How does it stack up against other SketchUp roofing solutions?
Select your wall loop or interior floor polygon, click the "Instant Roof" icon, and the plugin reads the edges. It automatically distinguishes between eaves, gables, and hips. You don't need to tell it which side is which; the algorithm analyzes the geometry. Instant Roof Pro Sketchup Plugin
For many architects, interior designers, and 3D artists, SketchUp is a dream for walls and floors—but a nightmare for roofs. Manually extruding, rotating, and intersecting roof planes to create a simple gable or a complex hip roof is a tedious, error-prone process that can kill productivity. How does it stack up against other SketchUp
Enter Instant Roof Pro, a plugin from Vali Architects that transforms one of SketchUp’s most frustrating tasks into a single-click operation. Export to CSV for estimating
For the professional architect or interior designer, Instant Roof Pro functions as a time-compression tool. In a typical residential project, modeling a complex roof manually might take 45 to 90 minutes, including cleanup. With Instant Roof Pro, the same task takes approximately 2 minutes. This allows the designer to iterate rapidly—testing a 4:12 pitch versus a 6:12 pitch to see how it affects the building's massing and shadow patterns.
Furthermore, the plugin aids in "clash detection." By generating the roof early, the designer can check if a second-floor window (dormer) will intersect the main roof plane or if the roof overhang blocks a lower terrace view. Because the plugin is non-destructive, the architect can present three different roof configurations to a client in a single meeting without redrawing.
The plugin creates the roof directly on top of your original face.