angelaraedesigns Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Newbie with CA here. Please be kind. I'm trying to model an existing home. We've got a vaulted ceiling in the living room. When I hit Automatic roofs, I get this weird gap between the top of the exterior wall and the roof. The inside also goes really 'trippy', puts planes/surfaces/gaps in all the wrong places. Kind of like a Picasso interpretation of the home. Not my intent. Eeek. when I select one of those weird angled walls, and open it, it's an 'Attic' wall type automatically generated. I'm sure this is a simple fix....I've seen it happen on the forums before, someone posts a cRaZy problem and an expert swoops in and saves the day. it's a beautiful thing to behold. Thank you to the experts on here. You are GOLD!!!!! Angela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelaraedesigns Posted September 17, 2016 Author Share Posted September 17, 2016 I'm trying to upload my CA file...but I get an Error message "No file was selected for upload". So there's another problem...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Be sure to close the plan before trying to upload. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidJPotter Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Windows will not allow you to upload a file that is actively open in an application like Chief. Close Chief and then do the upload, if too large, then zip the file and upload the zip. Most of us will use the Auto Build Roof tool and then Manually Edit the results to exactly what we need and want. It is a learned skill DJP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelaraedesigns Posted September 17, 2016 Author Share Posted September 17, 2016 Calvori Proposed.plan Wow! close the file before attaching. brilliant. thanks for that tip Chopsaw and David! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennw Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 To get the ball rolling. Open the Build Roof dbx...Roof panel...Roof Height...make the Raise/Lower From Ceiling Height, zero. Auto build roofs. You have lots of weird things happening with walls that I don't have time to look at now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Angela, Not quit sure what was going on with all those wacky walls by I applied Glenn's fix and played with some of the other problems until they looked right. So no guarantees but you may be able to use this plan to compare settings or carry on with. Good Luck, Chopsaw Calvori Chopsaw FIX.plan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennw Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 I could fix a lot of the wall problems by just opening the wall's dbx and closing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution DavidJPotter Posted September 17, 2016 Solution Share Posted September 17, 2016 Here is a You Tube video of me looking over and commenting on your plan: https://youtu.be/K30AHIkrR40 DJP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelaraedesigns Posted September 19, 2016 Author Share Posted September 19, 2016 wow!!!!! David, you blew my mind with the wall polylines. Thank you for taking the time to do that video, I have learnt so much from that! I was too timid to edit those polylines myself....so it was great to see how you manipulated them and made them look like something based in reality! and Chopsaw, thank you for fixing my plan and attaching it.....I used that fixed plan to go forward and was able to make my presentation deadline. Phewph! You saved me. and thank you Glen. I used those fixes too. my love hate relationship with CA just swung heavily to the love side again. thanks a million Angela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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