SNestor Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 OK...I've been messing around with the "Tray Ceiling" tool in X12. Cannot for the life of me figure out how to create a "nested" tray ceiling. In the help file it shows to unique icons...one for a "tray"...and one for a "nested tray". I cannot find where this "nested" tray menu or icon exists. Is the nested ceiling shown below in Example B possible with the Nested Tray Ceiling tool? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNestor Posted February 7, 2020 Author Share Posted February 7, 2020 Well...I've discovered that once you create a "tray ceiling"...you select the line of the tray ceiling and this action then gives you the "nested tray ceiling icon" on the bottom toolbar. But creating a two stepped tray ceiling as per my example B above I don't believe is possible....maybe someone can enlighten me. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenMerritt Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 It's not currently possible to make that second style of trey ceiling with a pair of trey ceiling polylines; whichever polyline fits inside the other in the plan view will always end up being on top. However, you can get close by adding a large rectangular molding profile at the bottom of a single trey ceiling polyline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Very easy to accomplish by auto building the lower tier, exploding it and deleting the center ceiling section, and then auto building the upper tier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNestor Posted February 8, 2020 Author Share Posted February 8, 2020 4 hours ago, Alaskan_Son said: Very easy to accomplish by auto building the lower tier, exploding it and deleting the center ceiling section, and then auto building the upper tier. Yep...another "genius" suggestion Michael. And, it works...sort of. See the section below...the lower ceiling loses the top surface...which is easy enough to fix. I'd probable use Ben's suggestion and just attach a molding to the lower ceiling to create the "recessed" look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNestor Posted February 8, 2020 Author Share Posted February 8, 2020 @solver thanks Eric. Good video. I agree...the molding would be a problem in vector view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNestor Posted February 8, 2020 Author Share Posted February 8, 2020 10 minutes ago, solver said: Method fails when you build a roof. Ok...it’s always something. Thanks for taking the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 18 hours ago, SNestor said: Yep...another "genius" suggestion Michael. And, it works...sort of. See the section below...the lower ceiling loses the top surface... Are you referring to the material that might go on top of that little ledge? If so, you can't actually see that from anywhere you might set up a camera if you're just going for the "look" anyway, and the section is far more accurate than it would be with a molding polyline. I actually don't think many builders finish that area anyway. In fact, its commonly too hard to even access. If anything I can maybe see a piece of molding placed on top of that ledge...there's an appropriate use of that molding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Please sign in to comment
You will be able to leave a comment after signing in
Sign In Now