ACADuser Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 Guess I don't know what I'm doing here, The groin ceilings will not cooperate. Trying to get the base of ceiling at 116" and the peak at 144", I must be doing something wrong. I need a beer! Untitled 1.zipFetching info... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 Pretty sure Michael did a great video on doing those in Chief a while back if you wanted to slip him a note to see if he still has a copy of that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMDesigns2 Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 Or you could just pop this symbol in any rom and stretch https://www.chieftutor.net/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACADuser Posted June 12, 2021 Author Share Posted June 12, 2021 On 6/12/2021 at 3:56 PM, Chopsaw said: Pretty sure Michael did a great video on doing those in Chief a while back if you wanted to slip him a note to see if he still has a copy of that one. Expand Yes I saw the videos back in 2019 but looked last Wednesday and the video link did not work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACADuser Posted June 12, 2021 Author Share Posted June 12, 2021 Wow looks interesting Dave. I'll come see you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 On 6/12/2021 at 5:46 PM, ACADuser said: Yes I saw the videos back in 2019 but looked last Wednesday and the video link did not work. Expand Yes he had some sort of an issue with YouTube but if you PM him his intention was to keep his own library of videos I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACADuser Posted June 13, 2021 Author Share Posted June 13, 2021 Thank you for the videos, Eric My situation is that the wall to wall dimensions are different. 14'-4" x 17'-9 7/8" Perhaps that is my issue. Looking at Dave's picture above, all the Groins are in a square space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACADuser Posted June 13, 2021 Author Share Posted June 13, 2021 OK I created the solids in AutoCAD & exported as DAE. That saved me so much aggravation as I tried to manage the solids in Chief. Ceiling planes seemed impossible. See the imported results below. I painted the near one. There should be an easy way to do this in Chief. Groin.daeFetching info... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 On 6/13/2021 at 4:58 PM, ACADuser said: There should be an easy way to do this in Chief. Expand It seems like it should work just like a bastard valley I would think. No ? Did you try the join ceiling planes tool ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACADuser Posted June 13, 2021 Author Share Posted June 13, 2021 Yes but I got some warning message. As I recall the issue with the ceiling planes is that you can get the base height correct (116") bit getting both barrel vaults at the same top height was not working for me. I did my version & then Eric's version & still no luck. The issue in my mind is that the room is not square. So her are the specs: 14'-4" x 17'-9 7/8" 116" bottom of ceiling & 144" top of ceiling. And I'm trying to fit this into a roof truss and it's very tight. The middle of the room the trusses are fine, just the exterior wall that may be too tight for the truss company. This is an addition so the roof is new but ties into existing & plate height is fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 Using your numbers I can get it close but certainly not close enough for a client that is spending that sort of money. Maybe if the facets could be controlled it would work ok, but not sure you would pay your plasterer if his joints were left open by 3/4" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACADuser Posted June 14, 2021 Author Share Posted June 14, 2021 Thanks for trying. The solids do work and easy enough to manage in Autocad. I'm sure someone could find a way to use ceilings in Chief but solids will gave to do. In Chief make 1/2 barrel shaped solid and then use some other simple solid to subtract the unwanted portion. No lights in the groins yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterdd Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 On 6/11/2021 at 11:00 PM, ACADuser said: I must be doing something wrong. I need a beer! Untitled 1.zip 2.37 MB · 8 downloads Expand lol, yes sir.........I do my best work with several glasses of merlot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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