Batzal Roof Designer For Max 2020

Creating dormers manually in Max 2020 requires booleans or heavy poly modeling. Batzal includes a dedicated Dormer Placement tool. You simply click on the roof face, choose a dormer style, and the plugin automatically cuts the opening, builds the dormer walls, roof, and side flashings. It even aligns the dormer’s pitch with the main roof.

One hidden gem of the Batzal Roof Designer for Max 2020 version is the UVW Unwrap helper. Roof tiles on hips and valleys often stretch. Batzal applies projection mapping per face, ensuring that asphalt shingles or Spanish clay tiles look correct from every angle. It includes a library of over 50 high-resolution textures (wood shake, slate, metal seam, terracotta) ready for V-Ray, Corona, or Arnold. batzal roof designer for max 2020

Max 2020 introduced better snapping tools and viewport performance. Batzal was optimized to leverage the improved Nitrous viewport, meaning even complex Dutch gable roofs remain interactive. Creating dormers manually in Max 2020 requires booleans

You might wonder: Why not use the built-in "Roof" object in AEC Extended or the Slate Material Editor? The answer lies in flexibility. Native 3ds Max 2020 tools treat roofs as static meshes. If a client changes the pitch from 6/12 to 8/12, you must remodel. It even aligns the dormer’s pitch with the main roof

Batzal Roof Designer for Max 2020 keeps the roof parametric. Change a value in the modify panel, and the entire roof—including dormers and trims—updates instantly. Moreover, Max 2020 lacks native tools for complex Dutch gables or polygonal porch roofs. Batzal fills this void completely.