JBi-PDX Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Okay, I'm going to play stupid. Interior designer here who does extensive drawings for my projects. I want to do a couple of ceiling treatments inside tray ceilings. It's easy enough to show T&G using a 3D CAD solid and applying a material to it. But, I want to do another one using nickel gap in a diamond like pattern (4 triangles that meet in the middle). Is there any easy way to do this or is it just a lot of tedious manual work using 3D solid? Just thought I'd ask the community. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBCooper Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 A picture of what you are trying to model would help. Have you played with the tray ceiling tool yet? You should be able to set the material on the top and sides to anything you want. Here are some things that might help: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/99/automatic-trey-ceilings.html https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00201/creating-a-tray-ceiling.html https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00738/creating-a-coffered-ceiling.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich_Winsor Posted Saturday at 07:59 AM Share Posted Saturday at 07:59 AM On 4/9/2026 at 1:37 PM, JBi-PDX said: Is there any easy way to do this or is it just a lot of tedious manual work using 3D solid? Is this the effect you are looking for? This is just 4 triangular 3D Solids with Shiplap siding applied as the material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted Sunday at 12:17 AM Share Posted Sunday at 12:17 AM 16 hours ago, Rich_Winsor said: Is this the effect you are looking for? This is just 4 triangular 3D Solids with Shiplap siding applied as the material. Not to put too fine of a point on it, but I guess you could use all ceiling planes for the triangle shape with 0 pitch. I'm not saying its much different modeling complexity but at least you'd have some layer control if you wanted to put a plywood furring layer instead of drywall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBi-PDX Posted Sunday at 12:16 PM Author Share Posted Sunday at 12:16 PM Thanks, all, for the advice. I ended up using 3D solids allowing me control over the spacing between boards (like a true nickel gap). It was a little tedious but the effect is what I wanted. I also wrapped flat stock down the vertical sides and then wrapped onto the ceiling. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich_Winsor Posted Monday at 07:27 AM Share Posted Monday at 07:27 AM Looks great. +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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