Exporting files from Turbocad to Turbofloor Plan

[Jack Zimmer]

Hi Bob,

The corner problem with your roofs is because the side roof pitch is different than the dutch gable pitch. This is simple math that results in the two ends not matching perfectly. In the real world I would extend the rafters out past the match point, chalk a line down all the rafters and cut them to length getting them to match.

In TFPlan you simply have to extend the overhang larger on the lower dutch gable end through trail and error until they match.

It is just math, two different angles require differnent lenghts to match.

Jack

[Burgo]

Jack, thanks for the reply. What I have discovered, and what I think is causing the problem, is that when the hip is changed to a dutch gable in the properties dialogue the fascia depth ( (b) thickness) changes from 185mm to 152mm. When I change the thickness back to 185 mm, the fascia's line up. Is this the normal or is there a possible bug? or do I need to change other settings?

[Burgo]

Jack & Allan
Further to the above, I have discovered that the problem relates only to the catalog of generic roofs AU/NZ which have fascia thickness of 185mm, all other roofs in the catalog have standard fascia thickness of 152 mm so when the roof is changed to a dutch gable the fascia depths remain the same. Is there a way to rectify this problem with generic roofs AU/AZ?

[Jack Zimmer]

I don't know of any way of accessing the Dutch Hip and or any of the other preset options under Roof Shapes, they must have been created only for your version. I wasn't aware that this variation existed. Is this something different than just switching to metric catalog?

The only thing I can see is going to each of the hip roof options in the catalog and changing them to match the fascia default when you switch to Dutch.

The other option is to insert as is and change the fascias making sure they all match once inserted.

Jack

[Allan Chesney]

Hi Jack and Bob,

I understand that the Australian/New Zealand objects in the catalogue are now being automatically shipped as part of the Metric Catalogue and in this case it appears that when on of the AU/NZ roofs is chosen, the facia is automatically 185mm but when it is switched to a Dutch Gable it is defaulting to the original 152mm.

There is no way Bob, to adjust this beforehand as it only happens when the Dutch Gable is chosen and you cannot edit this as a group in the Element Manager - it is greyed out. Looks like it will have to be changed after insertion each time. You need to change the roof thickness on the Straight and Gable sections and also the facia depth on the Support and Details tab as these are all going back to 152mm when the Dutch Gable is chosen.

Allan

[Burgo]

Allan & Jack, thanks for the help with this one. Allan the render of the house you posted earlier, can you tell me the render setting you used, as I cannot produce a render as clear as yours.

[Allan Chesney]

Hi Bob,

My personal default settings are as in the images below.
With this particular render I did not save it, as I was just testing the roof issue, but I would have used these same settings, as I did not play with it at all.  The only thing I may have changed would have been the North point using the compass 'arrow' to change the direction of the sun to the other side.

What settings did you use?

Allan

[Burgo]

Thanks Allan, the learning process is immense.