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Chief Architect X10 Reference Manual

pivot point. If the plane is drawn over a • Clip End - This is the amount a ceiling
wall, this is located at the inside surface of rafter’s underside must be clipped at its
the wall’s Main Layer. lower end to rest on the wall top plate, and
• Define the Outside Bottom Height, or is zero if the ceiling plane was not drawn
lock this value to make it the ceiling over a bearing wall. This value is equal to
plane’s pivot point. Only available when a the ceiling plane’s rise in slope over the
ceiling plane is drawn over a wall, this is distance of the Overhang from Inside
the height of the lower edge of the ceiling Bottom.
rafters, were they not clipped by the wall
below. The Outside Bottom value plus the Clip
end value equals the Top of Plate value.
• Specify the selected ceiling plane’s Pitch,
or lock this value to move the plane verti- 3 In Chief Architect Interiors only,
cally when a Height value is changed. specify how the Ceiling Finish surface
on the underside of the selected ceiling plane
• Check Pitch in Degrees to display the is built. In Chief Architect Premier, the
Pitch value in degrees. See “Roof Pitches Ceiling Finish is specified on the STRUCTURE
in Degrees” on page 833.
panel.
2 Measurements - Information about the •When Use Room Ceiling Finish is
structure of the selected ceiling plane(s) checked, the selected ceiling plane’s ceil-
displays here for reference. ing finish thickness and material are
• The default Structure Thickness is the defined by the room below and the “Ceil-
same as that for roof planes and is set in ing Surface” component will not be avail-
the Build Framing dialog. See “Build able on the MATERIALS panel. Uncheck
Framing Dialog” on page 844. this box to define the ceiling finish as part
• The Vertical Structure Depth is defined of the ceiling plane and enable the Ceil-
by measuring a plumb line through the ing Thickness option.
ceiling structure. The greater the pitch, • Specify the Ceiling Thickness, which is
the greater the vertical structure depth. the thickness of the bottom surface of the
• The Top of Plate is the top plate height of ceiling plane.
the bearing wall, and is also the ceiling Check Curved Ceiling to specify the
height of the room. 4 selected ceiling plane as curved. See
• Overhang From Inside Bottom - Only “Curved Roof Planes” on page 808.
appearing when a ceiling plane is drawn • Specify the ceiling plane’s Angle at
over a bearing wall, this is the horizontal Eave, Angle at Ridge and Radius to
distance from the Baseline to the inside Framing Bottom.
Main Layer surface of the wall. The Base- • These three values are interrelated - when
line is typically drawn over the outside one is changed, the other two adjust
Main Layer surface, so this value is equal accordingly. You may find it helpful to
to the wall’s Main Layer thickness.

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