Drop-Eave

Mod-Roof > Drop-Eave

This command allows you to drop the eave along the full length of a plane edge, based on a horizontal offset.

This is like the Atrium command (above), but assumes the full length of the eave.

After you select the command, you are prompted to locate the eave you want to drop.  Then you enter the horizontal offset you want the eave to move.  Based on that offset as well as the pitch of the plane, the eave is projected in the line of the plane, the horizontal amount you just entered.  The net effect therefore, is to drop the eave down in the plane of the roof, ie at the same pitch.

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Note: If you want to drop the eave down by a specific amount, you would then enter dh/tan(pitch) in the dialog box, where dh is the amount you want to drop the eave by, and pitch is the pitch of the roof plane in degrees.