Additionally sketch allows you to include professional roof diagrams and digital images within the printed estimate.
How to sketch roof xactimate.
When using sketch to diagram the roof you provide xactimate with all the necessary dimensions to accurately estimate the roofing material quantities.
Sketch a roof in xactimate using up and over dimensions rather than footprint measurements.
This is a short tutorial trailer to introduce you to the roofsketchpro downloadable tutorial videos.
March 15th 2012 with the recent tornado activity it seems appropriate to remind the folks out there that sketch has a very simple way to estimate framing.
These narrated videos teach how to use xactimate softwar.
The easiest way to estimate a roof in xactimate is to request a geomni roof.
One of the most efficient methods is to diagram the roof in sketch.
A geomni roof can save you several hours of work.
Framing in sketch super simple perfectly accurate posted on.
Another useful option is the aerial sketch tool.
When you request a geomni roof you receive a data package that includes a digital roof sketch roof data and high quality aerial images.
There are two options to create from aerial sketch.
You only need the ridge length the slope and the length from th.
Step 1 measure the building perimeter.
Xactimate requires will help you to reduce the amount of time spent measuring a roof structure and increase the accuracy of your roof diagram in sketch.
When measuring a roof structure that you plan to diagram in sketch it is helpful to remember the six step process below.