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Chief Architect X10 Reference Manual

Reduced Gable
End Truss
End Truss with vertical supports

If an End Truss is in the same position as a
gable attic wall, it replaces the framing that
would otherwise be produced for that wall.
• Check Energy Heel to model remove the Lookouts
bottom chord from the overhang area. For
an energy heel to be modeled, the roof • Check Attic Truss to specify an attic
should also be raised off the top plates by truss. See “Attic Trusses” on page 890.
at least 7”, depending on the roof pitch. • Check Sloping Flat Truss to create a
See “Energy Heels” on page 889.
truss with a bottom chord that follows the
underside of the roof plane(s) it is drawn
Energy Heel in. When this is unchecked, the bottom
chord follows the ceiling of the room or
manually drawn ceiling plane below. See
“Sloping Flat Trusses” on page 891.
• Check Force Truss Rebuild to rebuild
No Energy Heel the truss envelope based on the current
state of the ceiling and roof when you
click OK. Not available if Lock Truss
Envelope is checked.
• Check Lock Truss Envelope to lock the
• Check Drop Hip Truss to lower the flat size and configuration of the selected
top of a truss in the hip area of a roof so truss. If a locked truss is moved, it will
that common rafters and hip ridges can maintain its original settings and will not
pass over and be supported by it. See fit properly if the new roof and ceiling
“Drop Hip or California Hip” on page conditions are different from the original.
889.
• Check No Special Snapping to prevent
• Check Reduced Gable to lower the top the selected truss from using special truss
chord of an End Truss so that lookouts snapping behavior. This box may become
can pass over the truss. Reduced trusses unchecked automatically if you edit a
do not have overhangs, but you can draw truss using its edit handles. When
short rafters drawn at the ends of the truss.
checked, Object Snaps may still

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