How to Use Mod Roof Group Copy – AppliCad Roof Wizard Feature Friday

Why digitise the same roof twice when you can build it once and copy it in seconds? If you're working on a roof with identical or symmetrical sections, there's no reason to re-digitise each one from scratch. In this Feature Friday, we show how the Group Copy function in AppliCad Roof Wizard lets you build one roof section, then duplicate it to an exact position using a measured dimension. One operation. No re-digitising. No risk of a slightly different result the second time around. We also cover the Project Gable function to connect a central roof section to the copied outer sections, and show how to use Insert Plane with mouse button shortcuts to clean up the geometry quickly when coincident points cause an issue. 📌 In this video: • Why Group Copy is the fastest way to handle symmetrical or repeating roof sections • Digitising the first roof section (25 degree pitch with gable ends) • Using Group Copy under Modify Roof to duplicate the entire section • Using the incremental dimension input to place the copy at exactly 11,800mm in the X axis • Building the central lower pitch roof section (5 degrees) using Track Outline • Connecting all three sections using the Project Gable function • Fixing coincident point geometry by deleting affected planes and using Insert Plane • The left/middle/right mouse button shortcut for yes/no/cancel in Insert Plane (a real time saver) • Correcting line types from gable to valley where the geometry requires it • Verifying the finished model against the plan image The time saving compounds on larger jobs. Any roof with a repeating bay, a mirrored layout, or identical end sections is a candidate for Group Copy. Build it right once and let the software do the rest. ➡️ About AppliCad Roof Wizard: AppliCad Roof Wizard is professional roofing estimation software used by contractors and estimators worldwide to model, measure, and quote roofing jobs accurately. Feature Friday is a weekly series exploring the tools and functions inside Roof Wizard.