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Chief Architect X10 Reference Manual

of the Build Roof dialog before you build Ridge Caps
both the roof planes and the roof framing.
See “Roof Panel” on page 853. Ridge caps are roofing components that
straddle the tops of roof ridges and hips. To
To create full-depth exposed rafter ends generate ridge caps in Chief Architect,
specify a ridge cap profile in the Build Roof
• Uncheck Soffits. dialog, and then build or rebuild the roof.
• Uncheck Eave Sub Fascia. Ridge caps will be produced on both
• Uncheck Eave Fascia. automatically generated and manually drawn
roof planes. See “Ridge Caps Panel” on page
To create hidden, trimmed rafter ends 787.
• Check Trim To Soffits. The program’s default ridge cap profile has
flat sides and is 1/2” (13 mm) thick and 6”
• Check Soffits.
(150 mm) on each side. It follows the pitch
of each roof plane, and its thickness and size
To create full-depth, partially-exposed can be edited on the RIDGE CAPS panel.
rafter ends
• Uncheck Trim To Soffits. Ridge cap profiles are essentially a molding
profile, though, which means that you can
• Check Soffits. choose a different profile or molding symbol
• Specify the desired Gable Sub Fascia from the library or even create and use your
Depth, which controls the soffit height. own custom profile. See “Molding Profiles”
on page 905.
Soffit height is determined by the depth You can also use custom Symbol Moldings
of the Gable Sub Fascia, which is set in for ridge caps, but bear in mind that symbols
the Build Roof dialog. See “Structure Panel” cannot adjust their shape to match different
on page 787.
pitches. As a result, different symbols will be
required for different roof pitches. See
To add a decorative profile to rafter tails
“Symbol Moldings” on page 907.
• Set soffits and fascia as needed to produce
the desired rafter tail exposure, as Like shadow boards and frieze molding,
described above. automatically generated ridge caps are 3D
• Select a rafter tail profile on the RAFTER Molding Polylines placed along the
TAILS panel of the Build Roof dialog. See ridges and hips. Ridge Caps are created on
“Rafter Tails Panel” on page 787. the “Roofs, Ridge Caps” layer. By default,
this layer is locked, displays in 3D views but
• Decorative rafter tail profiles are molding does not display in floor plan view.
profiles, which means that you can create
your own custom profiles if you want. See If a ridge cap polyline is edited, it will no
“Molding Profiles” on page 905. longer be considered an Automatic ridge cap,
and will not be deleted and replaced if the
roof is rebuilt.

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