Anna_Gorres Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Hello C.A. Brianiacs, Wondering if there is a way the ceiling height can be automatically adjusted when changing roof framing member sizing. We are design/building a 2 1/2 story 2-unit multi family home (the owners of the GC company I work with has many rental properties). We are cutting it close to local code requirements in overall building/ridge height and the headroom on the 1/2 story. We got some framing info back from our lumber yard. I went in to update the ridge beam size and rafter size for the gable dormers. I used the auto rebuild roofs option. It put in the larger ridge beam, but the ceiling height remained the same, so the ridge beam is actually sticking out below the finished ceiling. There are multiple rooms and partial rooms that are underneath this dormer (2 dormers, actually). It would get quite difficult or sticky for me to do this manually. Attached is an image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Chief doesnt have a way to set a ceiling height based upon the depth of a beam. Solver’s suggestion is prob the way to control that ceiling. You may not be looking for design input, but with such a large ridge beam you might be better off embracing the visual and not look to conceal it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna_Gorres Posted October 15, 2018 Author Share Posted October 15, 2018 Johnny, we are looking at wrapping the ceiling around the beam. Always appreciate design advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renerabbitt Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 55 minutes ago, Anna_Gorres said: Johnny, we are looking at wrapping the ceiling around the beam. Always appreciate design advice. You can select your individual Roof planes and rebuild with new rafter specs within their respective dbx. instead of a auto rebuild all. If that doesn't work just post your .plan file and we will take a look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlesVolz Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 Looks like you are ok but not being able to see your floor plan: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna_Gorres Posted October 16, 2018 Author Share Posted October 16, 2018 23 hours ago, CharlesVolz said: Looks like you are ok but not being able to see your floor plan: Yes, thank you for the info. We did review this prior and believe all should be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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