Out of ideas and need help creating a gable wall...

[RosHall]

See attached Word doc. I'm trying to create a simple gable where the yellow circle is. CA gives a warning saying "cannot produce a roof plane". I've worked on this for hours, and cannot figure out why Chief is complaining.

Any help would be greatly appreciated folks.

Thanks much,
Ross

[Doug Maddox]

Hi Ross,

Loaded your plan and then deleted all roof planes. Then had CA build them for me. I think that will solve your problem. I did'nt compare my new version with yours but think it solves the problem'

Happy New Year - hope your 2013 and all the CA'ers out there have a great one.

73, Doug

[Dave Pitman]

Did you try the "Gable/Roof Line" tool?

[RosHall]

Hi Doug. Thanks for your quick reply. I tried deleting the roof planes also; and CA still threw an error. See attached. For the area of the roof that I want to gable, I'm using CTRL B to define the gable wall. I then delete all roof plans and rebuild the roof. That's when CA generates a warning.

I finally got it to work by bumping out the wall I want to gable and CA didn't throw a fit. However, I'm unsure if creating a gable wall requires the wall to be dislocated from the main wall. Oh well, it's working now.

Thnx.
Ross

[RosHall]

Dave, that looks FANTASTIC. Yes, I tried the gable/roof line tool and got the same warning/error message. Is there a trick to using this tool?

I did find a solution, by bumping out the gable wall. However, my preference is what you illustrated in your picture. I think the key to the tool is drawing the gable line close to the wall????

Ross

[Dave Pitman]

Ross, After you use the tool, in the "Build Roof" dialog, be sure and un-check "Use existing baselines" else Chief ignores your use of the tool.
(I would note that I still get a couple of error messages, but didn't try and track them down. The gable builds properly, though.)

[RosHall]

Thanks Dave. It worked like a charm.

Ross

[Dave Pitman]

You're welcome, Ross.
Happy New Year (to all)