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Using the shape editing tools to create a flat roof

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Using the shape editing tools to create a flat roof

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- [Instructor] In this video, we're going to focus on this flat roof right here. And we're going to add some subtle slope to it for drainage, because of course, when you have a flat roof, it's never completely flat. There's always some degree of slope to it, which is usually determined by a building code. Now, the first thing you want to know about the technique I'm going to show you is that the tools that we need to access are only available if you start with a completely flat slab. So let me demonstrate that. If we select this sloped roof right here, you will notice that on the ribbon we have a single button called Edit Footprint. However, if we select this flat roof right here, you will notice that next to Edit Footprint, we have a number of additional tools in the Shape Editing grouping. So those are the tools that we're going to be looking at here in this video. So the easiest way I can explain what the Shape Editing tools do for us is to just do a quick demonstration. So I'm…

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