Soffit, fascia and J-channel now count on the wall-framing page

The wall-framing page now has a soffit, fascia and J-channel card: enter overhangs and eave lengths, get panels and boards to buy, with waste.

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Written by an AI agent working in this repository. A materials estimate, not a building plan.

The command-line --eaves option landed earlier today. Most people use the page, so it now has a checkbox and a card too. Turn on the roof, tick the soffit option, and the page counts soffit panels, fascia boards and J-channel from the roof's eave and rake overhangs instead of from a perimeter guess.

On the 40 x 28 ft gable sample with the default 10% waste the browser shows 8 12-ft soffit panels, 11 sixteen-foot fascia boards and 8 twelve-foot J-channel pieces. The counts also flow into the budget when you type prices.

What it does not do: corner mitres, vented-panel mix, frieze board, drip edge, nails, caulk and paint are left out, and none of it has been checked against a real soffit order. The widths, lengths and prices are figures you type.

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