Roof Generator (m072)

Not version-specific

Tekla Structures

Environment

Netherlands

You can use plug-in Roof Generator (m072) as a tool for quickly modeling a roof shape consisting of contour plates. In this way, different roof shapes and roof lines can be determined very quickly. You can then manually or with the help of other plug-ins and components “fill” the roof surfaces to model the roof elements / roof plates.

Objects created

Roof plates (contour plates)

Use for

Situation
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Before you start

No specific actions are required.

Selection order

1. Pick the contour of the roof shape by picking points (up to 20) counterclockwise. The contour always needs to be “closed”; the last picked point is equal to the 1st picked point. These points are all positioned in the same plane. The plug-in now generates the different contour plates:

When you next open the plug-in dialog box, the image shows the current shape of the roof. This makes it easy to specify the desired roof angle per roof surface.

Part identification key

	Part
1	Roof plates

Image tab

Option	Description
1	Define the relevant roof angle for each roof plate. You can also determine whether a plate should actually be created for the relevant plane via the Yes/No drop-down list. In some situations (for example with a saddle roof) it is not necessary to generate the plates of the end facades.
2	Define the heights of the sides of the roof plane. Options: Sides have different heights. All sides have same height.
3	Overall: Define the height per roof shape. Define how the height should be calculated. Options: Free Exact height Max height First layer: Define the height of the first layer, the second layer will automatically start at this height. Define the roof type. Options: Gable Flat top

Option

Description

Define the relevant roof angle for each roof plate. You can also determine whether a plate should actually be created for the relevant plane via the Yes/No drop-down list. In some situations (for example with a saddle roof) it is not necessary to generate the plates of the end facades.

Define the heights of the sides of the roof plane.

Options:

Sides have different heights.
All sides have same height.

Overall: Define the height per roof shape.

Define how the height should be calculated.

Options:

Free
Exact height
Max height

First layer: Define the height of the first layer, the second layer will automatically start at this height.

Define the roof type.

Options:

Gable
Flat top

First layer offset tab

On the "First layer offset" tab, define an offset per side of the roof shape.

Option	Description
1	Offset is 200: Image

Second layer tab

On the Second layer tab, define the roof angles of the second layer.

Option	Description
1	Define the relevant roof angle for each roof plate. You can also determine whether a plate should actually be created for the relevant plane via the Yes/No drop-down list. In some situations (for example with a saddle roof) it is not necessary to generate the plates of the end facades.

Tab Overhang

On the "Overhang" tab, define overhangs for the corners of the roof shape.

Option	Description
1	Value for the offset.
2	Overhang type. Options: Same overhang for all sides Different overhang for each side
3	If you use the option Same overhang for all sides, you set one overhang value for all sides. If you use the option Different overhang for each side, the value field is not available and you set the offset per side.

Option

Description

Value for the offset.

Overhang type.

Options:

Same overhang for all sides
Different overhang for each side

If you use the option Same overhang for all sides, you set one overhang value for all sides.

If you use the option Different overhang for each side, the value field is not available and you set the offset per side.

Plates tab

On the "Plates" tab, define the details of the roof plates.

Option	Description
Roof plate	Thickness (t), width (b) and length (h) of the roof plate as well as pos prefix, assembly prefix, start number, material, name, class and comment can be defined.
Position at depth	Define the position of the plates in relation to the system points. If desired, an additional offset can be set. Options: Middle Front Behind
Fit plates	This option is set to Yes by default and ensures that the four plates fit neatly in relation to each other. If the option is set to No, no fittings are created and the four plates are not connected to each other.
Create	Define what should be generated by the plugin. Options: Plates (default) Construction lines Plates and construction lines Lines Plates and lines.

UDA tab

On the "UDA" tab, you can define five different user-defined attributes.

Option	Description
UDA name	The name of the user-defined attribute.
Type	The data type of the user-defined attribute. Options: String for text. Integer for integers. Double for values with decimals after the comma.
Value	The value to enter in the user-defined attribute.
Value	Example: As an example, we have used the user-defined attribute Comment and we wrote the RC value to this attribute. Image Image User-defined attributes are defined in the file objects.inp. Click here for more information.

About tab

Information about the version date. This date is indicative and can therefore be different even though the tool has the same content.

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