As we discussed earlier in the week, here is a brief post
about crickets for our roof. If you’re not certain what a ‘cricket’ refers to, here is a decent
link that can explain their importance.
In my opinion, for best results consider the crickets as
another piece of the roof. I mentioned in labs last week that the easiest way
to complete a roof is to break it down into smaller pieces so that together
these pieces work to complete an assembly.
In order to make an accurate model, refer to sheet A2.02 for
your roof plan and roof details. Pay attention to two things to figure out the
roof: 1. refer to the slope arrows (DS) to know which way the roof is pitched,
and 2. note the roof drains (RD) shown
in the roof plan as these will always
be the lowest point of your roof.
Wait to attempt the crickets until after you have the main
slopes of your roof created. Use the roof tool to create one roof for each set of
crickets (example shown below).
On your roofs up to this point, we have not used the slope
tool on every angel. For the example shown above, our crickets is pitched on all
four sides so we need to have that shown when drawing the cricket boundary
using the roof sketch tool.
Ensure that you have the correct roof pitch for all sides
(1/4”:12”) and choose the green check mark.
You should now have your first cricket. I used the slope
annotation tool to show the results
After your crickets are drawn I would again suggest making a
section through a cricket.
Go to the section and use this view to properly align your
cricket with the roof you had previously created.
After they are correctly positioned, use the join
tool with help to make a seamless roof (especially in section views).
Continue this simple process to finish your roof model.
