How to merge roofs

[mikeshick]

Fellows...I have some intersecting roofs but not sure how to clean them up properly..Could you possibly take a look at make recommendations.

Thank you!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/25840078/z-porch%2001%20v2010.dwg

[leothebuilder]

Your file is 2013

I have 2012 and can't open

[mikeshick]

Here...try this one.  I converted the other post to 2010 also.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/25840078/z-porch%2001%20v2010.dwg

[KathyMoffa]

Unfortunately saving to a lower format doesn't help those of us not on 2013 to see your drawing.   See the many other posts regarding the drawing format change (which is why I haven't installed 2013 and am unlikely to the more I read).

[dbroad]

Mike,

Your porch looks pretty good.  Because of the quirkiness of how roofslabs are defined, I do not believe you can trim them.  To eliminate the overlaps, you might try using subtractive interferences.

The failure of roofslabs as an object type is the inability to trim the eave overhangs.  (ASIDE: I have always wondered why they require heavy polylines to trim and not just lines, 2d polylines or xlines.)

Since these are roofslabs, you can't really "merge" them.  You can just get them to meet cleanly.

[mikeshick]

At some point, you loose out on new time saving functionality.  But it is astonishing that Autodesk has not addressed this issue and taken it much more serious how big a disruption this is...backwords compatability!!!

[mikeshick]

I took a look at interference.  Unless I'm using incorrectly, this tool does not help eliminate the edges that I need to eliminate.  I need/want to know in plan view where these planes intersect...without being able to produce a proper trim, I cannot locate the lines of intersection.

It may not be so, but I sure think ACA must have a solution in dealing with something so trivial!!!! 

[ntellery]

Mike I use the roof object over slabs every day but you can use the same technique I show in this video to do what you want.  Basically doing a horizontal section will show you where the slabs intersect and you can overlay the section and manipulate your slabs into position of the valleys.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhbWuxbvD_E

Using the roof object tool (as I show in the video) I would still have to use 2 objects.

[timothy.holland84]

in architecture version 2020 convert roof object to slabs select roof slab of issue click trim in roof tab which has appeared due to selection of said slab follow prompts regroup slabs to one group enjoy