I would like to create a 3D model of a modern house but I don't know how to model a modern roof tile. So, can anyone help me please step-by-step of how to 3D modeling a modern roof tile using AutoCAD 2014? Thank you.

How do you arrange the position of the roof tile such as shown on below image?In this example, the thickness of the rooftile is 1 and the length is 10.

So it seems a "modern roof tile" is just a rectangular cross section?  (That was much too generic a wording to base any response on -- there are countless shapes, sizes, materials, thicknesses, etc.)If what you want for a simple rectangular profile is to angle them for installed overlap, it's not difficult, but you need one more piece of information: the distance along the roof slope between courses, or what might be called the "pitch" or the "exposure."

Can you please show me step by step animation how to overlap the rooftile?

Draw the tile profile horizontally [red on the left], with its corner on the roof slope line at point A.  Draw a Circle whose radius is the tile thickness [white], down the slope of the roof by the exposure distance.  Rotate the tile profile, using point A as the rotation base point, and for the rotation angle, use TANgent Object Snap to get point B -- the result is the uppermost red tile at right.  Copy multiple times [or Array] that rotated tile down the slope, spaced at the exposure distance.  Erase the temporary Circle.Extrude the profile into a 3D Solid if you want it modeled in 3D.  Copy or Array them into rows on the roof.  You would presumably need to Move every other row of resulting tiles by half the tile width.

Kent Cooper2024-10-25 15:53:32

I still don't understand. Can you write in structured, more detailed step-by-step?

I don't think I can.  I could put numbers 1, 2, 3 at the beginnings of the sentences, but you can do that for yourself if that's helpful.  Take it one sentence at a time -- do what it says, then move on to the next sentence, etc.  If you can be more specific about where in the sequence you don't understand something, maybe I can suggest something.

This is one of few which I don't understand:"down the slope of the roof by the exposure distance."What does it means, what should I do, and how to do it in Autocad?dery2024-11-01 09:18:22

The image explains that as well as more words could -- it shows you where the white Circle should be located.These should be rather fundamental concepts.  I wonder whether you need to get some basic instruction in the use of the program, before embarking on modeling a building in 3D down to the level of detail of individual roof tiles.

So, what should I do? Could you show me please step by step animation using gif?dery2024-11-02 05:16:45

Does the length of exposure chosen arbitrarily?

Eventually take a look on the internet at :John wiley & sons, best practices guide to residential constructionOr search directly the document :0471648361.excerpt.pdf 

[QUOTE=dery]Does the length of exposure chosen arbitrarily?[/QUOTE]
That will be up to the tile manufacturer.  Look at their standards, which should specify exposures as well as minimum roof pitches.

It is certainly true that many such products are made with a total length of more than twice the exposure -- wood shingles as in Philippe's image, and asphalt shingles [in the US, typically 5" exposure but 12" length], so that the back end of one extends past the exposure of the one on top of it, and partially under the next one above that.  If the exposure were 8 units as in my earlier image, under this configuration it's more likely that the tile length would be more like 18 units.  But the drawing procedure is the same:I'm curious as to whether anyone actually makes a roof tile that's 1 unit x 10 units in cross-section.  If so, I wonder about their details of installation.

[QUOTE=dery]So, what should I do? ...[/QUOTE]
I really think the description at my first image tells you what to do -- again, go one sentence at a time.  One suggestion that may help is that you draw the white Circle centered at point A, and then Move it down the slope.  It looks like maybe you are unsure about moving or copying something at a given distance in a given direction.  If you don't know how to do that, you're not ready to model a house in 3D with individual roof tiles, so get some basic understanding of the program first.

Here is an extract of the page 86 of the PDF file : 0471648361.excerpt.pdf available on the internet about the exposure related in the first drawing that I posted showing a 3D view og a tile roof from John Wiley & sons best practice guide to residential construction in page 87.I'm not really interested in tile roofs but this PDF is very well made for a person that wants to get deeply in the subject, which I'm not, sorry.

OK, the exposure you've shown me on below image, on the left side, is straight, but the other exposure on the right side, is sloped. So, what first step I should do? Please give me an example, let say, the length of the exposure is 8 unit.

Dery, Kent gave you the explainations on 25 oct 2024 15 h 46 min.Try and use them or eventually use the ALIGN command.

[QUOTE=dery]OK, the exposure ... is straight, but the other exposure on the right side, is sloped. So, what first step I should do? ....
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It is apparent that you have not actually stepped through all the parts of my description at my first image, which clearly tell you what to do.  See in particular the boldface entries, one of which deals specifically with the straight-to-sloped step [that's why they're in boldface -- to be sure you notice].