Doug_N Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 It seems that if I joists are used for a roof, and the room that is below that roof (actually all rooms in this case) are set to use the underside of the roof for a ceiling surface the ceiling plane is generated above the bottom surface of the rafters. I have yet to find out why this is happening. I don't remember having this problem in X12 Ceiling Plan Problem.plan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robdyck Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 3 minutes ago, Doug_N said: It seems that if I joists are used for a roof, and the room that is below that roof (actually all rooms in this case) are set to use the underside of the roof for a ceiling surface the ceiling plane is generated above the bottom surface of the rafters. I have yet to find out why this is happening. I don't remember having this problem in X12 Ceiling Plan Problem.plan 4.15 MB · 0 downloads Specify a room. No flat ceiling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug_N Posted July 13, 2021 Author Share Posted July 13, 2021 That should be how it is specified Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robdyck Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 1 minute ago, Doug_N said: That should be how it is specified Try again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug_N Posted July 13, 2021 Author Share Posted July 13, 2021 What the room is called shouldn't affect the ceiling when you specify what the ceiling is I would think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robdyck Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 Just now, Doug_N said: What the room is called shouldn't affect the ceiling when you specify what the ceiling is I would think. You might think that, but Chief disagrees with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug_N Posted July 13, 2021 Author Share Posted July 13, 2021 This is a simple model of the more complex building that I am doing. All of the rooms are specified in that model it the program still behaves this way. Maybe I should post the plan that is the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennw Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 In the room dbx, uncheck Use Soffit Surface For Ceiling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug_N Posted July 13, 2021 Author Share Posted July 13, 2021 Here is the actual plan file with rooms all specified to have no flat ceiling and the resulting cross section. Coach House.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug_N Posted July 13, 2021 Author Share Posted July 13, 2021 6 minutes ago, glennw said: In the room dbx, uncheck Use Soffit Surface For Ceiling. Glenn In the coach house file the rooms don't have Soffit Surface selected. It still has the same problem. That was a problem in the simple model that I posted earlier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LevisL Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Doug, The problem is related to the fact your 3rd floor (aka the roof) is defined as an 'Open to Below' room. Does it need to be a room? I just made one of the railing walls 'No room definition' and the problem fixed itself, but now the 3rd floor is no longer a closed room. Also noticed you have a couple of those railing walls slightly out of alignment with the walls below, which might not help, just FYI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug_N Posted July 14, 2021 Author Share Posted July 14, 2021 Levis, The third floor is required to create the raining walls and the penthouse. The Open to Below is so that the floor of the third floor does not interfere with the actual roof. The penthouse is also on the third floor. The walls have been nudged to make sure the outer surfaces align. The railing wall is a pony wall. Thanks for taking a look at the problem. Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LevisL Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 33 minutes ago, Doug_N said: Levis, The third floor is required to create the raining walls and the penthouse. The Open to Below is so that the floor of the third floor does not interfere with the actual roof. The penthouse is also on the third floor. The walls have been nudged to make sure the outer surfaces align. The railing wall is a pony wall. Thanks for taking a look at the problem. Doug I know that’s why you have a third floor. What I meant was, do you really need the ‘open to below’ room? Or can the railing walls just be ‘no room definition’ and just have the penthouse be an actual room on the third floor? That seems to solve the ceiling problem, but I’m not sure if it cause other issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug_N Posted July 14, 2021 Author Share Posted July 14, 2021 That is a great question. I am going to try it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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