A segmented control that changes which derived members and panels are drawn. Membership is decided by the engine's own source paths, so a new roof piece hides correctly by being named correctly rather than by being added to a list.
Also called: layers · x-ray view · frame view · roof off · see the framing
- 1shell draws everything finished.
- 2roofOff stands down the whole roof assembly (skins, ridge cap, rake boards, eave fascia and soffit, addition roofs and flashing) while every bit of framing stays.
- 3frame hides the steel skins so posts, girts, purlins, trusses and openings framing read.
- 4roofFrame underlays the building faintly and shows only the roof structure.
- 5foundation drops the shell and renders the ground translucent so embedded posts, footing pads and concrete collars are visible below grade.
- 6insulation draws the cavity fill at true thickness inside the girts and under the roof steel.
- 7Shell tabs that live on the roof plane stand down in roof-off layers so they cannot steal clicks meant for the walls or floor.
The same building has to answer three different people. A customer wants to see it finished; a crew wants the bones and the member sizes; and a customer weighing up a layout wants the roof lifted off so they can look down into the space. The foundation view exists because embedment depth, footing pads and the poured collar around each post are things a builder is charging for and none of it is visible once the dirt goes back.
- A finished render hides everything the price is actually made of.
- Explaining post embedment and footings verbally convinces nobody.
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