gobuildone Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 Greetings, Is it possible to generate a framing member to display as a "valley rafter" or "valley plate" running 8x2 (flat ways) over the existing roof for the rafters to terminate upon where they sit on the old roof slope? This member may have a name but I don't know it. roof image 1.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridge_Runner Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 1 hour ago, gobuildone said: "valley rafter" or "valley plate" Do a forum search using these terms. These have been discussed in the past; several comments about how to do it. Short answer - can't be done automatic. Has to be done as a workaround. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneDavis Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 Been discussed before. Not easy. The positioning of the valley plates Is tough, and the seat cuts for the rafters bearing on the plates is tougher. Best to just do a 2D CAD detail. I do them in 3D using Sketchup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgardner Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 Have you tried using a roof beam set to that size? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridge_Runner Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 1 hour ago, rgardner said: Have you tried using a roof beam set to that size? They don't position very well due to the skew angle and the pitch of the roof. Many times I have tried modifying a rafter for a different roof element and it will just drop down to a 0 pitch; it just seems to loose it's bearing in 3D space (or maybe I loose my bearing in 3D space). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 1 minute ago, Ridge_Runner said: 1 hour ago, rgardner said: Have you tried using a roof beam set to that size? They don't position very well due to the skew angle and the pitch of the roof. Many times I have tried modifying a rafter for a different roof element and it will just drop down to a 0 pitch; it just seems to loose it's bearing in 3D space (or maybe I loose my bearing in 3D space). I think it is Chief that looses it's bearings...... I did a video on this a while back. Should I search ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridge_Runner Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 3 minutes ago, Chopsaw said: Should I search ? I was hoping the OP would do that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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