Drop Ceiling Edges

[ACADuser]

I have a 6" drop ceiling with holes.

But I want the perimeter to jump up 6" to the original ceiling.

Problem is the ceiling vertical plane does not build. See photo.

I tried putting a hole there but it just trims the original ceiling polyline.

I have windows that finish at the top ceiling line, so I can not have the hole inside the main drop ceiling.

Any suggestions?

 

Thanks

 

 

[ACADuser]

I just tried 6" tall soffits ILO ceiling plane but when the soffits wrap into a rectangle they close the center, no hole.

Is that a bug?

And soffits do not allow holes!    PS this worked after restarting Chief

 

 

[Kbird1]

you may need to go Old School............... ie 3D Solids , the Tray Ceiling Tool doesn't like Invisible Walls as one example

and perhaps you've found another "hiccup?"

 

Ceiling_Creating-a-Tray-or-coffered-ceiling-using-polyline-solids.pdf

 

Mick.

 

 

[ACADuser]

Well that may be the least trouble.

Although I was hoping Chief would frame the ceiling. 

Too much to ask?

 

I sent to tech support.

 

[Bob-Roraback]

Alan, have you tried the tray ceiling tool for this.

 

 

[GeneDavis]

Why not do soffits for the drops?

[SNestor]

@ACADuser 

Alan - you may have already used this method...but, maybe not. 
 

How to: Create a Reverse Tray Ceiling - Watch Video

[ACADuser]

Thanks all..

Tech support had no magic, same methods mentioned here.

The problem I had with soffits no showing an opening went away once I restarted Chief.

So that is what I did use, but the plan view soffit lines do not join so I have to use a polyline for plan view.

Thanks Steve, the issue I had with that method is the the room schedule is not correct.

And the owner wanted a room schedule in the plans.

 

 

[SNestor]

22 hours ago, ACADuser said:

Thanks Steve, the issue I had with that method is the the room schedule is not correct.

And the owner wanted a room schedule in the plans.

 

 

 

Alan - You can select the "room" outside the invisible walls and in the "schedule" tab, "uncheck" include in schedule. So...I don't think creating a "room schedule" would be a reason not to use invisible walls. Also, in the schedule itself you can select only the room types you want to include...so, rooms marked "unspecified" can be excluded in the schedule. 

 

Am I missing something? 

[ACADuser]

Doesn't it mess up all the square footage's?

 

[SNestor]

Yes…that is a problem. If you need to show the area of each room.

 

It works if you only need a room number.