buzzsaw204 Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 HI, i have a 2 story house plan with the garage on the main floor. how can i display my both roofs (Garage Roof & 2nd Floor) at the same time on my site plan? thanks vs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution HumbleChief Posted May 30, 2014 Solution Share Posted May 30, 2014 Set up your reference layer to show your roof from either floor on either floor. You can use the existing reference layer set or create your own specifically for roofs. Go to >Tools>Reference Floors and set that up the way you want, or just click on the floor number in the floor change dbx and will take you to the same place. Select which layer you want to use or create a new and you should be good to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyGump Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Select all the roof planes on the second floor and use the "display on floor below" tool. It looks like a little arrow pushing down a gable roof. Andy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dshall Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Select all the roof planes on the second floor and use the "display on floor below" tool. It looks like a little arrow pushing down a gable roof. Andy. That is not a good idea unless you know what you are doing. Specifically the roof framing will go to the floor below, if that is what you want, you are good to go. Larry had the best answer, use the ref sets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyGump Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Scott, what? The framing will not go to floor below, the framing and roof planes stay where they are, the planes merely "display" on the lower floor which is what I think he is looking to do. Maybe I did not understand what he wanted then. Andy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dshall Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Andy, I believe that Scott is saying that although the roof framing displays on the correct (original) floor in a 3D view (same as the roof), the framing will display on the floor plan level that it has been moved to. That is exactly what I am saying, and if I did not have to talk to Lynn when she got home 20 minutes ago, I would of said that........ you guys know how it is........ we have to pretend that our wives are more important than Chief Talk........ oops, I hope she did not hear that. Give it a play Andy, check and see what level the roof framing will show on IN PLAN depending on what level. Do an experiment..... add 5 floors to your house, move the roof plan up 5 floors, check and see what level it displays on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyGump Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 No worries, I understand what you guys are saying on this then. I almost never show the framing from Chief as I think it clutters up the structural plan. I usually just show arrows for the direction and lengths of my framing members so I guess I have just never run into this situation before. Andy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommy1 Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 That is not a good idea unless you know what you are doing. Specifically the roof framing will go to the floor below, if that is what you want, you are good to go. Larry had the best answer, use the ref sets. Scott is correct in that the roof framing will build on which ever floor you display the roof planes. At least it used to be that way. Don't know if it's changed. There actually have been times when I wanted to show framing on different floors in the past. Haven't tried this in a while so I assume it still works the same way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyGump Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Well, I guess I can not believe yous guys no mo'. I just tried displaying the 2nd floor roof planes on the lower floor and the rafter framing is still on the 2nd floor. Andy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyGump Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Jeez, just tried it again and now the framing is moving with the display of roof planes. What next? Andy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennw Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Andy, I think that you will find that it works like this: Talking about 2D plan view only - not 3D. With all the roof planes on level 1. Build roof framing and display framing on level 1. Select a roof plane and move to display one level up. The roof plane polyline displays on the next floor up, BUT the framing remains on the level 1 floor plan. Rebuild roof framing. The roof framing for the roof plane you moved up one floor, and now displays on the next floor's up floor plan. In 3D, of course, the display of the roof planes and roof framing stays on top the level 1 floor - it is only the 2D plan display that is affected by this tool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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