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Because we are constantly updating the documentation, a printed copy would be out of date as soon as we print it, so sorry that a printed manual is not available. However you could always print the pdf your self :)

Wow the online training course is brilliant. I found this a long time ago, but forgot about it, and am glad to see that its being updated especially with the 3D object stuff. Is there any chance of a printed copt being available?

The Visual Building training course was updated today 12th Sept 2014

This is being updated on a regular basis in the VisualBuilding Training Course pdf , currently Chapter 11.

The next update in next few day will start the roof assembly construction. This will not use the roof tools, but demonstrate how to use the 2D/3D construction tools to create such a roof manually. This will use tools specific to Visual Building Professional/Premium.

When will this tutorial be available, or if it is available where can I find it please?

Starting in August, we will commence a new pratical course in how to build a porch using Visual Building. The walls and foundations are already covered in earlier tutorials, and so in this tutorial we will concentrate on the roof structure.

It is possible to achieve a close approximation with the Roof Wizard, especially when used with the advanced roof editing tools in the Visual Premium version, however not every roof design and feature is possible and so this tutorial will demonstrate how to construct a roof using the 3D tools.


The porch in question, will have less than 3 sq m footprint with a ridge height no higher than 3m. Although our example is based on a single block wall using insulation panels, we will also cover how to compensate using brick and block and timber frame methods, specifically for placing the wall plate.



We will show you how to create your roof structure including rafters, wall plate and ridge board manually and independent of the roof wizard. The rafters will include birdsmouth cuts, and rafter cuts to support the facsia and soffit..


We will demonstrate how to easily create your own eaves, fascia and soffit detail independent of the roof wizard. We will make extensive use of the powerful layer feature, allowing you to hide features not relevent in a view.


We then show how to design your own tile profile and create your own tile object, complete with texture.
We the show how to gauge and lay roof batterns, calculate the tile spacing and even add the tile cement and final finish.

We then will then make and add a roof ridge tile.

And finally we will add the guttering and downpipes.

Because we will be making extensive use of the 3D extrusion tool, this tutorial will only be of interest to Visual Building Professional and Premium users.

Although we will use a small porch for this tutorial, the methods and tools can be employed in any project where you require additional roof design that is beyond the capabilities of the roof design wizard.

This tutorial will also be of great use to those who still have yet to discover the mystery of roof construction.

All the above images were created entirely within Visual Building Professional, The Windows and doors were created using Visual Building Premium's Windows Construction tool