Roof measurements in the app – edges, leaving out and summing
In WP Befaring on iPhone, iPad and Android you can see the roof measurements for every building at the address – including garages and other detached buildings. You can work out the roof before you leave the office, and check the measurements while standing in front of the house.
1. Open the roof
Open the project, or enter the address. You will see every building on the property in 3D and 2D, right on top of the aerial photo.
2. See the roof edges
Tap a roof edge to see what type of edge it is and how long it is. The types include ridge, hip, valley, eave, verge and wall abutment.
The app adds up the running metres for each type: per roof face, per building and for the whole property.
3. Correct an edge with the wrong type
If an edge has the wrong type, you can change it yourself. The change is carried over to the report.
4. Mark what isn't roof
Sometimes the app counts things that aren't roof, such as a terrace or a staircase. Mark them as «Not a roof surface» and they are left out of the count.
5. Leave out what isn't part of the job
You can leave out roof faces, walls or whole buildings. All figures, exports and the PDF then cover only what is left.
Example: Pricing only the houses in a housing cooperative, not the garages? Leave out the garages, and the figures cover only the houses.
6. Sum several faces
- Press and hold a roof face.
- Choose «Select several».
- Tap the faces or buildings you want to include.
The app adds them up for you.
7. Measurements in 3D
In the 3D model you can see how long the edges are, the distance around the walls and how tall the building is.
8. Without coverage
On iPhone and iPad you can open the roof plans even when you have no coverage.
The same on the web
Roof edges, «Not a roof surface» and leaving out are also available in the browser. There you sum faces with Ctrl- or Cmd-click.