PMMully Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 Hi all, I have a test plan where I am trying out the various ways to make gable/hip entry roof mixtures on porches. I have two questions: 1) I have made gable entries using the gable tool with a single room, as well as multiple rooms via invisible walls, so far both ways are successful overall using come custom ceiling planes. Wondering if there are any far reaching pros/cons of either method? 2) I have also made one version that is single room, and follows a pattern in a video done by@SNestoron X11, so I know it works. I just can not get the Post2Beam roof soffit/wall section to generate correctly. I looked at many settings and videos but I can not put my finger on the fix. I believe there is a setting that controls this (I tried the roof returns also)? I realize his full video has other compoents like attic walls, custom ceiling planes to finish it, but his plan generates the soffits just fine. Not sure what I am missing. GableEntryGames.plan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMMully Posted September 7, 2022 Author Share Posted September 7, 2022 Update: It appears to be the column. I selected one out of the library that was similar to the video, and it cleaned up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidJPotter Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 Using railing walls set to "Post to beam" works for simple porches but where you need more control over the posts or columns, I often just set the "Newels" to zero inches and then manually place my columns of posts from the LB - Millwork -Columns. The point is getting a product and not, as much what you did to achieve it IMHO. DJP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMMully Posted September 8, 2022 Author Share Posted September 8, 2022 6 hours ago, DavidJPotter said: Using railing walls set to "Post to beam" works for simple porches but where you need more control over the posts or columns, I often just set the "Newels" to zero inches and then manually place my columns of posts from the LB - Millwork -Columns. The point is getting a product and not, as much what you did to achieve it IMHO. DJP Being fairly new in comparison to many of you on this forum, many times I test CA, or myself... because I am learning the boundaries.. Once I learn a boundary, I figure out how to navigate around it. This is why I ask a lot of "best practice" questions. I am also exploring how far I can push the CA schedules and material take off tools. I never would have even thought to set the newels to zero inches. That is a great tip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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