How do I select and assign metal roof materials?

Cover > Select Metal

This command sets the straight roof material (as well as the curve quality roof material for a bull-nosed verandah). The selected material becomes the global panel materials for the whole job, unless individual panels or groups of panels are changed – such as when you add polycarbonate roof-lights, or alternating roof panel colours.

After clicking Select Metal, the dialog displays the complete list of defined panels plus filter options to sort the list by criteria.

For example, if you wish to select from all your defined corrugated profile options, select Corrugated from the Profile drop-down list. In the main area, only those corrugated profiles are displayed.

If you choose a Finish as Painted, Colour (Color) or Coloured (Colored) material, then a listing of all the pre-defined colours is displayed.

Underlay: This is the underlay you want to use. It is assumed that you want to apply the underlay to the entire roof.
If you want to apply it partially, then refer to the Cover > Underlay command.

To define an underlay to appear in this list, you must define a new insulation using Set-Up > Insulation with the name of "Sarking" or "Underlay".
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Selecting Underlay or Fall Protection at this stage automatically applies the selected underlayment or fall protection to the entire roof area and roof perimeter respectively. If you need either of these items on selected parts of the roof, select them from the respective Cover menu, and the software prompts for the areas to be covered.

The cover command allows you to assign a different metal roofing material to one or more roof planes.

This command lets you change the materials used on one or more panels. For your convenience, the panels are highlighted with a hatch pattern to make them easier to select. You can see the result by regenerating the cutting list using Estimate > Tally-Panels.
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This command resets all roof planes and panels to adopt the material you selected using Cover > Select-Metal.

The software is aware that some roof systems, typically residential have relatively simple systems with fixed options for panels and flashing or trim with modest accessory lists. For commercial/industrial metal roof systems they can and usually do become quite complex, especially in the area of edge treatments (assemblies), substrates and predefined accessory systems.

Please refer to the Setup Section for detailed instructions for creating these definitions. Precise definition of all parts is ESSENTIAL for the application and automatic parts list generation to work correctly.

In Commercial Mode, you can setup roof substrate and roof system options so that the correct trim is selected for each assembly configuration. This is described in the description of the file format for metal panels.

DO NOT use this setup unless you have discussed it with the AppliCad Support Team ahead of trying it. Also read the details about Commercial Mode and Assemblies in these Help files.