truss lower chord extends into eave when eave follows roof pitch

[SHCanada2]

Can I get the truss lower chord to not go across in the eave area?

 

As can be seen the soffit  is intersecting the truss...erroneously

Edited September 21 by SHCanada2

[robdyck]

check the box for Energy Heel. The truss may or may not regenerate correctly, so it's best if this is checked as a default, prior to building trusses. Force rebuild may take care of it.

[SHCanada2]

energy heel was already on, the force rebuild did not work. 

 

I seem to remember a couple years ago I did a test and it would only create the energy heel if it was x amount high.

 

Any other ideas other than manually editing the truss?

Edited September 21 by SHCanada2

[robdyck]

It does need to be the appropriate height for the top chord member to pivot over the bottom chord at the outer edge. This height is typically the vertical depth of a 2x4 (relative to roof pitch) plus 3.5". That is also the appropriate heel height setting for what would typically be referred to as a standard truss heel, although this terminology varies by region.

I always adjust all roof pitches to match this condition and truss heels generate correctly all the time. I only raise heels above this value when it is required because of aesthetic purposes or to achieve higher insulation values at the lower edges of the roof.

It's also helpful if your roof structure depth is set to 3.5" because Chief will then report the vertical structure depth in the roof plane dialog, which makes adjusting these values much simpler.

[SHCanada2]

42 minutes ago, robdyck said:

or to achieve higher insulation values at the lower edges of the roof.

normally I don not have this issue because I make it larger to accomodate better insulation as I prefer more at the wall edge. However, for this case, the roof needs to be lowered in order to "look better" next to another roof

 

1 hour ago, robdyck said:

It's also helpful if your roof structure depth is set to 3.5"

I assume this is the structure width? I assumed this was the bottom chord height

 

I have

[SHCanada2]

you are correct rob, if I add the extra 1/8", so the heel is 7 1/8 (3.5+3-5/8) it builds correctly with the heel