Welcome Chief Architect X2 Training Series #9 Roofs Part 2 By: Dan Baumann It s Faster, Easier and More Accurate to Add Roofs Manually 2 ChiefExperts.com - Education, Resources & Support for Chief Architect Users Recommended Plan Procedure 1. Open and Save your plan 2. Layout and dimension your exterior walls accurately 3. Add the walls that separate different level platforms 4. Get all Platform thicknesses and heights adjusted 5. Work with the Automatic Roof tools 6. Work with the Manual Roof tools 7. Add the Stairs 8. Add other details 3 ChiefExperts.com - Education, Resources & Support for Chief Architect Users 1
Working with the Manual Roof Tools Review of how the Auto Roof tools work Review the tools used to Edit Roof Planes What are the Parts of a Roof Plane Adjusting roof planes in 3D (Z-axis) Reshaping roof planes using the CAD Tools Adding Roof Planes manually 6 Places to use the Roof Join Tool Creating Ceiling Planes (Vaulted Ceilings) Putting it all together, Adding, Shaping, Moving, Joining Creating the 1-1/2 Story Other Roof Examples 4 ChiefExperts.com - Education, Resources & Support for Chief Architect Users What is a Roof Plane? 5 ChiefExperts.com - Education, Resources & Support for Chief Architect Users What is a Roof Plane? Roof planes have unique characteristics the other items in Chief don t have. A roof plane is a 3D CAD box (plane) that can be placed in your plan anywhere you want. It can have any thickness, shape, angle and location in 3D It interacts with other roof planes automatically or by using the supplied tools. If it covers a wall it will cut off the top of the wall If it s higher than a wall, Chief will add a wall called an Attic wall to meet the bottom side of the roof. Framing fills roof planes based on it s shape & thickness. 6 ChiefExperts.com - Education, Resources & Support for Chief Architect Users 2
Auto Roofs - Chief Adds a Baseline to all of the walls on the exterior of your screen 7 ChiefExperts.com - Education, Resources & Support for Chief Architect Users Auto Roofs - The Baseline height is adjusted in 3D by the Default Setting - OR 8 ChiefExperts.com - Education, Resources & Support for Chief Architect Users Auto Roofs - The Height of the room next to the wall where the baseline is placed 9 ChiefExperts.com - Education, Resources & Support for Chief Architect Users 3
Auto Roofs - Once the Baseline is in Place Roof Planes Build Up From Those Lines 10 ChiefExperts.com - Education, Resources & Support for Chief Architect Users As the Roof Planes Build From the Baseline Chief Attempts to Connect all the Edges 11 ChiefExperts.com - Education, Resources & Support for Chief Architect Users Review of Automatic Roof Function Chief looks for all exterior walls It places a polyline on each wall called a Baseline The Baseline Height is set based on ceiling height next to the exterior wall If you add Raise Off Plate it will be that much higher It starts building the roof places up from the Baselines Pitch is determined by Default or the Settings in the Walls It attempts to join all of the edges together That s it! The Automatic Function will get 0% to 100% of the roofs correct 12 ChiefExperts.com - Education, Resources & Support for Chief Architect Users 4
2 Rules about Roof Planes 13 ChiefExperts.com - Education, Resources & Support for Chief Architect Users Items Used to Manually Edit Roofs Tools we ll be using in this class: Shift + A Auto Dimension Exterior Walls Roof Tools or Q To add Baselines for roof planes Overview of the Snap Points of a polyline shape Ctrl+D Make edges and shapes parallel #3 Break Polyline tool #2 Join Roof Tool Ctrl + Alt + V Copy and Paste in Place Dimensioning Polylines Fillet Tool To clean up edges 14 ChiefExperts.com - Education, Resources & Support for Chief Architect Users To add roofs you must know how to Edit roof planes that are added automatically Add new roof planes by drawing baselines Change the 3D orientation of a roof plane Change the shape of the roof plane polylines Connect roof edges with the join tool 15 ChiefExperts.com - Education, Resources & Support for Chief Architect Users 5
The Parts of a Roof Plane 16 ChiefExperts.com - Education, Resources & Support for Chief Architect Users Adjusting roof planes in 3D (Z-axis) 17 ChiefExperts.com - Education, Resources & Support for Chief Architect Users The X Y Z Axis & Transform/Replicate 18 ChiefExperts.com - Education, Resources & Support for Chief Architect Users 6
Reshaping Roof Planes Using The CAD Tools 19 ChiefExperts.com - Education, Resources & Support for Chief Architect Users Join Tool or #2 The JOIN TOOL will join roof edges together 100% of the time The only reasons this tool won t work: The wrong edges have been selected or The Roof Edges were not meant to be joined together or There is a Break in one of the edges 20 ChiefExperts.com - Education, Resources & Support for Chief Architect Users ALL ROOFS START WITH A BASELINE 21 ChiefExperts.com - Education, Resources & Support for Chief Architect Users 7
Join Tool or #2 Hip to Hip 22 ChiefExperts.com - Education, Resources & Support for Chief Architect Users Join Tool or #2 Ridge to Ridge 23 ChiefExperts.com - Education, Resources & Support for Chief Architect Users Join Tool or #2 Ridge to Hip 24 ChiefExperts.com - Education, Resources & Support for Chief Architect Users 8
Join Tool Valley to Valley Plus + 25 ChiefExperts.com - Education, Resources & Support for Chief Architect Users Join Tool Ridge to Gable End or Fascia 26 ChiefExperts.com - Education, Resources & Support for Chief Architect Users Join Tool or #2 Ridge to Fascia 27 ChiefExperts.com - Education, Resources & Support for Chief Architect Users 9
Ceiling Planes become the new ceiling 28 ChiefExperts.com - Education, Resources & Support for Chief Architect Users Vents and Solar Items Conform to the Roof 29 ChiefExperts.com - Education, Resources & Support for Chief Architect Users Putting it all together, Adding, Shaping, Moving, Joining The key now is to put all of this into action in one plan 1. Add roof planes to a plan 2. Adjust their position in the 3D, Z Axis 3. Copy and Paste height numbers for other roofs 4. Changing the angles 5. Using the Join Tools 6. Creating a 1-1/2 Story manually 7. Adding dormers manually 30 ChiefExperts.com - Education, Resources & Support for Chief Architect Users 10
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