TABLE OF CONTENTS In this chapter, we will add the various horizontal surfaces of the building, specifically, Roofs, Slabs and Spaces. Architectural Desktop offers two types of Roof objects: the standard (one-piece) Roof and the Roof Slab. With a variety of parameters including Rise, Run, and Edge conditions, these tools allow us to model complete roof structures and assemblies. Horizontal planes and slabs can be built with the Slab object. Slabs share many parameters in common with Roof Slabs they can be flat or pitched, and they can vary in thickness and include holes. Slabs are beneficial for 3D modeling of complex horizontal planes and for generating sections. Floors and ceilings can be modeled using Slab or Space objects, depending on your project needs. Space objects are well suited to floor plans and provide an easy means of tracking room area, finishes and other Schedule properties.
Build Roofs.
Learn to create and modify Slab objects.
Add floor Slabs to the Project model.
Understand Space objects.
Add Spaces to existing files.
There are two types of Roof object in Architectural Desktop: the standard Roof and the Roof Slab. The standard Roof object will be referred to here as the "one-piece" Roof. This is because it is comprised of a single monolithic piece of material, which includes all of the sloping faces. A Roof Slab is an individual sloping roof surface. The advantage of the one-piece Roof is that all joints miter automatically since it is a single continuous object. The advantage...
