MrDaveAres Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Greeting CA forum: Generally I try to do my own work and figure out my own answers. However, this time, I need help. I am trying to design a simple front porch using the Solid Railing and Post-to-Beam settings in the Railing dbx. My problem is that I am very limited as to where the posts are placed when CA generates the porch walls. In the dbx there is a setting for distance between posts, but no matter what distance I place in the edit box, the post will not spread more than half of the span. What I am trying to do is place one post at the corner of the porch walls and the other post about 4 to 6 inches from the ext. wall of the house. Sure I could build from scratch with framing tools and converting polyline solids, etc, but should I have to? I have tried this using Deck Railing s well as Half Wall tools with the same result. I am using the Porch room type and have changed the default 4" slab to T&G flooring. Figured that would be easier than changing the decking to T&G. Thanks. Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiefer Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Use the Break tool? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennw Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Do you mean something like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDaveAres Posted January 23, 2015 Author Share Posted January 23, 2015 Chiefer: I just tried that before I read your post. Worked perfect. Thank you very much. I am new to CA. It seems like a lot of these tricks just sorta come to mind when I turn off the computer and give my head a rest. Glennw: That is exactly what I meant. Do you have any other suggestions other than the break tool? Also, my next question would be: Why don't the porch posts and beams show on the materials list. The wall components show 4x8 for the beam no matter what size, but the posts don't show at all. At very least I'd expect these to show up as exterior trim. And why don't posts and beams for the porch show up when I Auto-frame? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennw Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Yes, I used the Wall Break tool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDaveAres Posted January 24, 2015 Author Share Posted January 24, 2015 I cannot believe it! I thought I was really getting the hang of CA. My next dilemma... when I change my front porch wall from hip to gable the upper portion of the wall doesn't form. I thought that maybe it was because CA knew that I would not have proper attic ventilation so CA refused to enclose this area. I figured I'd do away with the flat ceiling to make it a free-air attic space. That strategy did not work. For some reason if my porch goes over about 7' deep, the gable wall disappears. Also tried Rebuild 3D. Any helpers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich_Winsor Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Not sure exactly what you are after. This is what I came up with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gawdzira Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 When you run into problems like this it is always best to post the plan. There are generally things at hand that are in your plan, not the software that are the issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 The easy way is to just draw an attic wall there. Chief doesn't care about venting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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