Walleye Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 I'm completely new to Chief and trying to learn on this house design. I've used AutoCad for years, but just purchased Chief Architect x7 and having troubles with roofs. Basically I'm building roofs manually with the roof plane tool. My problems are in joining roofs at valleys. In most cases it is fine, but sometimes it will extend one of the roofs past it's end point at the eave or ridge. As seen in my first picture. My othe problem is getting a shed roof to stop at exterior walls on the next level. I can drag the edge up to the wall, but if there are any bump outs in the wall above, the roof will shoot right through them and the bump out walls disappear. As seen in my second pic. What am I missing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 If , temporally, you drag the front of the roof plane out say 15' or more , you won't get that behavior. Create your tie in and move it back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 you have to click on the edge of the roof plane that need fixing and then put a "break" point in and then drag the edge to the point you want it to end. In the first image you would "break" the edge of the valley and then turn the plane 90d to then make the fascia correct as it is on the other side 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walleye Posted May 21, 2015 Author Share Posted May 21, 2015 Thanks guys, but still don't have it. Drawzilla, if I drag it out a ways it works at the eave, but then shoots the gable roof back through the exterior wall where they would meet at the ridge. Walker, are you talking about using the break wall tool? Because when I try that it snaps to the corner valley where I would break it, but it does nothing when I click on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution Kbird1 Posted May 21, 2015 Solution Share Posted May 21, 2015 No , he means the Break line tool on the Edit tool bar , looks a bit like a Z with a line thru it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walleye Posted May 21, 2015 Author Share Posted May 21, 2015 Thanks so much. I found it and it worked great. That solves a lot of frustration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountaineer Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 How do you undo a break wall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 answered here https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?/topic/5815-break-wall-tool/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancasterlumber Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Does X8 have the break line tool??? I can find the break wall tool as I use that often - however I cannot fine the BREAK LINE edit tool.... Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Does X8 have the break line tool??? I can find the break wall tool as I use that often - however I cannot fine the BREAK LINE edit tool.... Thanks! That tool only shows up in the edit toolbar ( or by right clicking) after an item is selected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jscussel Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Try pressing the 3 key. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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