Build Attic Chief Architect

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Build attic chief architect.

To modify the area above the garage using the select objects tool click in the area or room that is above the garage on the 2nd floor to select it and click the open object edit button. If you have a half story structure you must learn to live without the auto roof build function once you have built the roof. Repeat this process for the opposing gable wall on this floor. If the design calls for the roof to be built directly off of the 1st floor walls but retain a usable attic space you will need to generate roof planes that ignore the top floor.

The bottom line is this. You can build a cape cod or story and a half house by creating a new floor and rebuilding the roof. It s easy to manually create attic walls to fill in gaps such as in gables where the program can t determine where one is needed or if you have turned off the automatic generation of attic walls. Certain conditions must be met before an attic truss can be built.

To manually add a gable wall. Launch chief architect and open the plan in which you need to manually draw in the gable wall. The structure should be sufficiently wide to allow for a loft and attic spaces the loft area must be on a living floor and have attic rooms on both sides separated by knee walls a flat ceiling in the loft area and a floor below steep enough roof pitch to provide appropriate ceiling height for the loft area.