Roof Ridge

[glorybound]

There has to be an easy way to create roof ridges and valleys. I was using the roof displacement script, however, it doesn't work in MAX 2017. Any tips? I would rather not rely on 3rd party plugins, unless it is a plug-in that is known for being current.

[flino2004]

I usually keep the previous version of max for some time to make sure that all my plug-ins work correctly. I would go to 2016 ... made your roof and open it in 2017 instead to try to discover the wheel.

[theedge]

I don't do much roofs, but when I need to I use ATILES Pro : http://www.avizstudio.com/tools/atiles/
It's a script, so less likely to brake with a new version of 3ds max. It's cheap, and it works very well.
Now, for very large roofs it might not cut it as it generates actual 3D geometry.

[glorybound]

I looked into that and RailClone does the same thing. I was looking for more of a plane with displacement texture solution, which is how I am doing this roof. Mixing the plane with displacement and RailClone wasn't working for me.

[Vizioen]

Valleys can be easily created with 3dsmax once you've made the basic shape of your roof. (Chamfer)
The Rooftiles itself are easy too with RailClone, didn't I send you my shingle roof preset?
The Ridge depends on what kind of roof it is. I recorded a video here with a shingle roof, finished with a copper ridge for example. Could've been done with tiles too but with railclone then.

(I'm struggling a bit with Max here, because the recording slows my computer a lot and I had to resize my window too because Snagit doesn't want to record a resolution bigger than 1080p. Also I failed at the valley (where they come together, you'll see why but I doesn't matter you don't see it anyway. I should've just cut the top instead of deleting but whatever you'll get the point hopefully )