Roof Thickness not generating as specified


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I've been using Chief Architect for 20 years but I still run into challenges.

 

An issue I've been unable to fix is: to make a flat roof thickness match the fascia height. When viewed from below, the soffit appears recessed into the eaves, but it should be flush (or nearly) with bottom of fascia. 

 

Unable to attach floor plan.

 

ANY help is greatly appreciated!

 

Chief X15

Windows 11

 

 

 

 

 

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1 hour ago, Tkangas said:

I've been using Chief Architect for 20 years but I still run into challenges.

 

An issue I've been unable to fix is: to make a flat roof thickness match the fascia height. When viewed from below, the soffit appears recessed into the eaves, but it should be flush (or nearly) with bottom of fascia. 

 

Unable to attach floor plan.

 

ANY help is greatly appreciated!

 

Chief X15

Windows 11

 

 

 

 

 

ROOF STRUCTURE 2.png

ROOF STRUCTURE.png

ROOF.png

 

52 minutes ago, Chrisb222 said:

Without the plan file it's just a guess but I'd try increasing the gable sub fascia depth.

image.thumb.png.11ab97a9ac32fdab0d37c29309b9d40c.png  Should be 12"

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23 hours ago, Tkangas said:

An issue I've been unable to fix is: to make a flat roof thickness match the fascia height. When viewed from below, the soffit appears recessed into the eaves, but it should be flush (or nearly) with bottom of fascia. 

The soffit height is controlled by the bottom of the sub-fascia.

The top of the finished fascia is is controlled by the bottom on layer# 1 in the Roof Surface Definition dialog.

Another thing I do is add a 0" layer at the bottom of the surface definition to trick Chief into building the roof structure correctly.

 

 

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That's how it makes sense to me anyway.

 

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