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Edge types: eave, rake, ridge, hip, valley

Every edge of the roof has a type — eave, rake, ridge, hip, valley, wall or pitch change. Cali-Graf sets it from the shape and the Google heights; select an edge to see why and to change it. The type sets the fire setbacks and pathways.

Fire rules are written per edge: so many inches from the ridge, a pathway along a rake or a hip. To apply them, the editor needs to know what every edge is.

The types

Eave

The level bottom edge of a face, where the gutter is.

Rake

A sloped outer edge — the side of a gable.

Ridge

The level top edge, where two faces meet at the peak or a face ends at the top.

Hip

A sloped edge where two faces meet and slope away from it.

Valley

A sloped edge where two faces slope toward each other.

Wall

Two faces meet at different heights — a wall rises between them.

Pitch change

One face continues into the next at a different pitch.

Check or change an edge

  1. Select the edge

    Pick Select and click an edge. Its settings show the length and the type, with the reason — for example “Automatic: Valley — both faces slope toward it”.

  2. Pick another type if it’s wrong

    Press the right type. The edge is now set by hand; Back to automatic returns it to Cali-Graf’s choice.

With Roof picked, Roof edges on the right lists the edges by type with their colors on the roof.

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