Page 813 - Chief Architect Reference Manual

Ceiling Plane Specification Dialog

General Panel

There are four values that define the 3D 1 Specify the Height and Pitch of the
orientation of a ceiling plane: Bottom at selected ceiling plane. Heights are
Ridge, Inside Bottom, Outside Bottom and measured to the bottom surface of the ceiling
Pitch. plane’s rafters or trusses, at the centerpoint of
the ceiling plane’s baseline. See “The
Locking any of the Height values defines Baseline” on page 789.
that value as the pivot point for the selected
ceiling plane. Each of these dimensions is • Select the Elevation Reference, which is
measured from the first floor default where the Height values below are mea-
elevation of 0' - 0". sured from.
If you lock the Pitch and change a Height • Define the Bottom at Ridge Height, or
value, the ceiling plane moves vertically, lock this value to make it the ceiling
keeping the same slope. It will not pivot. plane’s pivot point.
• Define the Inside Bottom Height, or lock
Changing these values does not affect the 2D this value to make it the ceiling plane’s
representation of the ceiling plane.

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