mscpbd Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 I know this is simple but for the life of me, I can't figure out how to make the beams BOTH sit at the top of the columns and not as shown. I've continued the same railing around to the side of the porch and I end up with the attached! What am I doing wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKEdmo Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 20 minutes ago, mscpbd said: I know this is simple but for the life of me, I can't figure out how to make the beams BOTH sit at the top of the columns and not as shown. I've continued the same railing around to the side of the porch and I end up with the attached! What am I doing wrong? One possibility (but kind of doubt it) is you have a vertical offset for the railing beam... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mscpbd Posted June 29 Author Share Posted June 29 I do not, Jim... oh I know it's going to be something stupidly simple but it's a Monday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKEdmo Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 16 minutes ago, mscpbd said: I do not, Jim... oh I know it's going to be something stupidly simple but it's a Monday! Ok - idea #2 -- on my porch (below) I offset the shed roof -6 inches in Z direction. Result is the front porch beam drops but side beam stays put. Do you think your roof is lower than the porch room plate height? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisb222 Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 (edited) 59 minutes ago, mscpbd said: I can't figure out how to make the beams BOTH sit at the top of the columns I run into this a lot. I have several things I do to try and make them align, sometimes one works better than the other. It seems that the default porch ceiling height relative to the roof structure is the culprit, as the roof structure can force the eave (front) beam down. Take a cross section elevation and see if that's the case. You can try reducing the depth of the gable sub facia, or lowering the porch ceiling, or raising the roof plane baseline height. Check your Roof Structure, make sure it's built using the correct dimensional material, then try setting the roof plane to have "Same Height Eaves" checked and "Same Roof Height at Exterior Walls" unchecked. Try using "trusses no birdsmouth" and make beam 11". Also try moving the roof plane baseline out to the outer face of the beam, from a plan view. These are some of the ideas in my "Notes on Usage" file, but most of them cancel Auto Roofs. If you post the plan I'm sure someone will fix it. Edited June 29 by Chrisb222 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mscpbd Posted June 29 Author Share Posted June 29 I've adjusted it enough that it looks ok...not sure if it was the "correct" way to handle it but I'm moving on. I appreciate all the help you've given! Thank you Chris and Jim! I'm glad to know it's not just me! Debra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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