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QUESTION
I need to create a Saltbox style roof in my Chief Architect plan where I have a long pitch roof that slopes down, which creates a single story on one side, and two stories on the other. How can I create this?
ANSWER
A saltbox style roof can be created automatically by generating an additional floor level and utilizing the Knee Wall setting located on the Roof panel of the Wall Specification dialog.
To create a basic salt box style of roof, follow these instructions
- First, launch your Chief Architect software program and create a New Plan .
- Navigate to Build> Wall> Straight Exterior Wall and click and drag out 4 walls to create a basic 30' x 40' structure.
- Use the Select Objects tool to click on the left 30' wall and select the Open Object edit tool.
- On the Roof panel of the Wall Specification dialog that opens, select the Full Gable Wall option under the Roof Options section, then click OK.
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Repeat Steps 3 and 4 to make the opposite wall a Full Gable Wall as well.
- Select Build> Floor> Build New Floor , and in the New Floor dialog that opens, choose to Derive new 2nd floor plan from the 1st floor plan, then click OK.
- On the newly created 2nd floor, Move the top horizontal 40' wall inwards so that its distance from the bottom horizontal wall changes from 30' to 20'
- With this wall still selected, click the Open Object edit tool.
- On the Roof panel of the Wall Specification dialog that opens, select the Knee Wall option under the Roof Options section, then click OK.
A knee wall's height is defined by the roof above, not the ceiling height.
- If you are not using a template that has the Auto Rebuild Roofs functionality enabled, navigate to Build> Roof> Build Roof from the menu, check the Build Roof Planes box, then click OK to see the changes reflect in your plan.
- Lastly, take a Camera view to see the results.