Xactimate roof sketch tutorial.
How to sketch house roof in xactimate.
Learn the steps to sketch an exterior elevation of a building add windows and doors and add an exterior wall finish using graphical estimation.
If you are sketching a large house with plenty of carpet it will be faster to first draw the house turn off the auto calculations and then place the carpet.
Change the roof wall height in 3d sketch in x1.
Another useful option is the aerial sketch tool.
When using sketch to diagram the roof you provide xactimate with all the necessary dimensions to accurately estimate the roofing material quantities.
Select the roof wall.
Instead of combinging separate roof sections to make one roof use ctrl for speed and accuracy in xactimate.
Additionally sketch allows you to include professional roof diagrams and digital images within the printed estimate.
A geomni roof can save you several hours of work.
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Use the pan tool to view the roof height.
The easiest way to estimate a roof in xactimate is to request a geomni roof.
Click to begin manually drawing the roof lines.
When you request a geomni roof you receive a data package that includes a digital roof sketch roof data and high quality aerial images.
The xactimate roof estimating course teaches users how to estimate a roofing loss using xactimate 28.
To sketch a roof follow the six step process below.