Hammer7 2 Posted December 16, 2019 Good morning, I'm trying to repair a dormer. I just switched from Home Designer to Chief and I'm working on learning many new available features and trying to learn all I can as quickly as I can. There are some lines in this sample screenshot that were created at some point and I do not know what they are or how to select and manipulate them. Any help that anyone has in there identifications and adjustment is appreciated. Thank you Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tommy1 104 Posted December 16, 2019 If you're referring to the dotted lines inside your red circle, they look like ceiling break lines (some of them are ceiling break lines). These ceiling breaks are generated when the roof planes are put in. If you change your ceiling height in that area, you'll see those ceiling break lines move too. If you do a section view, you'll be able to see what's going on there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tommy1 104 Posted December 16, 2019 BTW, ceiling breaks are not selectable, however, you can turn them on and off in the layer display. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hammer7 2 Posted December 16, 2019 Thank you Tommy, I was not specific because some of the nomenclature I'm unfamiliar with. It is not the ceiling lines but the dormer walls, the right side of the left dormer is corrupted and I'm not yet able to figure out how to heal it or even how to select it. The right side dormer is fine but the left is messed up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rpadge 24 Posted December 16, 2019 Would probably be a good idea to post the plan file. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hammer7 2 Posted December 16, 2019 Thank you Robert. Cape_Modifications.plan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hammer7 2 Posted December 16, 2019 Updated, hopefully my signature is there now 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ridge_Runner 96 Posted December 16, 2019 2 hours ago, Hammer7 said: Updated, hopefully my signature is there now Partially ... Would be a good idea to add your basic hardware info also similar in content to mine below, especially Mac or PC and OS version. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
glennw 820 Posted December 16, 2019 They could be shadow boards connected with the main roof. Turn them off and report back after trying that. The tall ones in the centre of the dormers are ridge caps. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rpadge 24 Posted December 17, 2019 I'm no expert, but I took a look at your plan, and see several little issues that are probably frustrating you. It looked like the roof was the main culprit for your dormer wall, so I adjusted that, you may also notice that the other dormer has different size boxed eaves, so you may want to revisit that as well. Hope that helps. Cape_Modifications_Rp.plan 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hammer7 2 Posted December 17, 2019 It's getting better but still having problems on the inside, see attached screenshot Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
solver 1308 Posted December 17, 2019 Current plan file? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hammer7 2 Posted December 17, 2019 Dormer_study_12_17.19.plan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
solver 1308 Posted December 17, 2019 Watch on YouTube: http://youtu.be/Fn3Rp_9Zn8c?hd=1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hammer7 2 Posted December 17, 2019 Wow! Thank you Solver, this is a big help! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hammer7 2 Posted December 17, 2019 I think the interior chatter marks are the program trying to create a boxed eave in the roof space. I wonder if it is programed to not do that on a dormer? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
solver 1308 Posted December 17, 2019 5 minutes ago, Hammer7 said: I think the interior chatter marks Post an image with the chatter marks identified. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tommy1 104 Posted December 17, 2019 47 minutes ago, solver said: Watch on YouTube: http://youtu.be/Fn3Rp_9Zn8c?hd=1 Eric, what you did to that dormer is what I did to the other dormer. Didn't have time to fix the dormer you worked on. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hammer7 2 Posted December 17, 2019 Yes, indeed, thank you Tommy! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SNestor 357 Posted December 17, 2019 On 12/16/2019 at 9:22 AM, Hammer7 said: Good morning, I'm trying to repair a dormer. I just switched from Home Designer to Chief and I'm working on learning many new available features and trying to learn all I can as quickly as I can. There are some lines in this sample screenshot that were created at some point and I do not know what they are or how to select and manipulate them. Any help that anyone has in there identifications and adjustment is appreciated. Thank you I've done a few videos on Dormers that you may want to watch...they aren't specific to your dormer but you might learn something. Just FYI. Looks like Eric has once again been very helpful...thank you Eric! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hammer7 2 Posted December 18, 2019 Eric's video was very helpful. I'm a lot closer now after learning and trying the reflect about copy technique. I was successful with the second method and with the transform replicate I'm still getting an error message when I try to join the roofs even though they are all 12 pitch. This is the inside view witch is better but still not joined properly. The little items poking out of the ceiling look like the program building a boxed eave on this inside edge of the dormer roof...? I'll post the roof message too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hammer7 2 Posted December 18, 2019 Dormer_study_12_18.19.plan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
solver 1308 Posted December 18, 2019 14 minutes ago, Hammer7 said: The little items poking out of the ceiling look like the program building a boxed eave on this inside edge of the dormer roof...? Use the Delete Surface tool to remove the ceiling looking from the inside to see what those are. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hammer7 2 Posted December 18, 2019 Yes, this shows that the program is generating a boxed eave inside the roof of the main roof Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
