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Lefthander Joined: 16 Apr 2007 Posts: 2	Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 4:44 am    Post subject: Beginner problem - can't wallify gable roof Hi Please excuse the rookie ignorance. I have just started using DW lite to help visualise creating a simple loft room with rooflight windows in a gable roof. I have successfully created the roof space by using a massing block and then dragging the mid-edge handles to a ridge line. Unfortunately this roof loft space will then not wallify and so, when I try to create the window openings, the roof is treated as a sold mass and the result is recesses in a block - not windows. If I wallify the original block BEFORE making it a roof there are then no mid-edge handles to drag to make the roof. Could a more experienced user help me out? Thanks in advance.
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David Owen Joined: 14 Apr 2004 Posts: 70 Location: Eugene, Oregon	Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 10:03 am    Post subject: Great question! There's a different technique for making a spatial gable roof, rather than the massing roof that's described in the first tutorial. Steps 1 through 6 of the intermediate tutorial "Constructing a Spatial Dormer" describe the process, which can be applied equally well to the main building as to the dormer. This tutorial can be found at: http://www.artifice.com/support/user_guide/documents/tutorial/tutorial_3-00.html Please see also, this discussion about the same issue, with additional step-by-step instructions and example model: http://arch.designcommunity.com/viewtopic.php?p=3542#3542
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Lefthander Joined: 16 Apr 2007 Posts: 2	Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 8:02 pm    Post subject: Many thanks David, I'll check those out. My architect is a charming older guy - but 'Olde School' too! - and only provides 2D plans, so it's hard to visualise a pitched roof space. When I get this cracked it will really help. Cheers Rob
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