cte677 Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Home Designer Pro 2017 I have a cathedral ceiling ... 8' outside wall ... 12' inside wall. There is a window above 8' on the outside wall ... see attachments. How do I cut into the outside wall (V shape)? ... see attachment. House 160426 11 no interior no garage cathedral.plan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidJPotter Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Make the bay window a "room" by drawing an invisible wall to make it so, then open its resulting "Room Specification Dialog - Structure Tab - ceiling over this room check box (uncheck)" and you will then have a common rafter vault in that area. If you want something more fancy, then please say so, the above will vault the enclosed area but only in that area, not into the adjacent room. DJP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solver Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Why is there a soffit over what I guess is the living area? You may need to draw in your own ceiling planes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cte677 Posted April 26, 2016 Author Share Posted April 26, 2016 This is one room. The angle extends into the room about 7 feet. The photos I have, see attachments, show one end and the other end. Unfortunately, I don't have a photo of the entire angle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cte677 Posted April 27, 2016 Author Share Posted April 27, 2016 I found a better photo ... see attachment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidJPotter Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Eric is correct, you will need to draw custom ceiling planes (found under roof tools) to model this. It will not be completely easy for a new user, the ceiling planes must form a ridge under the main roof planes, so their baselines must follow the angles shown in your photos. I am sorry but I do not have time to make a video (paid work to do). But your room has flat ceilings as well as vaulted ceilings ( the interior vaults will emulate the vaulted ceilings) so it will be a combination of invisible walls (where you require flat ceilings) and custom ceiling planes where you require a vaulted ceiling. DJP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cte677 Posted April 27, 2016 Author Share Posted April 27, 2016 Unfortunately, unless I'm missing something, I wanted Home Designer to identify the locations of the angles. It seems that if I draw custom ceiling planes, it will be based on what I think ... which may not be accurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solver Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Why have you drawn a soffit over this room? Do an Auto Rebuild of your roof, delete the soffit, then look inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cte677 Posted April 28, 2016 Author Share Posted April 28, 2016 Solver, I tried your suggestion ... does not work. Is there another way to put in a cathedral ceiling, other than soffit? The roof pitch is 6" ... the ceiling pitch is 4.55". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solver Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 The program has a Ceiling Plane tool. It enables you to draw in your own ceiling planes. Open HELP, search for "ceiling plane". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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