Flying-Gable

Mod-Roof > Flying Gable

This command inserts a gable along a hip line and modifies the relevant planes to suit.

When you select this command, you first select the eave, which also defines the plane you want to deal with.  Then you select the hip.  This is the line along which the gable is inserted. It could be inserted from its bottom corner to its apex.

After that, the Flying gable defaults dialog is displayed which allows you to define the position of the flying gable.

Distance of apron from eave
This is the horizontal distance from the eave to the face of the gable.  If you enter 0, then it draws the gable at the base of the hip.

Distance of gable apex from top of hip
This is the horizontal distance from the top of the hip to where the valley of the new gable will intersect.  If you enter 0, then this gable is wedged at the top of the hip.

The following diagrams show different qualities when inserting a flying gable.

The flying gable in this diagram is positioned along the hip:

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In the next example, the flying gable spans the entire hip:

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Here, the flying gable starts at the base of the hip and finishes along the hip:

BEFORE                                                  AFTER

And here, the flying gable starts along the hip and finishes at the top of the hip:

BEFORE                                                   AFTER