How To Sketch A Roof In Xactimate 28
Xactimate professional users can now integrate with the new sketchcam app to measure walls and create floor plans in sketch.
How to sketch a roof in xactimate 28. Once the roof is in place left click to place it on the sketch workspace. Select the roof wall. But with sketchcam there is no need to write down dimensions or re enter them in xactimate. Click in slope mode to revert all changes made in slope mode.
The xactimate roof estimating course teaches users how to estimate a roofing loss using xactimate 28. Click to leave slope mode and return to the aerial sketch tab. Click and drag the roof line to create an offset. Then click the desired roof line in the aerial sketch.
Xactimate roof sketch tutorial. In this video i show how to line up a gable roof ridge with a h. The cutting edge floor plan dimensioning technology allows you to move from wall to wall just as you would with a tape measure. Learn how to make a gable overbuild of of a main hip roof in sketch.
On the sketch tab select the 3d view button on the bottom right corner of the workspace. Click to create the roof after the faces have been identified. Click the blue box and drag the wall height to the new dimension. Rotate the roof when it is on the cursor in dotted line mode.
Once the first roof section is in place double click the roof1 name to access the roof properties. Move the roof into place and let the dotted wall line of the roof snap into place with the underlay.