How does one stick-frame the rafters of a ceiling plane

[GeneDavis]

Here is the section view taken through the room with the vaulted ceiling.  One plane of the ceiling is framed by the roof rafters.  The other is my problem.

 

 

  

 

Inside the room, a camera shot sees the ceiling plane selected, but there is no tool for framing it.  Trusses when drawn will map to ceiling planes, but this is a stick framed portion of the building. 

 

[ChristianA]

Select the ceiling plane and press the "build framing for selected object" button.

 

I think manual ceiling planes are considered custom ceilings in the build framing DBX

 

Edited July 14 by ChristianA

[ValleyGuy]

2 hours ago, GeneDavis said:

 

Inside the room, a camera shot sees the ceiling plane selected, but there is no tool for framing it.  Trusses when drawn will map to ceiling planes, but this is a stick framed portion of the building. 

 

 

 

Where I am from there is definitely framing in the ceiling, we use 1x4 strapping to the bottom of the trusses. These are below the top of the wall top plate - inside of the room and make up part of the actual ceiling layer components. I believe what you are after is framing inside of the attic - above the top of the wall top plate. 

 

These distinctly two different framing members I believe are not covered with Chief's framing tools. I have gone to the help desk on the 'ceiling' framing trying to get proper 1x4@16"o.c. and that isn't possible at this time was the verdict. I also haven't been successful at framing in the attic space both the roof rafter (or joist as you have on the right) and the ceiling joist at the same time automatically as the framing only follows the roof information (pitch, thickness, etc). Nor have I found a tool to frame just the ceiling joist on it's own in an easy or automatic way. 

 

Where your roof and ceiling appear to have the same pitch, I have manually framed as best I could duplicating a roof rafter/joist and reflecting it to make the ceiling joist on the opposite side with a little manipulation. CAD poly to solid may be what's needed. The flat ceiling joist will work with using general framing of course. In a nut shell, you are right in needing to solve the problem yourself.

Edited July 14 by ValleyGuy

[GeneDavis]

I solved it by putting a roof plane on that side instead of a ceiling plane.  But that created a mess above.  Separate thread for that one.

[ChristianA]

I was fiddling around this morning and I came up with this, similar to what you were showing.  A ceiling plane meeting up to the structural rafters.