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Residential · Roof

Measured on the roof. Modelled from the air.

The technician puts a tape and a gauge on the planes that matter, then flies the property. You get real numbers on every plane and a 3D model built from the flight.

Magnetic pitch gauge reading a roof plane
Field photo · Pitch read on the plane
Tape measure run along a roof plane from eave to ridge
Plane length, eave to ridge
On the roof

Numbers, not a traced outline

Imagery gives you the edge of the roof. It does not give you the slope break between two planes, the real size of a vent, or where the setback actually starts.

So the technician measures it: plane dimensions, pitch and azimuth, every penetration and obstruction, layer count at a cut edge, and the fire pathways the AHJ will ask about.

In the air

One flight, the whole roof

The drone covers every face from overlapping angles. That imagery becomes the 3D model, and it is also the record: if an engineer questions a dimension, the photo is there.

Horizon photos go with it, captured around the array area, so the shade study sees the tree line and the neighbours, not just the roof.

Residential roof from the ridge showing a vent, shingle field and surrounding trees
Obstructions located

What comes back

The capture is processed into outputs your designer and engineer can work straight from.

Dimensioned model

Every plane with a measured area, pitch and azimuth, and every obstruction placed on it.

Shade study

The sun run across the model for a full year: solar access, TOF and TSRF per plane.

CAD-ready

Facet and model exports your design tool can take directly, so nobody redraws the roof.

The roof record

Captured on every residential visit.

  • Roof planes with dimensions, pitch and azimuth
  • Every penetration and obstruction, located
  • Decking type, thickness and condition
  • Layer count at a cut edge
  • Setbacks and fire pathways
  • Horizon shading capture per array area

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The roof is one of three stops.

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