Chief Architect Help Database - Article Number: 619
How to build an 'L' shaped structure with full gable ends
The information in this article applies to:
Chief Architect X2Chief Architect X1
Chief Architect 10.0
Chief Architect 9.0
Chief Architect 8.0
QUESTION
How do I create an 'L' shaped structure with three full gable ends automatically?
ANSWER
A reverse gable, sometimes called an opposing gable, is perpendicular to the main gable roof. A reverse gable can join the main roof anywhere along the main roof. In this example, it joins the main roof at one end.
To build a reverse gable roof
- Select Build> Wall> Straight Exterior Wall
from the menu, then click and drag to draw the walls for your L-shaped structure in a clockwise fashion.
- Extend the baseline wall through the bump-out of the L.
- Select Build> Wall> Break Wall
from the menu. Click to place a break in the wall where the baseline wall meets the gable.
- Flag each of the gable end walls (marked in yellow in the image below) as Full Gable Wall on the Roof tab of that wall's specification dialog.
- Pull the baseline wall's end back to its original location.
- Select Build> Roof> Build Roof
from the menu to oepn the Build Roof dialog.
- Alternatively, you can double-click either the Roof Tools
parent tool or the Roof Plane 
child tool to open this dialog.
- Click in the Build Roof Planes check box and click OK to build the roof.
- Select 3D> Create Perspective View> Full Overview (prior to X2, use the following camera: 3D> Create Render View> Render Full Overview)
from the menu to see the results.
MORE INFORMATION
To open a wall's specification dialog, select the wall, then click the Open Object
edit button that displays at left. Walls can be group-selected by holding down the Shift key on your keyboard while selecting them, and specified as Full Gable Walls all at one time.Last updated on: 01-09-2009