ChristianA Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 Does anyone know how to control this behavior? I can't find any setting to adjust ceiling joists so they properly sister next to the rafter. When I generate framing for roofs, the ceiling joist centers are always 3/4" from the rafters instead of 1 1/2". I am using a framing reference BTW. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey_martin Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 Give the joists a starting point. Look in the framing tools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ChristianA Posted July 2 Author Share Posted July 2 I already am, as I said in the last sentence of my first post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonathanK Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 We don't tackle framing in Chief a whole lot, but I'm guessing if you have a very specific location that you want your ceiling joists (i.e. right beside your rafter), I would set the first one and then place all your other members based off that one. Auto-anything in Chief is fine for some of what you do. The rest needs to be manual...but the manual way is still pretty easy to do. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristianA Posted July 2 Author Share Posted July 2 You would be right, JonathanK. The thing that is weird about this is that Chief is already automatically moving the ceiling joists 3/4" (instead of 1-1/2"). I feel like there is a setting somewhere that I am missing. I can definitely move the ceiling joists manually, but I'd rather the automatic framing do it right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonathanK Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 I guess what I would do is turn off automatic for my ceiling joists; move my reference marker where it would need to be; build the ceiling joists; then move it back so that all the auto-framing members are being referenced in the correct location, and turn on auto-framing for everything besides the ceiling joists. Not "auto", but 90%... Otherwise, I don't see an "offset" feature that would allow you to keep auto-framing on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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