buzzsaw204 Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 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..... ---------------------------------------------------------- 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. ---------------------------------------------------------- is there more to this instruction??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennw Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis_Gavin Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlackore Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 I like to create it with ceiling plane's so it frames, as it would in real life 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 As Glen said there is an article on Coffered Ceilings (also called Trey) which might help here: http://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00738/26/Chief-Architect/Ceilings/Creating-a-Trey-or-Coffered-Ceiling-Using-the-Platform-Hole-Tool.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution DRAWZILLA Posted June 8, 2014 Solution Share Posted June 8, 2014 I wish Chief would even think about how its really framed in real life when they put these instructions out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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