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Believe it or not, it was pretty painful to learn how to make a decent looking (and functioning) roof so I thought I'd share this tutorial.
//This tutorial assumes you have a basic understanding of how
//Hammer and the Clipping Tool work but even if you don't, this
//shouldn't be too hard to figure out.
First thing is to have your walls set up and ready to go. I personally make half a building at a time and then mirror it over.
[see gif walls]
Then create another block directly above either the top or bottom wall (the short ones, not the long one). The larger this block is, the steeper your roof will be. Adjust as needed. With this new block selected, click on the "Clipping Tool" button.
Click on the box to bring up the white clipping line. Now you want to be very precise when you ensure that the light blue line goes all the way from corner to corner. Zoom in as far as you can to make sure that it's an exact cut.
[see gif clipping tool]
Once your triangle is cut, copy it over to the other side so that you have a matching pair.
[see gif two triangles]
Now the part that took me way too long to figure out: create another block that matches the width of your two walls and spans the length of your building. With your "Selection Tool" selected, click on the block twice to bring up the skew boxes. Skew the block until it matches the angle you created with the clipping tool earlier. Again be sure to zoom in as much as needed to match it up.
[see gif skew]
Now you have a perfectly aligning roof. Congratulations.
//This tutorial assumes you have a basic understanding of how
//Hammer and the Clipping Tool work but even if you don't, this
//shouldn't be too hard to figure out.
First thing is to have your walls set up and ready to go. I personally make half a building at a time and then mirror it over.
[see gif walls]
Then create another block directly above either the top or bottom wall (the short ones, not the long one). The larger this block is, the steeper your roof will be. Adjust as needed. With this new block selected, click on the "Clipping Tool" button.
Click on the box to bring up the white clipping line. Now you want to be very precise when you ensure that the light blue line goes all the way from corner to corner. Zoom in as far as you can to make sure that it's an exact cut.
[see gif clipping tool]
Once your triangle is cut, copy it over to the other side so that you have a matching pair.
[see gif two triangles]
Now the part that took me way too long to figure out: create another block that matches the width of your two walls and spans the length of your building. With your "Selection Tool" selected, click on the block twice to bring up the skew boxes. Skew the block until it matches the angle you created with the clipping tool earlier. Again be sure to zoom in as much as needed to match it up.
[see gif skew]
Now you have a perfectly aligning roof. Congratulations.
