Name

CG_GenerateHippedRoof — Generate a hipped roof from a footprint polygon.

Synopsis

geometry CG_GenerateHippedRoof(geometry geom, float8 height);

Description

Generate a hipped roof as a 3D PolyhedralSurface Z from a 2D footprint polygon. All sides slope upward to meet at a ridge or apex. The roof height is given by height (default 3.0).

Availability: 3.7.0 - requires SFCGAL >= 2.3.0.

This method needs SFCGAL backend.

This function supports Polyhedral surfaces.

Examples

The footprint and hipped roof are shown side-by-side so the generated 3D faces do not hide behind the input footprint.

Code
WITH data AS (
  SELECT 'POLYGON((0 0,5 0,5 4,0 4,0 0))'::geometry AS input_footprint
)
SELECT input_footprint AS input_footprint,
       CG_GenerateHippedRoof(input_footprint, 2.0) AS hipped_roof
FROM data;
Output
POLYGON((0 0,5 0,5 4,0 4,0 0)) | POLYHEDRALSURFACE Z (((0 4 0,5 4 0,5 0 0,0 0 0,0 4 0)),((0 4 0,0 0 0,2 2 2,0 4 0)),((0 0 0,5 0 0,3 2 2,2 2 2,0 0 0)),((5 0 0,5 4 0,3 2 2,5 0 0)),((5 4 0,0 4 0,2 2 2,3 2 2,5 4 0)))
Figure
Geometry figure for visual-cg-generatehippedroof-01