Skylight Tool
Use this tool to draw skylights on any roof surface using rectangle or polyline drawing. Skylights can be created on flat or sloped roof surfaces.
When polyline tool is used, the skylight must have exactly 3 or 4 vertices (corners).
Rectangle Skylight Tool
Create rectangular shaped skylights on roof surface.
Length
Use the length field to create a skylight of known dimension projected onto the horizontal plane in the X direction.
The edge of the skylight travels with the cursor, once placed, drag to create a rectangle with fixed length.
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Default: 0 (implies free daw length)
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Typical Range: 2 to 100 feet (0.6 to 30.48 m)
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Min Max: 0 to NA
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Units: feet (m)
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Width
Use the width field to create a skylight of known dimension projected onto the horizontal plane in the Y direction.
The edge of the skylight travels with the cursor, once placed, drag to create a rectangle with fixed width.
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Default: 0 (implies free daw length)
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Typical Range: 2 to 100 feet (0.6 to 30.48 m)
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Min Max: 0 to NA
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Units: feet (m)
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Input Considerations:
When hovered over a sloped roof, the dimensions are updated based on the slope reflecting the actual dimension along with the actual area of the skylight.
Polyline Skylight Tool
Use the polyline tool to create polygon or non-rectangular skylights on flat or sloped roofs with exactly three or four vertices.
With an input specified in the length field, right-click to apply the fixed length and drag to desired angle.
Input Considerations:
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Cursor state denotes validity of skylight to be placed.
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Skylight may not be placed across room boundaries or over peak or valley line of sloped roof.
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Skylight may not be placed on existing skylight.
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Use snapping to align with edge of rooms in which skylight is to be added.
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Once a third vertex has been placed, the only acceptable point is the starting point of the polygon skylight.
Skylight Library:
By default, skylights assume the Skylight Construction of the Building Construction Template.
By selecting a different Skylight Library, skylights can be placed with a different construction at time of placement.