Ceiling Lines?

[ChiefChris]

Clueless Chris here again.

When I have a roof plane that cut into the ceiling CA automatically generates a ceiling line with a blue dashed line. I appreciate that. But my interior designer gets confused when she sees those lines - (I dont know why...becuase she always asks what the ceiling heights are)....IN ANY CASE. Is there a way that those can be turned off? What layer are they on? I can't figure that out....

I can turn them off by selecting "no ceiling" in the room DBX, but then the room isn't accurate in an interior 3D view....unless I go and put in a custom ceiling plane....and I can't seem to hide them behind a CAD box.

I just want to turn the lines off so when I print the set of inaccurate, un-noted, un-detailed set of drawings for the interior designer she doesn't get confused....

[ambrozac]

What layer are they on? I can't figure that out....

Chris, Try the layer Walls, Beams.

[ChiefChris]

Thanks Cliff...I never would have thought that the clipped ceiling was in the wall, beam layer...

That's helpful.

[alobartn]

Yep, that's it. Makes perfect sense!

[ChiefChris]

Yep, that's it. Makes perfect sense!

Yeah...NOW it does.... I was thinking it was a ceiling thing, but it's more or less an indicator of a beam of some sort that would be needed to carry the ceiling/roof rafters....

[ambrozac]

You're welcome. I didn't actually know either, but I had the time, got lucky and found it.

[ChiefChris]

All this time the designer would ask..."what's that line?" and say "its confusing"...and I didnt know I could even turn it off. My boss would from time to time say..."I don't know what this line is"...and make me feel like an idiot because it was there....

Thanks!

[alobartn]

I was kidding. It took me months to find it.

[ChiefChris]

Is there anything else you want to confess Adam.

I am looking and looking through the manual to see if there is ANY documentaion about what layers control what plan entities. So far to no avail...does anyone know where one could find such information?

[louis]

I am looking and looking through the manual to see if there is ANY documentaion about what layers control what plan entities. So far to no avail...does anyone know where one could find such information?

Yes. In the help menu under special ceilings.

[ChiefChris]

Yep..there it is....Ceilings, Special

The floor plan view shows where the ceiling changes from sloped to flat with a dashed line. This line is located on the Walls/Beams layer in the Layer Display Options dialog.

Thanks Louis.

[louis]

You're Welcome.

[Allen42acj]

I was thinking,just click on the line to see the layer..Can not click on it,nothing locked that would seem to be it..The layer it is on is not checked..
Why would that be hard to find?

[ChiefChris]

I'm not following you Allen.

The line is un-selectable...but the layer isn't locked. The line represents a plane of intersection that is defined by the established ceiling height and roof planes therefor not modifiable manually thus not being able to select it. It's not 'locked' as other layer items would be....

The reason it was hard for me to find was that I needed to think differenltly. I considered that to be a ceiling indicator - but Chief sees that line as a wall beam (to receive the ceiling framing)...that's where I got stuck

[alobartn]

Although it's not necessarily a wall beam. It could be a simple collar tie. I don't think it belongs on a wall layer.