Comments on: Understanding How Roofs Work In Chief Architect http://qualityplans.com/understanding-how-roofs-work-in-chief-architect/ Coaching, Training and Resources for Chief Architect Users and Contractors Sun, 06 May 2012 00:08:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kevin Daley http://qualityplans.com/understanding-how-roofs-work-in-chief-architect/#comment-5447 Kevin Daley Sun, 25 Mar 2012 18:04:12 +0000 http://www.qualityplans.com/?p=2421#comment-5447 Hi Dan, I am very new to Cheif Architect and would love for you to provide a tutorial on how to create concrete slab roof in chief. Hi Dan,

I am very new to Cheif Architect and would love for you to provide a tutorial on how to create concrete slab roof in chief.

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]]> By: Randy Iacone http://qualityplans.com/understanding-how-roofs-work-in-chief-architect/#comment-4516 Randy Iacone Wed, 03 Aug 2011 19:56:31 +0000 http://www.qualityplans.com/?p=2421#comment-4516 Dan has a way of teaching CA like no other and here it is. Can it get much easier? All of my knowledge with CA is directly attributed to Dan. His in-depth approach to CA is unparalleled and his patience to teach is invaluable. If you want to know Chief inside and out he is your Man! Keep up the good work Dan. Many others including myself greatly appreciate what you impart to us concerning CA and your experience as a contractor for many years. Dan has a way of teaching CA like no other and here it is. Can it get much easier? All of my knowledge with CA is directly attributed to Dan. His in-depth approach to CA is unparalleled and his patience to teach is invaluable. If you want to know Chief inside and out he is your Man! Keep up the good work Dan. Many others including myself greatly appreciate what you impart to us concerning CA and your experience as a contractor for many years.

]]> By: Bill Gooding http://qualityplans.com/understanding-how-roofs-work-in-chief-architect/#comment-4386 Bill Gooding Tue, 26 Jul 2011 20:24:05 +0000 http://www.qualityplans.com/?p=2421#comment-4386 Good article. I almost never use the automatic roof tool unless I am drawing a very generic house to show something other than the roof. I don't draw everyday so the use of Chief Experts training lessons has enabled me to refresh my brain on how to do simple to complex things with the program. This particular article on how to handle roofs is very well done and a "keeper" for refreshing memory. Good article. I almost never use the automatic roof tool unless I am drawing a very generic house to show something other than the roof. I don’t draw everyday so the use of Chief Experts training lessons has enabled me to refresh my brain on how to do simple to complex things with the program. This particular article on how to handle roofs is very well done and a “keeper” for refreshing memory.

]]> By: Rick Boatwright http://qualityplans.com/understanding-how-roofs-work-in-chief-architect/#comment-4383 Rick Boatwright Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:27:29 +0000 http://www.qualityplans.com/?p=2421#comment-4383 Dan, nice artical. Complex roofs can be very difficult even when you understand roof constuction, figuring water flow, room height,sofit height and so on can be daunting. Thanks for all your great classes over the years, you have made CA more user friendly. I noticed you refer to the #3 key as join roof tool, have always used #2 key to join roof plans. I figure this is a typo. Rick Dan, nice artical. Complex roofs can be very difficult even when you understand roof constuction, figuring water flow, room height,sofit height and so on can be daunting. Thanks for all your great classes over the years, you have made CA more user friendly. I noticed you refer to the #3 key as join roof tool, have always used #2 key to join roof plans. I figure this is a typo.
Rick

]]> By: Jim Burdette http://qualityplans.com/understanding-how-roofs-work-in-chief-architect/#comment-4370 Jim Burdette Mon, 25 Jul 2011 22:56:12 +0000 http://www.qualityplans.com/?p=2421#comment-4370 Dan, Your old Seminar on CD for 6.0 got me over the hump on manual roofs. I look forward to seing what's new. In your Tuesday webinar, Mistakes/Tricks, would you have a moment to suggest an organizational approach to the Layers - User tab ? I find myself needing to too often re-group items that I want to show/hide on different Layout pages. It's tedious to select them individually and change the Layer number. Dan, Your old Seminar on CD for 6.0 got me over the hump on manual roofs.
I look forward to seing what’s new.
In your Tuesday webinar, Mistakes/Tricks, would you have a moment to suggest an organizational approach to the Layers – User tab ?
I find myself needing to too often re-group items that I want to show/hide on different Layout pages.
It’s tedious to select them individually and change the Layer number.

]]> By: Lisa http://qualityplans.com/understanding-how-roofs-work-in-chief-architect/#comment-4366 Lisa Mon, 25 Jul 2011 16:53:05 +0000 http://www.qualityplans.com/?p=2421#comment-4366 Yes, roofs have been a challenge over the years. If you let the program generate your roof, it does a great job, but if you want something very specific, you got a fight on your hands. LOL Still producing on ver. 6 and training on X3. Ver. 6 doesn't have a roof join tool that I'm aware of. What I do is save the floor plan as a roof plan, then gut the interior. I then specify clg. hts., pitches, etc and make it "painfully obvious" to the program what I want it to do, then let the auto. roof builder do its thing. I can usually get the roof about 95%-100% because I've learned to manipulate the program and make it obvious what I want it to do. Since I don't have a join roof tool, if I build it manually, I don't know what the angle of join will be if the adjacent pitches are different which w/ the french acadian style, they usually are. If I have trouble w/ an area, I'll manually tweak it until I get it right. The 3-D helps so much. After getting the roof built, I'll tile the plans and copy and paste the roof from the roof plan to the floor plan getting it in the right position. I zoom in tight, toggle all over group selecting the whole roof, then get the baselines lined up where they need to be. If there are changes to the floor plan, I'll tweak the roof. If it's changed a whole lot, then I'll overwrite the roof plan, gut it and re-generate the roof, then copy/paste. I haven't tried the manual roof editor in X3 yet, I'm looking forward to your free webinar, I'm signed up for the morning one. Thanks so much for doing this! Yes, roofs have been a challenge over the years. If you let the program generate your roof, it does a great job, but if you want something very specific, you got a fight on your hands. LOL Still producing on ver. 6 and training on X3. Ver. 6 doesn’t have a roof join tool that I’m aware of. What I do is save the floor plan as a roof plan, then gut the interior. I then specify clg. hts., pitches, etc and make it “painfully obvious” to the program what I want it to do, then let the auto. roof builder do its thing. I can usually get the roof about 95%-100% because I’ve learned to manipulate the program and make it obvious what I want it to do. Since I don’t have a join roof tool, if I build it manually, I don’t know what the angle of join will be if the adjacent pitches are different which w/ the french acadian style, they usually are. If I have trouble w/ an area, I’ll manually tweak it until I get it right. The 3-D helps so much. After getting the roof built, I’ll tile the plans and copy and paste the roof from the roof plan to the floor plan getting it in the right position. I zoom in tight, toggle all over group selecting the whole roof, then get the baselines lined up where they need to be. If there are changes to the floor plan, I’ll tweak the roof. If it’s changed a whole lot, then I’ll overwrite the roof plan, gut it and re-generate the roof, then copy/paste. I haven’t tried the manual roof editor in X3 yet, I’m looking forward to your free webinar, I’m signed up for the morning one. Thanks so much for doing this!

]]> By: wickyup http://qualityplans.com/understanding-how-roofs-work-in-chief-architect/#comment-4364 wickyup Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:14:29 +0000 http://www.qualityplans.com/?p=2421#comment-4364 I find what Dan is discussing is pretty easy, but i have been trying to create a complex mansard roof starting with a reverse curve (36" radius) from the fascia the that straightens out to a 24/12 pitch and at the break becomes a 3/12 pitch to the peak of the roof. i was told to group the first two sections (the reverse curve and the 24/12 sections) but this does not seem to work. I find what Dan is discussing is pretty easy, but i have been trying to create a complex mansard roof starting with a reverse curve (36″ radius) from the fascia the that straightens out to a 24/12 pitch and at the break becomes a 3/12 pitch to the peak of the roof. i was told to group the first two sections (the reverse curve and the 24/12 sections) but this does not seem to work.

]]> By: Steve Senger http://qualityplans.com/understanding-how-roofs-work-in-chief-architect/#comment-4357 Steve Senger Mon, 25 Jul 2011 04:03:40 +0000 http://www.qualityplans.com/?p=2421#comment-4357 No matter how good I think I am getting on some portion of CA, I read or watch a video from Dan and I always pick up a little tidbit and some times a great Aha moment that helps me be more productive. I appreciatr the tips, keep them comming. No matter how good I think I am getting on some portion of CA, I read or watch a video from Dan and I always pick up a little tidbit and some times a great Aha moment that helps me be more productive. I appreciatr the tips, keep them comming.

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