BuildR 2 – Roofs

Volume List
A list of volumes that you can define the roof style to be. Note that if a volume has another volume defined on top of it, the type of roof is restricted to flat.
Type
What type of roof should BuildR render.
Flat
Flat roofs are flat and have no further features.
Mansard
These roofs have an initial floor, followed by a defined roof section and then filled with a final flat roof. A style that is prevalent in Paris and Dickensian London.
Pitched
A roof that is sloped on all surfaces at a specific angle.
Height The height of the tallest point of the roof in meters.
Floor Depth
(For mansard roofs) The depth of the initial floor between the parapet/facade and the angled roof face.
Overhang The amount in meters that the roof overhangs the facade.
Textures
Main
The main roof texture. Used to texture the sloped parts of roofs or in the case of a flat roof, the whole section.
Wall
A surface used to texture wall parts of the roof. Mainly the parapet.
Floor
In mansard roofs, this surface will be used to texture the floor section between the facade and the pitched section along with the flat section at the top.
Parapet
Does the roof design have a parapet.
Style
Flat
The common, simple wall parapet.
Battlement
More complex medieval style parapet used in castles and defensive walls
Height
The height in meters of the parapet wall.
Front Extrusion
The extrusion outward from the facade of the parapet wall.
Back Extrusion
The extrusion inward of the parapet wall.
Gables
Each facade can be gabled.
Thickness
The thickness in meters of the gable wall.
Additional Height
The additional height lent to the gable above the roof height.
Simple Gable
Should we generate a simple gable suitable for the style of roof.
Gable
Style Assign a gable design

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