ACADuser

Oh I call that the truss height. It is 40" tall and drops to 16" tall. This type of truss is made like a roof truss with the truss being 1-1/2" wide and not the usual 3-1/2" floor truss width. I see no problem as only a floor load & no roof load applied to the truss. This is a very complex area where the stair makes it way to the 2nd floor which is 14' above the 1st floor.

David the truss layer is unlocked & I can only resize the truss, no other edit. Hamlin, this is the truss CA makes Joe, I can not find where to edit the truss except in a "CAD detail from view" where it becomes CAD lines and is a one way trip, no updates if the plan moves. I will be better off exporting to ACAD where I can work with lines etc more efficiently.

The floor truss is 14' long. Joey I'll see if I can find that CAD detail

Thanks David. Not looking to make trusses you would build just like the roof trusses are not for construction but for general information. The truss company designs & builds all manufactured truss. That has been my experience. I'm just looking to supply realistic looking sections. Not actual sections. The solids tools are too slow for me at my level of experience.

So you can not modify a floor truss like you can a roof truss? I have a truss that needs to step down to a room with a lower floor level & CA drew the truss equal height on both ends. If I could break the top cord & pull the part down that I need it would work. I wanted to show this truss in section view so the step down was obvious.

Requires some dexterity to use, or short people. Would require a false bottom cabinet else the box would protrude into the cupboard space.

Very realistic. I would rotate the GFI's & lower into the white tile band.

From the notes drawing this is what I got. I did not develop the entire front elevation.

When I mull windows together they display a casing & my window default has no casing displayed. How do you set the default for Mulled Windows to no have casing?

That's a good one jon. I just added that to my CA Tips File.

Clever solution tommy. The font style in my example is a must.

Thanks. I can do it easy in ACAD so I guess I will import an image into CA to keep it all together. Oops the image in the previous post did not attach.

Yes I needed some transparency. I wanted the darker color to bleed through the gray text.

I want to add some transparent text. How is this done in CA. Big And Bold Letters but in a faded gray color with background showing through.

OK Thanks for the conformation. I just had him Backup entire plan and resend. It now opens.

Got a plan from a friend in the industry & I can not open it. Message "Unable to open the file", followed by the file's name. I have Primer x7 so is the plan damaged? Proposed Room Add.plan

I don't think that pipe came form CA. Looks like the real thing.

Yes, indicates a very old structure.

I used dividing walls on the first floor directly under the closet and it worked well in this case.

OK I get a call to day to change the 2nd floor closet floor elevation. Need the closet floor (cross hatched) on the 2nd floor to be lowered 7.5" and NOT change any other rooms! The ceiling above will remain in the same location, not come down 7.5" The entry into the master will have to have a thicker floor by 7.5" to accommodate trusses and make that portion of ceiling in the garage the same in North South direction. The step in the ceiling to the West will remain as is. What is the best method to accomplish this? (before I screw the plan up) 46th Ave Townhouse B.zip

Thanks all for all the interest in the thread. I just thought that with automated software you could do things automatically. Not.

Rod I took from you plan & tried to use in mine but fell short as I needed to extend the plate and add 2 more rafters. But I can not figure out how to edit your objects.

Because this job is an exposed rafter & Beam ceiling. How do you do an interior view without modeling the framing? The portion I am struggling with is out of sight though. I just thought it would be impressive to show that framing view on the plans.

I don't yet have the 3D skills to work with primitives to accomplish this. Way too time consuming. I can convey the intent in a 2D plan & elevation views. Just thought a 3D framing would be nice to include in the plans. Shane, Looks like you are close to having figured it out. The room needs to be conventionally framed exposed rafters for that rustic look. I think GC will use t-111 with the decorative side facing down as the first sheeting layer on the roof & then a 1/2" plywood layer to complete the structural requirements. I just wanted to show the framing technique for the framers & the GC. This picture is as far as I could get. Funny how a seemingly simple construction technique required a very skilled CA operator to pull off. Thanks for all the interest.

Why do I get all the hard ones? Just got back & Wifie is waiting dinner. So I'll try again in the morning.