cjanderson66 Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 I am trying to do some interior elevations and I have a room with a vaulted ceiling. When I do a wall elevation it is only giving me the lower half of the room and not including any of the vaulted portion. Am I doing something wrong or does Chief not acknowledge the upper portion for wall elevations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjanderson66 Posted November 3, 2017 Author Share Posted November 3, 2017 Well that just sucks... Looks like I am going to have to do a section view and then block out all the framing that I don't want to show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robdyck Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 Hey Chris, I do this all the time and would recommend a section view that is back clipped, and clipped to the sides so that the display goes just slightly beyond the wall you want to detail. Add a breakline to each side of the view and/or the top and bottom as needed. You can't clip the height of the camera ( that I know of ), however a white CAD box covering the floor below works well. Or the view can be cropped in layout. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 Have you tried to make that wall a "balloon through ceiling wall". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulchoate Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 I have been trying to find an acceptable work around as well. I tried the "balloon through ceiling" with no luck. I'm not satisfied with having to do a back-clipped cross section or CAD detail to get a wall elevation of a room with a vaulted ceiling. I think if the ceiling is higher than the wall top plate then it should be shown in a standard wall elevation (but who cares what I think lol). I did find a work-around that was semi-acceptable but it wouldn't allow my rafters to be shown the way I wanted them...I forget exactly what I did but I wasn't crazy about the solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulchoate Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Just tried it in x12 and it works without any issue. Raised the ceiling to 10' then dropped my roof back down to the typical 97-1/8" height. See the attached pic of the plan view and wall elevation view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulchoate Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Back clipped cross section showing the framing is correct as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNestor Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 On 11/3/2017 at 4:02 PM, cjanderson66 said: I am trying to do some interior elevations and I have a room with a vaulted ceiling. When I do a wall elevation it is only giving me the lower half of the room and not including any of the vaulted portion. Am I doing something wrong or does Chief not acknowledge the upper portion for wall elevations? Well...I think you can get it to work. Not sure if this process creates other problems...but, give it a try and see what you think. OK...so the one caveat is that this method changes the ceiling height of the room...so, may not be a good solution. Step 1: Take a "Wall Elevation" Cameral view Step 2: Click on the Wall Step 3: Hit "TAB"...the selection nodes change to "small nodes" Step 4: Drag this camera view "box" upward to reveal the entire wall. See pics below; Step 1: Step 2: Step 3: Step 4: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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