To demonstrate the power of this tool, consider a typical production scene in Max 2020.
Step 1 – Pre-Vis Modeling
You have a residential model with walls but no roof. Instead of tracing the roof footprint, you simply select all exterior wall splines, attach them, and apply the modifier.
Step 2 – Parametric Adjustments
The client requests a 45-degree hip roof with a 2-foot overhang and a 12-inch raised heel truss. You type these values into Batzal’s spinner controls. The mesh updates in real time within the Nitrous viewport. batzal roof designer for max 2020
Step 3 – Adding Details
You add two shed dormers on the rear elevation and one eyebrow dormer on the front. Batzal cuts the openings automatically, meshing seamlessly with the main roof.
Step 4 – Materials & Rendering
With a single button, you assign a V-Ray material with displacement mapping for slate tiles. The plugin sets the correct UVW coordinates, so you don’t see visible seams at the ridges. To demonstrate the power of this tool, consider
Total elapsed time: Under 10 minutes. Doing this manually would take 2–3 hours.
Here is a step-by-step practical guide to using Batzal Roof Designer for Max 2020 in a production environment. For users on Max 2020 , the plugin
Batzal Roof Designer is a commercial plugin developed by Batzal Software, designed specifically to automate the creation of detailed, code-compliant roofs within 3ds Max. Unlike native modifiers, this tool treats roofs as intelligent objects. You draw a simple 2D spline representing the outer walls, and the plugin instantly generates a complete 3D roof structure, including:
For users on Max 2020, the plugin is fully optimized for the Qt5 interface and the Nitrous viewport, ensuring real-time updates without crashing—a common issue with older scripts.
Batzal Roof Designer is a specialized 3ds Max plugin (or script/toolset) for rapidly modeling complex roof geometry and roof-related elements (ridges, hips, valleys, dormers, eaves, gutters, gutters’ downspouts, rafters, tiles/shingles, and cladding). It targets architects, visualization artists, and BIM/studio users who need parametric control over common residential and commercial roof types and fast production-ready geometry suitable for render and export workflows.