Drawing Roofs

Lance Reeves Updated by Lance Reeves

A good estimate starts with a good takeoff. XactRemodel Studio helps you capture those dimensions and make them usable as you build an estimate.

Get started with a floor plan by drawing a roof.

Creating roofs

Roofs are created by drawing an entire roof at once using the Roof tool. New roofs can be attached to existing roofs, or stand separately.

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Description

Hotkey

Roof Tool

F

Resizing roofs

Resize by dragging a roof edge

Roofs can also be resized by dragging a roof edge.

  1. Select roof edge to move.
  2. Click, hold, and drag the roof to the desired location.

Resize by editing a dimension

Roofs can be resized by editing their dimensions.

  1. Move a roof edge that is adjacent to the dimension to be changed.
  2. The dimensions that can be edited will appear.
  3. Select the dimension to edit.
  4. Enter the desired dimension value.
For quicker entry, use a comma to separate feet and inches. Decimals are also accepted.

Resize by dragging a vertex

Roofs can be resized by dragging an existing vertex.

  1. Select any roof edge that the vertex in on.
  2. Click, hold, and drag the vertex to the desired location.

To disable snapping angles, hold SHIFT while dragging.

Using the Square Break tool

Using the square break tool, roofs can be split and resized, or have a new roof created using the plus button that displays.

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Description

Hotkey

Square Break

B

  1. Press B or select the Square Break tool.
  2. Hover along any edge of the roof, left click to create a split.
  3. Select the new roof handle.
  4. Click and drag the roof handle to the desired location

Hold CTRL while dragging out the Square Break to create a new roof.

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