Tray Ceiling In X6


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hi,

 

i've been drawing Tray Ceiling using the old method of creating Polyline Solid and Hold in Polyline.

 

X6 has a the feature of auto creating ceiling tray.

 

heres what i can find in the Reference Manual p337.....

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Tray Ceilings
 
A tray ceiling is flat in the center and sloped 
around the perimeter, and is easily created 
using the underside of roof planes above.
To create an automatic tray ceiling
 
1. In the Room Specification dialog, make 
sure that Ceiling Over this Room is 
checked, then specify the desired height 
of the walls as the Ceiling Height. See 
“Structure Panel” on page 342.
2. Make sure that Auto Rebuild Roofs is 
unchecked, then build the roof. See 
“Build Roof Dialog” on page 462.
3. Change the Ceiling Height of the room 
to the desired height of the flat ceiling 
surface in its center.
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is there more to this instruction???

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I believe that what you mean by a "tray ceiling" is a flat ceiling with drop panels or bulkheads.

 

What Chief is calling a "tray ceiling" is as pictured under the description in the help file. 

It is a flat ceiling in the middle of the room with the perimeter ceiling sloping down towards the walls and (more often than not) following the roof slope down. 

 

This shouldn't be confused with a TREY ceiling, which is, I believe, what you want.

 

Do a search of the help file for "TREY ceiling" and see what pops up. 

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Buzz,

 

   IF you increase the height of the ceiling to above the plate height you will get a sloped ceiling which flattens out at the desired height.  I usually call this a modified cathedral ceiling.  Is that what you are looking to do?

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The technique described in the CA Reference Manual gives you a very simple coffer at the perimeter. Dennis calls it a modified cathedral, which describes it more accurately in terms of WYSIWYG. IMO, your best bet is to stick with what you've been doing: create complex trayed/coffered/beamed ceilings with molding polylines, soffits, and p-solids.

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