Gable Over Door/Window

Click the Gable Over Door/Window edit button to add a gable line over one or more selected windows or doors the next time automatic roof planes are built. The Gable/Roof line displays in floor plan view, about 12 inches (300 mm) from the wall and extending a foot to either side of the opening. When automatic roofs are built, a small gable dormer is generated over the window or door. Once produced, the gable line can be moved, stretched, and edited.

The Gable Over Door/Window edit button also places a gable over a group of selected windows and doors, provided they are all in the same wall and contain no bay or bow windows. For more information on building roofs over Bay, Bow, and Box windows, see "Bay, Box, Bow Windows & Roofs".

A gable line produces a gable only in an area where an eave would otherwise appear. Do not add this gable line to a wall already designated as a Gable Wall on the Roof tab of the Wall Specification dialog. If a gable is already present, some roof planes may fail to produce properly when you generate the roof automatically. If this is the case, select the gable line and delete it.

To remove the gable line, select the window or door and click the Delete Gable Over Opening edit button, or select the gable line and click the Delete edit button.

If you move or resize the window, the gable line does not update automatically. You can draw a new gable line using the Gable Over Door/Window edit button. This automatically deletes the old gable line if it is still near the window. If the window has been relocated significantly, the old gable line must be selected and deleted manually.