoftView. This allows turning on or
off the display for gutters separately, as well as, defining different
textures to them as separate objects on the SoftView model.
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| Fascia and Soffit Control Added
to the Edges of Holes When They Intersect with the Exterior of the
Roof |
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Roof holes are used to cut away
areas of the roof to eliminate unnecessary or overlapping roofing
material. It may be essential to place fascia and soffit along the
edges of the hole where it meets the exterior of a roof. The new
option for holes will automatically place these materials in the
exposed areas of the roof. The roof will display more accurately in
SoftView.
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| Fit to Roof Works on the Lower
Floor of a Multiple Floor Roof |
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In the situation where Multiple
Floor Roof is being used to stack two floors, a gable roof can be
placed on the upper floor and the wall of the lower floor can now be
‘Fit to Top of Roof’. This will balloon frame the lower floor wall
into the gable end of the roof of the upper floor above. Walls no
longer need to be drawn on the same drawing as the roof in order to
fit to the roof.
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| Gable End Improved When Top to
Fascia Is Changed to Raise Elevation of Roof (Energy
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If the ‘Top To Fascia’ value for a
roof edge is set low enough that the bottom of the fascia is above the
top plate, as in an energy heel, the gable end surface material will
now extend down in order to cover the gap. This should display the
gable end correctly in SoftView.
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| Gable Style is Automatically
Added to Any Roof Placed on a Multi Height Wall Via Auto, Add, or Trace
Roof |
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If a Multi-Height wall is detected
when placing a roof by using Auto Roof, Add Roof, or Trace Roof, then
a Gable end style is placed automatically. This saves time in having
to edit to Gables manually when walls have already been raked.
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| Gable Vents Can Be Automatically
Added to the End of the Roof |
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Gable Vents can be applied to
Gable or Dutch Gable edges of the roof. By enabling this option
different styles and sizes of vents can be selected to display. The
position offset can also be defined for its placement from the top of
the wall.
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Gutters Allow User to
Control Width and Depth
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The Roof Options menu now gives
the ability to enter values for the width and depth of gutters.
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| Gutters Can Be Created with User
Customizable Profiles |
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With the use of Profiles in
Version 13, gutters can be created in the library and applied in the
Roof Options or edited on individual roof edges. SoftPlan provides a
pre-made gutter library with different profiles to use for SoftView,
but additional custom profiles can also be added to it.
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| Ignore Walls Option
Added |
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The option to “Ignore walls” has
been added to the Roof Edge edit. If there is no wall or beam for the
Roof Edge to reference, this option can be enabled before the roof is
regenerated. The edge will not search for the nearest wall to
reference to, and it can be adjusted as needed.
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| Include Walls Option Added to
Generate Drawing |
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The option to ‘Include Walls’ has
been added to the Roof Options. When this is enabled and the command
for ‘Generate Drawing’ within Roof mode is selected, the drawing will
automatically show the bearing walls along with the roof outlines.
This saves having to merge the bearing walls into the generated roof
plan if they are required to be shown together.
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| Match Roof Planes Command
Added |
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This command can be used to select
parallel roof edges to create one continuous roof plane. The desired
roof plane is first chosen and then the ones to match it. They will be
matched in pitch, as well as, height so one roof plane is formed. This
is a great tool for forming cut-out roof styles because the proper
wall heights do not need to first be calculated in order to reference
the roof to them. With this method, once the roof planes are set, the
walls can simply be edited to Fit to Top of Roof.
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| Opening Top Can Be Edited to
Match the Slope of the Roof Above |
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A new window type ‘Trapezoid” can
be drawn from the Windows Opening library. When this window is drawn
in a wall that is balloon framed (raked) to the gable end of a roof,
it will automatically adjust its top edge to follow the slope at the
same pitch as the top plate of the wall.
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| Profile Added to Roof
Style |
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With the addition of Profiles in
Version 13, SoftPlan has included a Roof library which includes
different profiles to apply to roof edges. These can be applied when
editing roof edges to create curved, bell-shape roof details or custom
profiles. The values for profile Height and Width can also be
set.
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| Ridge Cap Can Be Added to
Roof |
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A roof plane can be edited to
enable the option for Ridge cap. Different materials are available
which can be applied to the Ridges.
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| Roof Options Added Directly to
the Toolbar |
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Easy access is now provided to the
Roof Options. Now select Roof Options directly from the Toolbar or
Draw menu in Roof mode.
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| Textures Added to
SoftView |
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Additional roof textures have been
added for use with the SoftView 3D model.
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| Walls Can Be Automatically Added
to the Saved Bird’s Eye Plan |
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The option to ‘Include Walls’ has
been added to the Roof Options. When this is enabled and the command
for ‘Bird’s Eye’ within Roof mode is selected, the drawing will
automatically show the bearing walls along with the roof outline. This
saves having to merge the bearing walls into the Bird’s Eye plan if
they are required to be shown together.
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