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  • The roof changes the walls' and room's height

    Hi there, I use the Hevacomp V8i SS1 SP2. I build the envelope, but when I set up the roof, it automatically changes the height of the walls and the room. How can I avoid this? Thanks!
  • Setting up a room under a roof

    Hi, Bit of a tricky situation. I have been trying to model a small server room in an existing loft space. (quick revit model attached to show the plan with roof removed). I am having some issues when setting up the roof level. I have modelled the…
  • How to model sloping parapet walls in RAM Structural System

    Hello, I have a one-story building with sloping parapets on the exterior walls and flat parapets on an interior portion (see white colored parapets in image below). Currently, my model has the floor and the roof, with the roof having the deck and…
  • Tworzenie nowego typu dachu ( New Roof Item)

    Produkt: AECOsim Building Designer Wersja: CONNECT Edition Zakres: Architektura Temat: Dachy Problem jak stworzyć nowy typ dachu (Roof catalog Item)? Rozwiązanie Najlepszym rozwiązaniem będzie skopiowanie…
  • RAM Gable Roof Modeling

    I am trying to model a gable roof. I understand that this needs to be accomplished by adjusting the heights of the ridge beam but am having trouble defining two separate slab polygons. I am able to successfully model one half of the gable roof and have…
  • CAD Model Design - Roof changes not reflected in model

    Product(s): Hevacomp Mechanical Designer Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Problem Changing the roof type in Floors/Roofs isn't reflected in the model. Solution…
  • RE: Two internal ceilings when I add a roof.

    Hi Tony, You need to use the Setup Exposed Roofs command to connect your roof surfaces to the rooms below. This article may be of assistance.
  • RE: Deleting Roof

    Should any other users require further guidance on roof design then please see this article .
  • RE: Roof tiles

    Until now I've done tiles by displacement. Displacement map I created from model of tiles - using depth render. The result was sufficient for me, but now I would like to create a better effect. I found on the web a few examples of creating realistic roof…
  • Roof tiles

    How to create a realistic roof tiles in microstation CE? Regards
  • Roof light heat losses

    Hi everyone I have created a roof section with some roof lights. When running the heat losses it seems that there is not heat losses through the roof lights. Any ideas? Regards Jesus
  • RE: generate wind load using staad pro as ASCE

    STAAD.Pro does not automatically generate wind loading on the roof. Please refer to my post in the following thread for more discussion on this topic http://communities.bentley.com/products/structural/structural_analysis___design/f/5932/p/116980/359851#359851…
  • CAD Model Design - Adding different roof section types

    Product(s): Hevacomp Design Database Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Overview The roof construction fabric can be changed as you are adding roof sections. Method…
  • RE: Issues Adding Roofs

    Please note that further guidance on setting up roofs can be found here. Also, guidance on how best to model stepped floors can be found here.
  • How to Resolve the Run time error 11 when I try to view a model in 3D or Place a Roof

    When ever try to generate a 3D view of the object, whether that is using the 3D view tool or the roof tool, the software crashes and i get the message of run time error 11 Division by 0. Is there a way of solving this? Is it a Hardware or Software…
  • Faster Way To Model Sloped Roofs?

    I know that sloped roofs are generally modeled in RAM SS by adjusting column heights, and I've used this method in the past for simpler roofs. Is there a way in RAM SS to define a plane and extend/cut the columns to that plane? Or a way to achieve something…
  • Design of Truss and Structure

    Hello! I'm a CE student and im trying to design a structure made up of steel. I would like to know what connection do I actually use for the support on trusses, and on STAAD.Pro do I place the truss on my structure or do I analyze the structure…
  • instabilities in this warehouse staad model

    Can you please check this model? im getting instabilities. thanks kindly copy and paste to editor STAAD TRUSS START JOB INFORMATION JOB NAME Tenement JOB CLIENT PFMC JOB NO 036 JOB REV 0 JOB PART SUPERSTRUCTURE steel ENGINEER NAME jade ENGINEER…
  • Undergraduate modeling 5 story structure in RAM Structural System

    Hello all, I'm an undergraduate modeling a 5 story building in RAM Structural System for a structure class. I have several basic issues: 1. Load inputs: Snow = 30 psf, LL = 100 psf, DL = 3000 kips QUESTION: Do I differ the loading between Floors…
  • Fabric sheeting on top of a structure

    Hi, I'm modeling a structure that consists of a series of concrete columns spreaded on the perimeter of a rectangular shape building, and attached to a channel concrete caps that running on top of perimeter columns, then the channel beam is connected…
  • Study of the Great Court at British Museum in GC

    Dear all, I'm a new user of GC, I'm an italian student of architecture and before to begin my graduation thesis I'm studying examples of free form roofs. Here is a blog where I post my study: http://archinet.uniroma3.it/tecniche2009/blog…
  • Elliptical Array of B-Spline Curves

    Hi I'm trying to create a model of something that represents a highly simplified olympic stadium. I have an ellipse which defines the external footprint, and another ellipse which defines the opening in the roof. I would like to use a b-spline curve…