Residential Metal Roof

[max]

I followed the tip of the month to make a standing seam metal roof. Everything went fine until the last step. I can't find out how to change the panel from glass to metal roof. Can someone please tell me how to do this?

Thanks

[Steve_Stafford]

Check this THREAD (http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=1445)

[max]

Thanks for the reply, but I have been unable to find any way to change the panel from glass to metal. There is no option to do that under the properties for the glass panel??

Thanks

[Steve_Stafford]

You sure you followed Scott's list? You should be able to change the material of the system panel to Metal - Roof by hovering over the roof, tabbing till you see the system panel then select, choose properties, choose Edit/new then assign a new material....

[max]

I finally got it but I had to go to object styles and change it there.

Thanks

[max]

oops, I spoke to soon. If I change the object style for the sloped glazing, it also changes the glass in the windows. I do not know how to change the material for the sloped glazing only.

Thanks

[Steve_Stafford]

Draw the roof
Pick a panel
Properties
Edit/New
Duplicate then pick a new name
Choose Materials
assign a new material
Use eyedropper to assign the remaining panels to your new panel type


See the attached image

[ita]

Max, use the curser and TAB hovered over the edge of the panel. When highlighted, select properties and change!! It is the only way into this that I know!!

[max]

Thanks everyone for your help. I finally got it, but now I have another problem. Even with the metal material on, I can see the walls behind the roof. Anyone know how to solve this problem?

Thanks

[aggockel50321]

Are you just seeing the wall / roof join thru the panel?

Reselect the panel you changed via Steve's instructions above. Go to the properties dialog, & see what the offset parameter value is set at.

Set it to 0 or a neg number to get the panel above the roof/wall join.