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Brilliant. That did work; however, my walls (interior and exterior) have failed to meet the sheathing above the rafters. Attached is an image of the roof structure. Do I have the layers correct or should I change something to bring the wall up? Kevin

dshall - I've done as you said and the rafters are now showing up - thanks. They are coming in white though and when I select all of them using the rafter tool, I have no option to reset the material to use default when opening all of them at once. Also, the few I have changed individually - when I switch to default material, they come in as the standard fir framing which I am guessing is driven by the default material under "framing". I can change it here, but then all of my framing will be birch, ebonized which I don't want. Also, the walls will not penetrate the beams as shown in the attached image. I'd appreciate any help with this. Kevin

I should have also mentioned that it is someone with whom I've never interacted with on the forum.

Thanks Michael. Understand, but almost certain I've got the right person as I've had dealings with him outside of the forum. If I'm wrong, blocking him isn't go to hurt anything.

Glenn - thank you very much. I was looking on their user page for a way to block. I wonder if this will prevent the assault or if they're able to continue downvoting. Guess I'll find out soon enough. Thanks again! Kevin

Larry - I agree. I did just find out who the culprit was. He just downvoted another post of mine in real time at which time I switched over to online users revealing his identity. It does not surprise me in the least. At one time I was reading all of the older posts on this forum and ran across his countless arguments with other users. It would be nice if possible to block him, but I see no way to do that. At least I know what type of person I'm dealing with now!

Hey dshall. Thanks for catching that.

Yes, I have all the layers turned on. Attached are images of my roof layers - surface and structure. See anything wrong here? Kevin

Thanks Eric. I have tried all of those things and still not showing up.

I'm working on a mid-Century modern home with exposed rafters/beams and cannot figure out how to get the rafters to show up in my 3D views. I've been searching the forum and CA videos for a couple hours without any luck. The videos by Chief show decorative beams using the roof beam tool. My rafters for this build are the exposed beams. Further, I don't want the rafter tails exposed on the exterior soffit - only inside. Is it even possible to show exposed structural rafters? I would think so, but have not found a solution. Also, the finish above the rafters is 3/4" T&G. It must be a problem with how I have set up my layers. Thanks! Kevin CHF_Beacham_Shambaugh_REMODEL_07-15-20.zip

Yes, it's definitely a targeted action. I tried contacting the Chief moderator a few weeks ago for an unrelated issue (a disappearing post) and have yet to hear back from them, so I guess I'll just live with it. Also, I'd feel kinda' silly stooping to the level of this anonymous voter by filing a complaint - high school was a few decades ago - Thanks again for your input! Kevin

Thanks Mark. Yes, evidently I must have upset someone. I have no idea who that might have been as I've been polite to everyone I've encountered on this forum. Whoever it is, is going back to older posts and downvoting those too - very mature of them! I was going to let it pass, but noticed this new downvote today from a week old post. I'm feeling a little silly myself that I'm letting it get to me though...

This is the sixth downvote in the last week and a half. Whoever you are, you're a petty coward. If you have a problem with something I post, speak up! I've been nothing, but respectful on this forum as I try to learn Chief Architect. I give plenty of upvotes (most of the time maxing out my limits for the day) and have never downvoted anyone - nor will I ever. Awfully brave of you to hide behind anonymity! Take all the reputation points if it makes you feel better about yourself!

Thanks for the tip Michael.

Mick - yes, I learned that one the hard way a few days ago... Thanks.

I'm getting back to this design today. I'll post the results. Thanks for the input.

Larry - thank you very much for the file. I'll look at this when I get home tonight. Kevin

Thanks!

Ryan - very much appreciated. So the sheathing will follow the sub-fascia even if not selected/used? Would you mind sharing the file if you still have it? Kevin

Thanks Michael. I'm guessing I would use the trim tool from a plan view and cut all at once.

Thank you Sir. Yes, I think I will manually reshape one and then copy - shouldn't take too long for both sides. Just a thought - is it possible to create an invisible rafter tail to which I can apply the fascia board? Also, applying this method, I still end up with a little bit of siding at the eve where the frieze board should be. Was my idea of creating a 3/4" thick exterior wall and calling it a frieze for the eve sides totally off base?

Ryan, Thanks. That's pretty darn close. Is it possible for me to remove all the soffit/fascia boards? I know you can disable sub-fascias. Do I go about this by zeroing the size fields out? I ask as I can manually draw them as it's only two sides - figure I would do it with a stacked molding line. Also, how did you get the roof sheathing to extend beyond the rafter end? Would you mind sharing the file?

Thanks Eric. I now see what you were doing with the rafter tail. When you say "group select the rafters and shorten them", what does that look like? In an elevation view by manually resizing or do you mean via DBX?

There is no birdsmouth cut. The rafters are fastened to the sides of the 2 x 10 joists and spaced similarly. I tried using an invisible wall at the eves and a wall with a single layer of 3/4" material to act as the fascia board, but I never could get the rafters to align to the joists as needed. I was just wondering if there was a way for Chief to handle this situation by way of settings in the roof DBX.

Eric - thanks for the input. I'm not sure how I can describe it any better than what is shown in the cross-section drawing in the original post above (posted here again). The second story floor joists extend beyond the 1st floor framing by 12" at the eves. The rafters are square cut (the top point of which aligns with the outside top of the 2 x 10 joists). I am wondering how I can do this in Chief Architect without having the second story walls built at the eves. Is this something I need to draw manually to get it exactly like my drawing? Thanks again, Kevin