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Chief Architect X10 Reference Manual

be seen, including the roof surface, • Roofing - Lists most materials associated
sheathing, and the ceiling surface. with roofs, including roofing, sheathing,
• If roof framing has been built, its display rafters and trusses, gutters, and skylights.
can be turned on, as well. See “Displaying • Exterior Trim - Lists automatically gen-
Framing” on page 862. erated frieze molding and shadow boards.
• If a roof or ceiling plane is located over a See “Roof Returns and Other Details” on
room with Flat Ceiling Over this Room page 828.
checked, the ceiling surface will not gen- • Insulation - Insulation is calculated for
erate. See “Vaulted and Cathedral Ceil- roof and ceiling planes above rooms that
ings” on page 431. do not have Flat Ceiling Over This Room
• The layers of roof and ceiling planes can checked. See “Structure Panel” on page
436.
be detailed using the Auto Detail
tool. See “Auto Detail” on page 1055. • Wallboard - Lists ceiling materials for all
rooms, including those that use the under-
In the Materials List side of the roof as their ceiling.
• Framing - Lists ceiling framing for man-
The materials that make up roof and ceiling ually drawn ceiling planes.
plane assemblies are listed under different
Categories in the Materials List: See “Materials Lists” on page 1263.

Editing Roof and Ceiling Planes

A selected roof or ceiling plane can be edited
in 2D and 3D using edit handles, edit toolbar Roof planes cannot be edited while
buttons, its specification dialog, and the Auto Rebuild Roofs is turned on. If you
try to do so, the program will prompt you to
Material Painter . turn it off.
A roof or ceiling plane’s Baseline can also be
selected and edited. To select it, first select 2D Shape and 3D Orientation
the roof plane and then click the Select Next There are two basic aspects to editing roofs:
Object edit button. See “The Baseline” 2D shape and 3D orientation.
on page 789. • The 2D shape of a roof or ceiling plane
By default, all roof planes are deleted and can be edited just like a CAD polyline. As
replaced whenever the roof is rebuilt using a plane is reshaped in 2D, the program
the Build Roof dialog. If you have manually maintains its height and pitch in 3D. See
edited roof planes and do not want them to be “Editing Closed-Polyline Based Objects”
replaced, be sure to check Retain Edited on page 231.
Roof Planes. See “Roof Panel” on page 781. • The 3D orientation of a roof or ceiling
plane is defined by its height and pitch

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