Stack Rafters 'Over' Ridge Beam?

[HumbleChief]

Is there a way to auto frame this condition? Instead of rafters butting into the ridge?

[para-CAD]

I don't think there is a drop structural ridge for auto framing.  

I've always done complex CAD framing mostly manually.

 

This is a Lindal Cedar home I once framed a while ago.

Auto Dropped Ridge would be handy when drawing this.

[GeneDavis]

You might try a 1/16" square ridge and edit it's material to air gap, then manually add the structural one.

[para-CAD]

I would have NEVER for the life of me come up with the idea to make a micro ridge.  Wow.  You are probably good at complex puzzles.  That is a helluva work around suggestion.

 

When I get stuck like this, my default is 3D polyline solid...I know, the cheater way.

 

Lately I've been creating accurate 3D framing drawings with sketchup.  But then I am importing a .jpg, .png, or .pdf so that's a pain when something gets changed.

[HumbleChief]

Thanks very much! Did it manually but only because I never thought of your great suggestion Gene!!

[GeneDavis]

My suggestion upthread is hereby amended.  I'd forgotten that you can simply uncheck "ridge" in the framing dialog for roof planes, and that when you draw the ridge as a roof beam after framing the rafters it is properly located under them.  If you want a beveled top on that beam, sawn and not a seat piece stacked, and you want to see it in 3D, you'll do the beam as a solid.  Or you can jack it up with a move, and annotate with a detail that the top end of the rafters all get a small birdsmouth.