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Soffits automatically stop at the floor
platform when moved downward or at the
Accent Tiles ceiling platform when moved upward - even
A material such as ceramic tile can be when the soffit is not located in a room. To
assigned to one or more soffits applied to the move or resize a soffit through a floor or
walls above tubs or in showers. ceiling platform, select it and hold the Ctrl
key down while dragging its edit handles.
See “Unrestricted Movement” on page 249.

Calculating Materials on Soffits

By default, soffit materials are not calculated
in the Materials List. In order for a soffit’s
material to be counted, it must be edited so
that it is not using the default material. See
“Material Defaults” on page 1013.
The number of bricks, tiles, shingles, shakes
or other materials applied to a soffit is
calculated using the following rules:
• If the soffit depth is less than the larger of
4 inches (10 mm) or 1 ½ times the mate-
rial thickness, then only the front area of
the soffit is used. Thus if a soffit is
Masonry Veneer
48"x48”x4” thick, and the Dark Red
As an alternative to a pony wall, you can use brick material is used (3"x 8" with 3/8”
a soffit to create a brick or stone veneer over mortar joint) the front of the soffit is
part of a wall. Specify a soffit depth equal to 48"x48”=2304 square inches. Including
the masonry material to be used. the mortar joint, each brick requires 3 3/

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