ADallas Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 I have a garage in which a bedroom was framed. The ceiling for this bedroom sits below the garage plate height. I tell Chief that it's a shelf ceiling and I get a ceiling platform as well as a ceiling floating above it at the garage plate height. Since the roof is 4:12, with a boxed eave, the ceiling is visible outside the roof. Can someone point out what I'm doing wrong? The Garage room (no ceiling) specifies: Ceiling: 112 1/2" (the garage plate height) Stem Wall Top: 2" Floor: 0" Roof Over This Room: checked The Bedroom specifies: Ceiling: 96" Roof Over This Room: checked Flat Ceiling Over This Room: checked Shelf Ceiling: checked The wall that goes from Bedroom to Garage has: Ceiling Platform: Automatic This cross section is just what I'm trying to model, except for that extra line floating through the roof. If only I could select it and click Begone. If I change the Bedroom and uncheck Roof Over This Room, it automatically unchecks Flat Ceiling Over This Room. The extra ceiling plane goes away, but so does the extra ceiling platform. Thanks for your help in advance. Ceiling Plane Test.plan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtldesigns Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 I'm not able to look at it, but is that crown molding by chance? Instead of a shelf ceiling, why not just put your own ceiling plane in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 Just an idea to possibly hold you over but maybe uncheck Use Room Ceiling Finish for your roof planes, set your garage to Flat Ceiling Over This Room, and then delete the Ceiling Finish and Structural layers from your garage room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADallas Posted April 17, 2022 Author Share Posted April 17, 2022 Thanks, mtldesigns. It's not crown molding and I don't know a way to manually insert a ceiling plane. I think your suggestion worked, Alaskan_Son, but at first it didn't seem to. Roof Planes Use Room Ceiling Finish: unchecked Garage Room Ceiling: 112 1/2" Roof Over This Room: checked Flat Ceiling Over This Room: checked Ceiling Structure: 0" Ceiling Finish: 0" Bedroom Ceiling: 84" Roof Over This Room: checked Flat Ceiling Over This Room: checked Shelf Ceiling: checked Ceiling Structure: 5 1/2" (2x6) Ceiling Finish: 5/8" (drywall) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 10 hours ago, ADallas said: I don't know a way to manually insert a ceiling plane. Ceiling Plane Tool is under the Roof Plane tools just set the pitch to 0° some pointers............ https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/10149/where-to-draw-a-custom-ceiling-plane-inside-or-outside-of-the-room-s-wall.html?playlist=96 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robdyck Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 I have the same issue. There's no getting rid of it! Using shelf ceilings has not been a problem in the past. I'll send this to Tech Support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADallas Posted April 17, 2022 Author Share Posted April 17, 2022 (edited) Yes, that's it. Thank you, Kbird1 and mtldesigns! Today I learned a new trick: New 0-degree pitch ceiling planes do the right thing in terms of truncating interior walls. Robdyck: I wonder if Build > Roof > Ceiling Plane would help your situation? Edited April 17, 2022 by ADallas Added details Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robdyck Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 40 minutes ago, ADallas said: Robdyck: I wonder if Build > Roof > Ceiling Plane would help your situation? No, it doesn't. For some reason it'sbuilding a drywall layer at the default ceiling height of 109 1/8" even though I lowered the shelf celf ceiling to 97 1/8". The ceiling plane is NOT using room ceiling finish, nor are the roof planes over that area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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