Chelanman Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 In Pro, I’m trying to create a vaulted ceiling in a single story house with scissor trusses. I started by trying to follow these instructions which supposedly apply to both Pro and Premier: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00068/creating-a-vaulted-ceiling-and-scissor-trusses.html But those instructions were of no help once I got to paragraph 2 of “To Build a Ceiling”. The STRUCTURE panel of the Room Specification dialog is supposed to contain the feature “Flat Ceiling Over This Room”. And I’m supposed to uncheck the box next to it. But that feature isn’t even there. I even tried to creating a practice structure -- a simple single story box floor plan with no luck creating a vaulted ceiling. What's the issue here and how can I correct it? Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solver Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 51 minutes ago, Chelanman said: The STRUCTURE panel of the Room Specification dialog is supposed to contain the feature “Flat Ceiling Over This Room”. And I’m supposed to uncheck the box next to it. But that feature isn’t even there. That option is always there. Please post a screen capture or 3 showing the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelanman Posted March 5, 2020 Author Share Posted March 5, 2020 Here's the screen shot per your request. JimC www.chelanhouseworks.com Home Designer Pro 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidJPotter Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 The check box to remove to obtain a common rafter ceiling (where the underside of the roof planes then form the "Ceiling" is worded in the dialog box as "Ceiling over this Room", take a look again please. This may or may not achieve the look you wish depending upon the geometry of your roof planes over this room with its flat ceiling removed, so you may also need to create "Ceiling Planes (found under "Build - Roofs - Ceiling Planes" in your software. Without seeing a copy of your plan, I am just guessing but it is possible. DJP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solver Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 Newer versions of the software use “Flat Ceiling Over This Room” instead of “Ceiling Over This Room”. You will find tutorials and videos show various versions of the software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelanman Posted March 5, 2020 Author Share Posted March 5, 2020 Thanks for assisting. What I'm trying to do is pretty uncomplicated. I'm not trying to create a flat ceiling. Nor am I trying to create a ceiling plane that uses the underside of the roof rafters as the "ceiling". I'm simply trying to input scissor trusses, in which case the underside of the bottom chords forms the ceiling. And so I followed what appeared to be a very straight forward tutorial to do so until it led to a dead end (because this uncheck of "flat ceiling over this room" feature is apparently unavailable in my not-so-old software). Perhaps that tutorial, which is supposedly applicable to fairly recent versions of Home Designer Pro like mine, should either be taken down or revised so that it gives proper instructions for creating a scissor truss ceiling. Just a suggestion... JimC www.chelanhouseworks.com Home Designer Pro 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelanman Posted March 5, 2020 Author Share Posted March 5, 2020 And yes, that 18 x 24 page size limitation in the 2017 version has become an issue.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solver Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 8 hours ago, Chelanman said: (because this uncheck of "flat ceiling over this room" feature is apparently unavailable in my not-so-old software). Do you understand 9 hours ago, solver said: Newer versions of the software use “Flat Ceiling Over This Room” instead of “Ceiling Over This Room”. Your software isn't missing anything, newer versions simply added the word flat to be more descriptive. 8 hours ago, Chelanman said: I'm simply trying to input scissor trusses, in which case the underside of the bottom chords forms the ceiling. You must have a ceiling plane drawn first. That's how the program knows where to build the bottom of the truss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelanman Posted March 5, 2020 Author Share Posted March 5, 2020 Thank you Eric. I'll get after that this morning and report back -- after my first cup. -- JimC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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