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Hello there, I have a random question. I am needing to build a model and I have some tilted roofs that are a bit complicated and I am needing to layout my pieces so I can cut them on a laser cutter to assemble the model. Any ideas? Do I need to use another program? Thanks, Lorne
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If you cut sections and rotate them so that they are parallel to each roof plane, you can get true "flat" layouts. You would need one for each sloping roof plane.
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oh, good thinking. Thank you WWHub. As always you've come through again! Lorne
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Hello, I'm trying to do the same thing but my roof is pitched in 2 directions. Any thoughts on how I would do this? I've tried aligning a section but it only aligns North/South but not East/West.
Thanks for the help.
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All sections can be rotated. Vertically as well as horizontally. Cut the section - go to a perpindicular elevation or section view and rotate the section there.
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Sorry. What I meant to say is that my roof is pitched in such a way that if looking from the floor plan view, the slope arrow goes north-west as opposed to north to south or east to west. The problem is I can rotate the section in the East or West Elevation but I need to rotate it again in the North or South Elevation.
I'm not entirely conviced that it can be done and I might just have to approximate it on my model.
Thanks for the input.
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My answer is still the same. Try it out so you see how it works. Then you will figure out what you need to do.
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Adding to WW, when rotating the section, use ref planes - sections will snap to them.
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Ok, what I was trying to do was place a section and rotate it in the north elevation and then rotating the depth in the East Elevation which apparently you can't do. But now I see that I actually needed rotate it in plan view. That makes much more sense.
Thanks WW and pij for the help and the image and the patience. 
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