Menu path
Cover > Flashings
🧾 What it does
The select flashing (trim) option lets you assign flashing profiles to different line types in your roof model. Only line types that exist in your model are displayed, keeping the selection process simple to manage.
🔧 How to select flashings
Click the relevant flashing cell (Ridge, Valley, Fascia, etc.) for the line type you want to modify
Choose from the available definitions for that category
If you select a flashing defined as "Colour", "Color", "Coloured", "Colored" or "painted", you'll be prompted to select a colour from the Metal Colour list
🧾 Flashing options
Option | Description |
None | No flashing on this line type |
Custom | Custom profile for this line type, typically fabricated in a press break to particular specifications |
Assembly | An assembly of flashings, defined previously as either regular or custom flashings. If the assembly has a graphic figure, you'll be prompted to insert it on the drawing |
Regular flashing | Standard flashing profiles usually fabricated in a roll-former and cut to length |
🛠 Assembly details
The Add Assembly Detail button at the bottom of the Cover > Flashings dialog lets you insert an Assembly Detail image whether the assembly has been specified or not. These details provide additional information for installers, such as special ridge assemblies or apron flashings.
🧾 Barge/Rake flashing on gable ends
Barge/Rake lines are drawn as sloping lines after you modify the outline to tell the software these lines are "barges" or select the eave line to be a vertical plane (gable). When drawn and the model is created, these lines become "GABLE" lines.
🔧 Gable end line types
Line Type | Description |
GABLE | Automatically created when barge/rake lines are drawn |
FASCIA-BARGE | Must be manually selected for each line |
FASCIA-ONLY | Must be manually selected for each line |
BARGE-ONLY | Must be manually selected for each line |
💡 Important distinction: FASCIA vs FASCIA-BARGE
Any fascia flashing defined as part of a job is applied to an eave line (FASCIA) as FASCIA, but to a GABLE line as FASCIA-BARGE. It may be the same flashing product, but it appears as a different item in the flashing cutting list.
FASCIA-BARGE highlights that it's a fascia flashing being applied to a barge or gable end. This distinction is important if you have defined accessory items such as 'barge-mitres' or 'rake-corners' that are only applied if the fascia line slopes up or down.
⚠️ Key requirement for fascia AND barge flashing
If you want to apply both Fascia AND Barge flashing to your gable ends, ensure you have a Trim type selected for both the Flashing category and the Gable category.
💡 Dynamic line type display
If a line type (like box gutter) doesn't exist in the model, that option row won't be displayed. If you add a line type later, the row will appear and you must go back and assign a trim profile to it.
For more information on defining these materials, refer to Set-Up > Flashing, Set-Up > Flashing-Assemblies and Set-Up > Custom Profile. Metal colours are defined under Set-Up > Metal Colours.