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Chief Architect X10 Reference Manual

Rafter Framing> Roof Truss in floor plan view
and click and drag in a straight line within
Rafters can be drawn both manually one or more roof planes. Roof planes and
and automatically. To draw a rafter either a default or manually drawn ceiling
manually, select Build> Framing> Rafter in must be present before a roof truss can be
floor plan view, then click and drag in a drawn. See “Roof Trusses” on page 876.
straight line within a roof plane.
Rafters are edited like other framing Roof Beam
members, except that you cannot set the Roof beams can only be drawn
height. If a rafter is moved, its height and manually. To do so, select Build>
slope are automatically reset to fit under the Framing> Roof Beam in floor plan view
roof plane at its new position.
and click and drag in a straight line. Roof
beams are normally be drawn across rafters
Roof Blocking
and placed directly under them.
Roof Blocking is automatically
generated in the eaves if a soffit is not Joist
present; otherwise, blocking is drawn Floor and ceiling joists can be drawn
manually. In floor plan view, select Build> both manually and automatically. To
Framing> Roof Blocking and click and drag draw a joist, select Build> Framing> Joist
in a straight line within a roof plane. in floor plan view, then click and drag in a
Blocking is typically drawn perpendicular to straight line within a floor or ceiling
the rafters, but at the same pitch.
platform.
Each run of blocking behaves as a single Joists are always drawn as the ceiling
object but has gaps where it crosses rafters, framing for the current floor. See “The
trusses or other blocking.
Current Floor” on page 721. Whether a floor
Before drawing Roof Blocking: or ceiling joist is drawn is determined by the
• Specify whether you want In Line, Stag- presence of a floor platform above.
ger blocking, or Cross bridging in the • If there is no floor platform above, a ceil-
Framing Defaults dialog. ing joist is drawn.
• Build the roof framing. See “Roof Panel” • If there is a floor platform above, a floor
on page 853. joist is drawn.

In 3D, roof blocking is tilted to follow the If you want to draw floor joists for Floor 1,
pitch of the roof plane in which it is drawn. for example, you must do so on Floor 0. See
“Foundations” on page 687.
Roof Truss
Joists can be automatically generated for
Roof trusses can only be drawn multiple floors in the Build Framing dialog.
manually. To do so, select Build> See “Floor Panels” on page 844.

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