Roof Frame

You can use this tool to create roof frames for gable roofs, hip roofs, barrel roofs and gambrel roofs. All the roof profiles can be combined as desired.

Roof surface

You can use this tool to create a roof surface by entering any outline.

Custom Planes

You can use this tool to define local reference planes. These planes (there are always two: the upper plane and the lower plane) can be inclined at any angle and have the height that you assign to them. Custom reference planes have priority over the default reference planes.

Roof Covering

You can use this tool to apply a roof covering over a roof frame. The roof covering may consist of several construction layers (e.g. insulation etc.).

Masking Plane

You can use this tool to control how architectural elements within a specific area are displayed in plan view. All the architectural components that are located below this masking plane area can be displayed with a different line type, for example, or hidden entirely from view.
The roof covering is an exception: The program only displays the parts of the roof covering that fall within the boundaries of the masking plane are displayed. Attics, for example, can quickly be displayed in the correct manner with this tool.

Dormer

You can use this tool to create the frame for a dormer in a roof frame. Dormer frames are entered in the same way as roof frames. You can insert dormers into any roof frame (gable roof, hip roof (shed roof), barrel roof and gambrel roof).

Skylight

You can use this tool to create an opening for a skylight in a roof covering. At the same time you can insert a library element in this opening.

Skylight SmartPart

You can use this tool to create SmartParts for rectangular skylights.

You can place skylight SmartParts in rectangular openings in roofs. SmartParts adapt to these outlines.

You can edit SmartParts using handles (graphic modification) or a dialog box (alphanumeric modification).

Rafters

You can use this tool to create series of rafters.

Hip, Valley Rafter

You can use this tool to create hip and valley rafters.

Rafter-Supporting Purlins

You can use this tool to create rafter-supporting purlins and battens.

Header

You can use this tool to create headers at rafter-supporting purlins, beams, collar beams or collar ties.

Beam

You can use this tool to create beams.

Roof Beam

You can use this tool to create roof beams.

Collar Beam

You can use this tool to create collar beams that are placed between rafters or between rafters and posts or between timber elements.

Collar Tie

You can use this tool to create collar ties that are placed between rafters or between rafters and posts.

Post

You can use this tool to create posts.

Steel, Timber Element

You can use this tool to create steel or timber elements like struts, braces, inclined slabs, for example.

Frame Construction Reports

You can use this tool to analyze steel and timber elements. These reports can be sent to the printer and imported as PDF files to the document.

Modify Roof Frame

You can use this tool to modify roof frames. The roof profiles applied to the roof edges are replaced by new profiles.

Modify Planes

You can use this tool to modify the upper and lower plane in a custom pair of reference planes.

Split and Lower

You can use this tool to lower a part of the bottom plane (the floor) in one or more roof frames and thus create a split-level plan.

Roof Frame to Custom Planes

You can use this tool to resolve a roof frame into discrete architectural reference planes (custom planes). After having exploded the roof frame, you can select each plane of the roof separately and modify it like a pair of custom reference planes.

Move Plane

You can use this to move planes in a roof frame.

Copy Plane

You can use this to copy planes in a roof frame.

Copy and Mirror Plane

You can use this to copy and mirror planes in a roof frame.

Mirror Plane (without Copy)

You can use this to mirror planes in a roof frame.

Delete Plane

You can use this tool to delete planes (for example, a dormer) from a roof frame.

Modify Placed Timber, Steel Elements

You can use this tool to modify the parameters of steel and timber elements placed.

Intersect Steel, Timber Elements with Archit. Components

You can use this tool to make steel and timber elements (for example, rafters or beams) intersect existing architectural components (for example, roof covering).

Adjust Hip, Valley Rafter in V-Shaped Manner

You can use this tool to modify hip rafters and valley rafters so that their bottom side adjusts in a V-shaped manner to the roof pitch.

Update Steel, Timber Elements

You can use this tool to recalculate the 3D representation of steel and timber elements.