Raising Trusses

[ChiefZachary]

Hi all,

 

Hope all is well. Just a general understanding of what i am trying to accomplish with what I am working on:

 

I have 14' sidewalls currently on a 6/12 pitch. The ceiling height is set at 120", but the client wants attic space and/or may add additional rooms upstairs down the road. I would like for my trusses to generate as if there were a second floor. (I've tried that still could not get it to work.) The trusses are currently sitting on top of the ceiling of my first floor (bottom chord). How do I accomplish this?

 

Basically I want an empty space above my first floor ceiling. 

 

Thanks in advance. 

[Evolution]

Take a look at this tutorial and see if it offer's any help.  https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/1605/ to build the room.

 I needed to build attic space without adding an additional floor. This helped me accomplish it. 

For the ceiling you might also try using a ceiling plane (I've done that before) to drop a ceiling under the trusses, but of course I think you'd have to raise (maybe not) your walls enough to give you the extra space (the tool=build>roof>ceiling planes)

 

 

In order to do an example, I selected a room, open the dbx unchecked flat ceiling in that room, and then build>roof (tool)>ceiling plane. Set the pitch to zero (locked it) and height from finished floor in my case 84".  Hopefully one of these options can help you figure it out.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited yesterday at 01:58 PM by Evolution
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