Install soffit, fascia, gutter, and downspouts in order
- Architecture, Build, Roof drop-down – Soffit
Set view style to Wireframe to see walls.
Select wall outlines and then the roof edges and close the sketch.
Go to 3D view. Change the thickness and elevation.
- Architecture, Build, Roof drop-down – Fascia
Click the bottom edges of the soffit.
Use Add/Remove segments to add fascia as a continuous piece.
Or, you can finish the current gutter and start a different fascia.
Properties, Edit type; change profile
*Soffit moves together when you move fascia. Use Fascia for Rake.
3. Architecture, Build, Roof drop-down – Gutter
Click the top edges of the fascia.
Use Add/Remove segments to add gutter as a continuous piece.
Go to 3D view and adjust locations.
Gutter caps at both ends.
CM. Model in place – Select Roofs. Name it as “Gutter cap”.
Pick a plane. Select the face of gutter.
Extrusion tool. Select profiles.
Adjust extrusion thickness.
4. Draw Downspouts in elevation view.
Set a reference plane for downspout.
Go to Level 2 to see a roof. Set reference plane (RP) as “Gutter RP” Go to elevation. Systems tap, Plumbing & Piping, Pipe. Properties, Edit type. Select Stainless steel.
Set Diameter.
Set work plane to Gutter RP and sketch the pipe.
Systems, Work plane, Set. Select “Reference Plane: Gutter RP”
Set view detail level to Fine to see actual pipe shape.
Insert elbow family from Pipes – Fittings folder. Choose Generic-pipe.
Continue sketching.
Insert, Load family – Pipe, Fittings – Generic – Elbow-Generic. Properties, Edit type. Select Elbow – Generic. Select Min. Size to “All”
Sketch the downpipe.
Check this in 3D view. The pipe is not placed in a correct location. Select it. Go to plan view. Move this to a correct location using Move tool. Mirror the downpipe.
Fascia end detail; add fascia and join geometry.