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Roof and Ceiling Framing

enclosed Area. See “Polyline Panel” on page Line Style Panel
802.
For information about the settings on this
Selected Line Panel panel, see “Line Style Panel” on page 301.

This panel is similar to the LINE panel of the Fill Style Panel
Line Specification dialog. See “Line Panel”
on page 300. The settings on the FILL STYLE panel control
the appearance of the selected Roof Baseline
Polyline in floor plan view. For information
about these settings, see “Fill Style Panel” on
page 315.

Roof and Ceiling Framing
Roof framing can be both drawn manually Framing for manually drawn Ceiling
and generated automatically. You can also Planes cannot be drawn manually - it
combine the two techniques. As with other must be automatically generated. The
kinds of framing, it is often easiest to begin framing for manually drawn Ceiling Planes
by generating roof framing automatically and is generated when roof framing is built and
then editing it as needed. See “Manual vs. uses the settings in the Build Roof dialog as
Automatic Framing” on page 838. defaults. Once it has been created, it can be
edited. See “Ceiling Plane” on page 776.
Roof Trusses cannot be generated
automatically - they must be drawn manually
and then replicated. If you intend to use Roof Rebuilding Roof Framing
Trusses, make sure the settings in the Build If roof framing defaults are modified after
Roof dialog are properly defined before you the roof and roof framing are built, neither
build the roof. See “Roof Trusses” on page will update automatically. In order to update
876. the model you need to rebuild the roof, then

When using a combination of Roof Trusses rebuild the roof framing.
and stick framing, begin by drawing the roof You can also modify the roof framing
planes and ceiling planes. When they are in settings for individual roof planes, and then
place, draw and replicate the Roof Trusses. either build roof framing or click the Build
Finally, automatically generate or manually
draw the stick framing and edit it as needed. Framing for Selected Object edit
See “Mixing Rafters and Trusses” on page button. See “Keeping Framing Current” on
840. page 867.

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