Fascia or drip edge not showing but soffit does

[mtldesigns]

Scratching my head on this one..  done this a hundred times, but for some reason the shed roof where it overlaps the 10/12 roof looks right, but as the title states, the fascia nor the drip edge come in.  I have stretched the planes back and then into position, I have even deleted the plane and put in a new one.  Typically if there was an issue my frieze or soffit wouldn't show, but its there as well.  I know this must be a setting issue..  I'm just not seeing it.  Any ideas?

 

Thanks in advance

[mtldesigns]

I think I figured out the "why"...  the overhang is 18", and it lines up perfectly over the interior lower garage door wall, if I moved this overhang 1" in either direction, the fascia appears.  Besides going with a 17" or 19" overhang, I'm not sure how to fix it.

[Mark3D]

I would submit a bug report on that

[Kbird1]

19 hours ago, mtldesigns said:

I think I figured out the "why"...  the overhang is 18", and it lines up perfectly over the interior lower garage door wall, if I moved this overhang 1" in either direction, the fascia appears.  Besides going with a 17" or 19" overhang, I'm not sure how to fix it.

 

 

is there perhaps a break in the Attic wall at that point both sides?  if and auto attic wall perhaps try drawing your own too.

 

M.

[mtldesigns]

1 hour ago, Kbird1 said:

is there perhaps a break in the Attic wall at that point both sides?  if and auto attic wall perhaps try drawing your own too

I thought that too, at first.  But no breaks (highlighted walls in orange).  And most plans I turn off auto attic walls anyways, and model my own.

 

To get this approval set out, I just brought the plane edge in 1"..  Def. will need to fix at CONDOC time.  I've never sent in a bug report in all these years, if Chief actually finds the issue and fixes it, do they fix that model and send it back, or inform me of the fix..?  I am just thinking if I move forward on the CONDOCs, how they communicate a fix if what they have is outdated?  I hope that makes sense.   

[Kbird1]

38 minutes ago, mtldesigns said:

I thought that too, at first.  But no breaks (highlighted walls in orange).  And most plans I turn off auto attic walls anyways, and model my own.

 

To get this approval set out, I just brought the plane edge in 1"..  Def. will need to fix at CONDOC time.  I've never sent in a bug report in all these years, if Chief actually finds the issue and fixes it, do they fix that model and send it back, or inform me of the fix..?  I am just thinking if I move forward on the CONDOCs, how they communicate a fix if what they have is outdated?  I hope that makes sense.   

 

I thought perhaps the Garage Wall was somehow causing a break in the Attic Wall , there is a setting "allow lower Roof planes" (paraphased) but it doesn't always seem to work for some reason.

 

Tech Support can be pretty quick, they'll send your plan back and usually tell you the fix etc which you should be just able to incorporate into the Plan you are working on, and the Layout should update when refreshed (update all views button).

 

M. 

[mtldesigns]

Tech support ticket issued.  I will wait to see their response and repost.

[mtldesigns]

@Kbird1@Mark3D

 

After reviewing your case, it appears that your issue is being caused by an attic wall that’s extending too far. The easiest way to fix this that we’ve found is to:

1. In your plan view, go to floor A
2. Delete the gable end wall (shown in the attached screenshot)
3. Go to Edit->Default Settings->Walls->General Wall
4. Check the box for Auto Rebuild Attic Walls
5. The program will generate a new attic wall of the correct size where the old one was removed – this new wall should allow the fascia to properly generate.

After performing these steps, you can optionally go back in and turn off Auto Rebuild Attic Walls if needed.

Please let me know if this helps!

 

On 8/16/2025 at 7:40 PM, Kbird1 said:

Attic wall at that point both sides

You were mostly right Mick.  The floor I was concentrating on was the second floor, not the attic.  As I mentioned above, I usually turn off the attic walls and draw my own.  This design, I added the "true" 2nd floor attic" after the fact when client wanted more storage.  This moved the full length gable wall up to the "A" floor.  Making it too long as Support found out.

 

Thanks to you all.  

 

 

[Kbird1]

Thanks for posting back on the fix, I am sure it will help someone in the future, it's a pet peeve reading a thread only to find the last post says "tech support fixed it" ...but not how.

 

M.