Modify-Blocks This menu item displays a sub-menu, which provides a set of commands allowing you to manually insert and adjust the blocks. If you currently have blocks turned off, they… read more →
Linear Nesting This process takes all panels from the roof, orients them with respect to lap direction and sequentially adds them together to form a single, continuous length of coil… read more →
Gen-Offcuts The Gen-Offcuts method of estimation utilises the off-cut created from hips and valleys and places it elsewhere on the roof, thus reducing wastage and optimizing the material required. Effectively… read more →
Generate Blocks Auto-Block This command constructs rectangular blocks across a roof shape using the roof geometry to generate the sheet/panel cutting list. There are actually two Blocking Methods that may… read more →
Gen-Panels (Pulldown Menu – Estimate (Metal) Only) > Generate Panel Layout > Generate Panels) This command automatically draws individual metal panels on every metal roof plane in the model. If… read more →
Export to Rollformer This button is at the bottom of all the Panel Cutting List Summary dialog boxes and provides for the generated cutting list to be exported to a… read more →
One Roof Plane The cover command allows you to assign a different metal roofing material to one or more roof planes. When you click this command, the Roof cover material… read more →
Downpipes This command displays a submenu which allows you to select and draw downpipes. A downpipe is simply a 2D dot drawn on the line you select. When all… read more →
Zones The Cover > Zones function allows the operator to define areas of a roof where materials are quantified differently according to their respective locations on the roof. Typically this function… read more →
Underlay The underlay command lets you apply and remove underlayment from the roof. The icon command uses the ‘S’ character because it was originally entitled “Sarking”. Underlay is a moisture… read more →