# \#roof **URL:** https://discourse.mcneel.com/tag/roof/1451.md [Latest](https://discourse.mcneel.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discourse.mcneel.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discourse.mcneel.com/tags.md) --- ## [Shed roof can only be drawing with a slope in one direction](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/shed-roof-can-only-be-drawing-with-a-slope-in-one-direction/223549)
**Author:** [@Jens\_Jacob\_Melhus\_J1](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Jens_Jacob_Melhus_J1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2026, 8:20pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/shed-roof-can-only-be-drawing-with-a-slope-in-one-direction/223549 "2026-10-13T20:20:51Z")
Hi, If i drawing a shed roof using 3-point method starting from top left corner like so: and then setting the slope to 20, it results in this roof: But lets say i wanted another slope direction ( axis). So i dra… --- ## [Roof From Surface – support arbitrary Rhino geometry](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/roof-from-surface-support-arbitrary-rhino-geometry/222710)
**Author:** [@badileanu](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/badileanu)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 3:42pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/roof-from-surface-support-arbitrary-rhino-geometry/222710 "2026-09-23T15:42:45Z")
I have been experiencing issues with Roof From Surface for custom roof geometries. The documentation says that roofs can be created from existing surfaces and that these surfaces can have any shape. What I would like t… --- ## [Roof tiles distance](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/roof-tiles-distance/216308)
**Author:** [@Vladyslav\_Lutsyk](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Vladyslav_Lutsyk)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2026, 6:25pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/roof-tiles-distance/216308 "2026-02-24T18:25:36Z")
Hello How can I make all this tiles with the same distance between each other? Rhino\_forum pitch deck 2026 02 16.gh (37.7 KB) --- ## [Roof tiles chess spacing](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/roof-tiles-chess-spacing/216017)
**Author:** [@Vladyslav\_Lutsyk](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Vladyslav_Lutsyk)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2026, 2:25pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/roof-tiles-chess-spacing/216017 "2026-02-17T14:25:30Z")
Hello I’m making a roof tiles on surface but I need to make them with chess spacing. How can I make it? pitch deck 2026 02 16 2.gh (56.1 KB) --- ## [Help with an overlapping roof design](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/help-with-an-overlapping-roof-design/210436)
**Author:** [@Melanie\_Shabo](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Melanie_Shabo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2025, 12:25pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/help-with-an-overlapping-roof-design/210436 "2025-10-01T12:25:14Z")
Hi, I need help modeling a roof design that is similar to this precedent but is following my roof structure which is organic. How will I go about this please help. I keep trying and the outcome isnt what I want. I want … --- ## [Roof issue](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/roof-issue/206016)
**Author:** [@Alessandro\_Barbisan](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Alessandro_Barbisan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2025, 2:37pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/roof-issue/206016 "2025-06-17T14:37:38Z")
Hi guys, I’m renovating a very old house, and all the exterior walls are out of square. Now I’m having trouble creating the roof. If I use the “roof from curves” method, the overhangs don’t end up horizontal relative to… --- ## [Customizeable Shingle/Tile on Curved Roof](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/customizeable-shingle-tile-on-curved-roof/188636)
**Author:** [@Juan\_Carrasco](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Juan_Carrasco)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2024, 5:40pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/customizeable-shingle-tile-on-curved-roof/188636 "2024-07-29T17:40:20Z")
Hi everyone, Hope everyone is doing well. I’m trying to create a tile/shingle roof on a curved surface with the tiles/shingles being adjustable. I’ve attached the Curved Surface and an example of what I’m trying to do. … --- ## [Roof line visibility](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/roof-line-visibility/109968)
**Author:** [@walther](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/walther)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2023, 8:06am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/roof-line-visibility/109968 "2023-07-31T08:06:11Z")
Hello, I have just started to use VARQ, so please forgive my (possibly) stupid question take a look at this image: As you can see, I am able to see the roofline of the two small roofs and the garage roof, but not t… --- ## [Mesh loop to shingles?](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/mesh-loop-to-shingles/161475)
**Author:** [@Jaspal.U](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Jaspal.U)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2023, 8:02pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/mesh-loop-to-shingles/161475 "2023-06-14T20:02:16Z")
Hi Thanks for dropping by! I am working on a sculpture and the definition/geometry I am about to share is specifically just the top aluminum panels. I have a fairly straightforward objective but I’m unable to make it wo… --- ## [Creation of Fascias](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/creation-of-fascias/158589)
**Author:** [@Edson\_Maruyama](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Edson_Maruyama)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2023, 5:02pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/creation-of-fascias/158589 "2023-04-20T17:02:51Z")
Is there a way to create fascias, hosted to roof edges, or a set of model lines? We use fascias to model a metallic profile in the border of ceilings. To do this in Revit, we create model lines around the ceiling and ho… --- ## [Increase wall height when increasing height of roof](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/increase-wall-height-when-increasing-height-of-roof/154447)
**Author:** [@Edward\_Sager](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Edward_Sager)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2023, 4:44am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/increase-wall-height-when-increasing-height-of-roof/154447 "2023-02-07T04:44:44Z")
I have a house designed and have taken one point on the roof and moved upwards to get the roof to have a downward flow. (I love faceted buildings.) I need to keep the roof at 16" so that would mean that the walls need t… --- ## [Extrude gable roof](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/extrude-gable-roof/149689)
**Author:** [@F\_Schmidt](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/F_Schmidt)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2022, 12:47am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/extrude-gable-roof/149689 "2022-11-18T00:47:05Z")
Hello, I am trying to extrude the generated objects to get a gable roof. The objects are allready split in half to extrude the polyline. Especially when it come to corners with multiple polylines I am not sure what to… --- ## [Create curve from space enclosed by surface?](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/create-curve-from-space-enclosed-by-surface/148930)
**Author:** [@Luca\_Piantanida](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Luca_Piantanida)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2022, 5:26pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/create-curve-from-space-enclosed-by-surface/148930 "2022-10-18T17:26:10Z")
Hi, I’m working on a parametric roof like in the pictures below. The problem here is that the created curves only make half of the surfaces than intended. You can see there is space between the surfaces that also need t… --- ## [Roof styles - not working?](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/roof-styles-not-working/147686)
**Author:** [@Jens\_Jacob\_Melhus\_Ju](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Jens_Jacob_Melhus_Ju)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2022, 8:51pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/roof-styles-not-working/147686 "2022-09-14T20:51:55Z")
Ok so trying to have a house with an outer roof with an overhang past the outer walls and an inner roof within the outer walls. So, im trying to create two different roof types : inner and outer as you see in fig. 1. … --- ## [Roof from a selection of walls](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/roof-from-a-selection-of-walls/139244)
**Author:** [@Charles\_THIERRY\_DE\_V](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Charles_THIERRY_DE_V)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2022, 4:00pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/roof-from-a-selection-of-walls/139244 "2022-03-10T16:00:37Z")
Is it possible to create a roof from a selection of walls by defining a roof overhang, with VisualARQ ?