long spear of trim sticks out from roof

[wkshank]

This happens from time to time, and can't be fixed by deleting the roof and creating another, or re-joining the roofs, etc.  I have solved this before and it seems like it was simple, but can't remember what the fix was.  Does anyone recognize this issue ... I'll call it a "spear" ...  and know what's up?  Notice in the one screenshot when I click on the roof plane there is a little gray rectangle that corresponds to the spear location.  and also to note, if I remove the adjoining roof (over the wall with windows), the white spear disappears, but comes back if I re-create it.  I have re-generated both of these roofs from scratch as well, and same spear is there.  Also -- it is definitely SOFFIT, and in this case it's a boxed eave, and if I turn off boxed, it just becomes a slanted sword higher up.

Edited Tuesday at 07:54 PM by wkshank
show that it is soffit that's spearing out

[PitMan71]

Only thing I see is that it appears that some of the wall is not complete over in the location where the spear is coming from. hard to say for sure with looking at the model. Post your plan and someone will have a look. 

[RL-inc]

99% You have a roof plane or two not connected - slight offsets will cause this.

[wkshank]

My plan file is 36.7 MB -- can't attach it.  Solution?

[PitMan71]

21 minutes ago, wkshank said:

My plan file is 36.7 MB -- can't attach it.  Solution?

You will need to zip/compress it. Be sure and close out first.

[VHampton]

1 hour ago, wkshank said:

My plan file is 36.7 MB -- can't attach it.  Solution?

 

Without downloading your plan file...

 

3 things present themselves as being the possible causes and/or the remedies. 

 

One of them could be the solution. 

 

 

 

 

[wkshank]

Holy cow, @VHampton you did it!  It was related to #1 in your sketch. 

 

 The corner walls were already connected (the area of sheathing showing probably has to do with my wall layers -- but they were connected) and my roofs were snapped together just fine... but the roof against the brick wall (adjacent to the one you pointed at) was slightly crooked along the line where it sits against the wall.  I fixed that and immediately the sword was gone.  What a relief.

 

The sword was not a ceiling plane but a soffit plane... when I had tried unchecking the "boxed eave" option on both roofs, the sword changed angles (changed to a plane that would have been like an extension of an open eave's soffit).  Clearing that up in case anyone else is having the same issue and sees this some day.

 

@PitMan71, @RL-inc - Thank you so much for taking the time, everyone! 

[VHampton]

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the roof against the brick wall (adjacent to the one you pointed at) was slightly crooked along the line where it sits against the wall.

Glad to be of help.

 

The rainbow tool (material selector) is the best way to see what's up. Especially when projectiles may present as UFO's. That tool will let you know if it's sheetrock OR if the roof is highlighting. Roof highlighting helps narrow down the troubleshooting as you had conveniently discovered. 

 

In instances when small flat sections of sheetrock appears, the first culprit can often be a ceiling surface - which is bleeding through because there's no roof to "contain" it. That's why first floor roofing needs to be tight to the wall - but not too tight or it'll block the siding from showing. 

 

On a side... the same thing affects roof trim.  

 

On second floor gables, the upper frieze boards won't always show up because the 1st floor roof isn't quite snug.  

 

Anyway, glad that you got it figured out. It's one of the many intricacies in working with manual roofing. 

 

Regarding this ----> 

 

Click on the wall. There appears to be a break going on somewhere.

 

Try to drag the missing stucco up.  Raw plywood should not be showing. 

 

 

[wkshank]

Thanks - yeah that wall drag thing doesn't correct it.  Thank god for slabs and solids....  ( :

[VHampton]

Again, glad to be able to offer any insights. 

 

By the way... I completely agreed that solids are the key to making things happen with custom details. 

 

For basic functionality however (with regard to wall assembly and roofing) there's very likely an easy solution.

 

The walls are "snapping" correctly, but they may have different thicknesses and main layers.