How would you model a roof of the Los Pollos Hermanos building?

[jacobszlek]

Hello,
I wanted to model the Los Pollos Hermanos building, but I have no idea how to properly model its roof… Here are some photos:

(look only at the red part of the roof)

The only thing I managed to made is sth like this:

It could work as a last resort, but geometry is really bad here, and I want to do it correctly (besides the fact that it’s just a simplification of the actual roof). When it comes to horizontal parts, I would figure sth out with either custom bevels or manifold extrusion. But I have no idea, but to smoothly connect that vertical parts. Any ideas guys? Thanks <3

[RickyBlender]

add a curve with a bevel curve profile and it should work

happy bl

[Koumis]

I agree, but i would start with geometry then convert to curve.

[Anthony_Forwood]

Start with something like this:

Duplicate and separate the highlighted faces, and then add a solidify modifier so you end up with this:

Now you can add loop cuts around the entire thing and extrude the outer faces the way you need to:

[Anthony_Forwood]

Overkill. No need for using curves. This is a simple job.

[sleeplessmind]

I use extrude, inset face and bevel modifier to make it.

here is the blend file roof.blend (659.8 KB)

[jacobszlek]

Thank you so much, this is it! How did you extrude those corners, though?

[jacobszlek]

Thank you guys! I didn’t expect such thorough help!

[sleeplessmind]

initial block

inset face with Boundary off

extrude faces with offset even on

mark relevant edge bevel weight to 1

add bevel modifier, choose bevel weight and modify custom profile

[jacobszlek]

Thank you so much! You’re the best

[jacobszlek]

Thank you guys for your help again. There are many fuckups, but I learned a lot. Cheers.