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Bay Window Roof

Available in: Architectural

Use this command to insert a roof over a bay window.

Select the 'Bay Window Roof' button Bay window roof and the following dialog box appears.

Create bay window roof

Here you can select the type of roof that will cover the bay window i.e Hipped, Gabled, Mono, Barn Hipped and so on.
You can also set the Pitch, Rafter Thickness, Eaves Overhang, Roof Thickness and Vertical offset.

When you click on the OK button you will be prompted to Give Bay Window. Now you can move the cursor over any bay window in your drawing and you will see a dynamic representation of how the command will complete if confirmed.
Clicking on the left mouse button will confirm your selection.

If you click on the appearance tab in the dialog you will see the following controls.

Create bay window roof appearance
Create bay window roof appearance checked

In this screen you can override the default roof appearance by selecting the Override check box.
Once selected you can alter the default roof appearance by changing the Shading Colour, Transparency, Texture and Texture Size properties.

Finally if you click on the Eaves Detail tab in the dialog you will see the following controls.

Create bay window eaves detail
Create bay window eaves detail checked

Similarly to the appearance tab hear you can override the default appearance of the eaves detail for the bay window roof that you will be creating.

You can override either the Facia appearance or the Soffit appearance or both if you like.
You can also set the Width, Thickness and Overhang for the Facia and the Width, Thickness and Vertical Offset for the Soffit.