{"id":1247,"date":"2025-11-28T14:58:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T13:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biblus.accasoftware.com\/en\/?p=1247"},"modified":"2025-11-28T14:58:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T13:58:44","slug":"modelling-a-roof-with-a-bim-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblus.accasoftware.com\/en\/modelling-a-roof-with-a-bim-software\/","title":{"rendered":"Modelling a roof with a BIM software"},"content":{"rendered":"

How to draw a roof with an architectural BIM design software and how to adapt the pitches?<\/p>\n

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The great potential and the benefits that derive from the use of BIM software<\/strong><\/a> are becoming evermore evident to its users. A 360\u00b0 solution that addresses design, construction estimating and photo-realistic renders now vitally important for those who constantly pushed towards technological innovation.
\nThe building industry professional can now go in that direction and take advantage of the best BIM software<\/a> that can simplify the modelling processes behind even the most complex of projects and easily produce the entire set of construction documents together with media illustrations with the use of models to create 3D visuals.<\/p>\n

This obviously means that you can create detailed projects in a fraction of the time necessary compared to classic “CAD” based procedures. Just imagine the amount of time saved when the change in a single detail, is automatically re-aligned in all relevant drawings throughout the entire project revision.
\nIn projects where various disciplines are combined, each contribution to the model can be shared, improving design team coordination, reducing conflicts and the need to re-process design ideas and client requirements.<\/p>\n

Drawing a roof with a BIM software and assigning the various objects<\/h2>\n

Let’s have a look at how a typical building’s roof top is modelled using the specific built-in editor, and how to adapt the objects to the pitched slopes using Edificius the architectural BIM design software developed by ACCA software. In this case, we’re talking about using multiple objects because modelling a roof in 3D, means combining different geometrical elements that form the building’s top covering system and in some cases, defining the relating supporting structures too. Edificius is a BIM software that contains a lot of features that are easy to use, but they need to be combined with each other to get the best results.
\nEdificius makes modelling any type of “Roof”<\/strong> object with its intuitive and functional tools very easy.
\nThe first step is to define the Roof<\/strong> object’s footprint by tracing its perimeter.<\/p>\n