Timber Battens

[Anonymous]

Hello, 

any tips on how to create battens for timber roof. I am struggling with creating proper battens on top of the rafter.  Any help would be greatly appreciate it. 

[barthbradley · Accepted solution]

Define them in a "Sloped Glazing" Curtain Wall. 

...see this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVyWefr_UGE

[Ilic.Andrej · Accepted solution]

Hello @Anonymous !

I assume you mainly wan't to display those battens in section views?

If this is the case, I will tell you my practice. I create a roof with all its layers. One of those layers represents space where those battens will be installed. Then, in section views, I use 2d components to enrich the drawing. 

I attached family which I usually use for any wood elements that are hidden inside of walls, floors or roofs. That could be a stud, a rib, a batten...

Is just a masking region. It has two instance parameters: "a" and "b".

[barthbradley]

...or use the OOTB Detail Item component ("Nominal Cut Lumber-Section.rfa") found under "061100-Wood Framing". 

[Anonymous]

Wow! This is wonderful. It is exactly what I wanted it for. This saved me a lot of time. 

and it is adaptable so it's perfect! 

Out of curiosity what do you use for tiles? 

Also, how do you create a the other layers? you duplicate the roof, with different thickness? 

Thank you very much for the help. 

[Anonymous]

Thank you for the video, it is a bit hard because there is not voice, but it gets the job done. 

Thank you 

[Anonymous]

Thank you for the suggestion, but how do it get it? is it a family I have to upload from library? 

Sorry, I don't understand how to use this. 

Thank you. 

[barthbradley]

Can you elaborate? How do you get what? 

[Ilic.Andrej]

I' m glad we helped! 🙂

I just create one roof (its type has multiple layers). Open up type properties, "edit" structure and explore 🙂

Every layer has a material assigned to it. So, a tile material will be assigned to one of the layers.

[Anonymous]

Okay, I actually get it now, I Just have to find it in the library! 

Thank you! 

[barthbradley]

Drill down into the OOTB "Detail Items" folder. 

[Anonymous]

Thank you again for the reply, 

So under libraries, I have U.S Metric, U.S imperial, and then I have different countries. I couldn't find a folder named: OOTB, I found another detail folder for the Malaysia folder, but it is not there. Am I missing something. 

Thank you. 

[Anonymous]

Thank you very much Dr_Grozozo, the multi layer roof worked. but I will probably have to upload a tile family so it can appear in the section. 

Thank you again. 🙂 

[barthbradley]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Thank you again for the reply, 

So under libraries, I have U.S Metric, U.S imperial, and then I have different countries. I couldn't find a folder named: OOTB, I found another detail folder for the Malaysia folder, but it is not there. Am I missing something. 

Thank you. 

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Sorry for the confusion. “OOTB” stands for “Out of the box”, meaning that it’s included in the initial install. In this case, I’m referring to a family “Rough Cut Lumber-Section.rfa” that is found in the Imperial Library under the folders: “Detail Items” > “Div 06-Wood and Plastic” > “061100-Wood Framing”.

[Anonymous]

I see. Thank you for the clarification. I think for me, I don't have the full imperial library. maybe because of my installation settings. 

Thank you for your time.