capitaldesigns Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 I'm new to Chief. I'm using X-8. I'm on a project with a curved roof and exposed rafters. I tried to using the soffit tool and checking the box to place under ceiling and sloped soffit. The room has no ceiling. I can not get the soffit that I want to convert into exposed rafters to arch with the roof. Does anyone know how to do this? Thanks, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Mike, That does not work for for me either. Warning says "Could not find a roof surface or a ceiling surface over this Soffit." There could be a way to do that but maybe you could show the actual rafters and put your insulation on top of the roof? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottharris Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Mike, soffits are not the best tool for a curved beam. If you curve the roof and use a roof beam, that beam should follow the shape of your roof. You can see video #7 in the Breckenridge project to see how the attached image was framed. chiefarchitect.com/videos/breckenridge.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 You need to delete the drywall under the rafters in the roof DBX to get exposed rafters, also delete soffits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Perry, I found there was something strange with the curved roof that made the ceiling surface stick and I also had to select "Use Soffit Surface for Ceiling" under the Structure>Ceiling tab of the room DBX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 I see he didn't post the plan, Chop, How did you see the problem?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 There was no plan posted but as you can see from my post I made a quick test plan of my own and wondered if you had noticed the same irregularity because if I recall the sequence correctly I had an open ceiling with the normal roof and when I curved it a new ceiling layer appeared. I can post the test if you want to check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 Thanks , I believe you-Chop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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