Roof Plate Line

Pitch is the slope or angle from the wall plate to the roof ridge line.

Roof plate line.

The default value is 0. This height is relative to the base level of the roof. In order for all the roof components to work they must be square parallel level and fixed down properly. Plate offset from base.

The height above the base level at which the wall and the roof meet. Available only when picking walls. You can for example specify a new baseline height in the roof plane s specification dialog or select and move the baseline in a 3d view. The main elements of the gable roof layout are the ridge beam common rafters and wall plate.

Pitch for a gable roof the most common is generally 1 4 or 1 3. Which is equal to 1 4 or 1 3 the total span of the building not counting any overhang. Squaring and fixing the wall plates to the brickwork. Pitch can vary a great deal from a shallow slope up to a very steep pitch.

The top horizontal line of a building wall upon which the roof rests. They are cut to the same length as the brickwork they sit on a half lap joint is great for the corners to be fixed to one another. For example a roof slope that rises 6 inches for every 12 inches of run is said to have a slope of 6 in 12 or simply six twelve. Roof planes generate on the wall top plates which are governed by the ceiling height specified in a given room or floor.

This parameter is enabled when a roof boundary line is created using pick walls.