jlctspaces Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 Hello, I am a beginner using Chief X8 and its got me stumped. The plan I am working on is a rambler with a basement and 18" floor trusses. When I add a floor truss to the plan and open a cross section the truss displays at the wrong height. The top of the truss is flush with the top of the subfloor plywood and there is a gap between the bottom of the truss and the drywall. If I change the truss to an I joist it displays at the correct height. What am I missing? Thanks, Josh C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 Just guessing without seeing the plan but you may have adjusted some settings after building the floor truss. If that is a possibility then select a truss and open it and force it to rebuild and see if anything changes in your elevation view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlctspaces Posted January 14, 2017 Author Share Posted January 14, 2017 Okay, I can't figure this out. I have attached a pdf cad drawing of what I actually want and the plan that I am working on. The plan is a bit of a mess right now since I have been trying so many different things. I tried a simple sample plan to accomplish what I want and that didn't work for me either. What am I doing wrong here? I cannot for the life of me get the floor trusses display at the correct height. If I change to joists its fine but the top of the floor truss keeps displaying level with the top of subfloor. Thanks Suerer cross section 1:14.pdf Suerer_Bath_towards_front_Concept_auto_save.plan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 floor trusses are manually inserted ,so you need to select them all and use transform / replicate to raise or lower them or just delete them ,change the floor height and re-do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneDavis Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 There are no floor trusses in your plan. The 18" depth floor joists in your plan are at the correct elevation. But when I draw a floor truss it places 3/4" high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneDavis Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 Look at the strange behavior I get when I draw a floor truss in your plan. While the image of the truss seems to be rectilinear (and at the incorrect elevation), the envelope of truss is skewed when selected, with a correct top elevation underneath the wall, but skewing to 3/4" high out in the floor area. Someone more talented than me is going to have to analyze where you went wrong in drawing this thing. I cannot replicate your result starting with a simple plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlctspaces Posted January 17, 2017 Author Share Posted January 17, 2017 Still can't figure it out it. I did transform/replicate to lower it and I got it to work once. Now when I try to lower it it just skews the envelope of the truss even more. The actual truss isn't affected though. The attached screen shot is after I tried to lower it by 1' for an example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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