topic Re: Roof Plan Height in Documentation

Roof Plan Height

Anonymous — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 13:06:12 GMT

Is there a way to set the ROOF PLAN cut plane different from the rest of the stories so I can SEE the whole Roof without "CUTS" ?

Re: Roof Plan Height

Anonymous — Thu, 26 May 2011 14:15:17 GMT

Set Floor Plan Display to Outlines Only.

Re: Roof Plan Height

Anonymous — Thu, 26 May 2011 14:43:32 GMT

Where exactly do I go to set this? Tks.
F.S.

Re: Roof Plan Height

vistasp — Thu, 26 May 2011 15:51:30 GMT

fransole wrote:
Is there a way to set the ROOF PLAN cut plane different from the rest of the stories so I can SEE the whole Roof without "CUTS" ?

You can set a different cut plane for any plan view in the view map.

Re: Roof Plan Height

Anonymous — Thu, 26 May 2011 17:47:11 GMT

@ Vistasp,

Where in the project map?
I see where to set a different height for each individual story , but not height of CUT for each individual story. Am I missing something in here? Tks.
F.S.

Re: Roof Plan Height

Link — Thu, 26 May 2011 19:57:15 GMT

I'd personally set the roof to outlines only too. This is done under the floor plan display settings of the roof settings. Similarly, I'd set all walls, etc to symbolic cut. With these settings, the floor plan cut plane does not even come into play.

But if you happen to need the FPCP for any reason then you edit your view settings to adjust it on a per view basis. You can do that via the navigator or organizer whilst in the view map.

Cheers,
Link.

Re: Roof Plan Height

Anonymous — Fri, 27 May 2011 00:50:45 GMT

Since it was introduced, i've found using the 3D Document function very handy, especially for roof plans.
Set layer combinations as required to see all elements, open 3d window, set to parallel projections plan view, right-click and select 'capture window for 3D document' from the menu.

Re: Roof Plan Height

vistasp — Sat, 28 May 2011 09:51:20 GMT

fransole wrote:
@ Vistasp,

Where in the project map?
I see where to set a different height for each individual story , but not height of CUT for each individual story. Am I missing something in here? Tks.
F.S.

Francisco,

The project map is no use for this. As Link has reiterated, it's the view map where you can save individual settings for views. And if you don't need to show the roof fill then the outline method mentioned earlier is simpler.

Re: Roof Plan Height

Anonymous — Tue, 31 May 2011 12:58:53 GMT

thank you all

Re: Roof Plan Height

jegomez — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 18:55:05 GMT

fransole wrote:
Is there a way to set the ROOF PLAN cut plane different from the rest of the stories so I can SEE the whole Roof without "CUTS" ?

Ha ha! Pancho, I was just looking for the same answer!

Re: Roof Plan Height

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:07:02 GMT

jegomez wrote:
fransole wrote:
Is there a way to set the ROOF PLAN cut plane different from the rest of the stories so I can SEE the whole Roof without "CUTS" ?
Ha ha! Pancho, I was just looking for the same answer!

Hey Juan...What's up bro?... Yep, ArchiTalk it's the best way to go...

Re: Roof Plan Height

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 02:04:49 GMT

I tried that - I even put the cutting plane up 30 metres and it still was slicing off - ie. I had this problem but it wasn't a view cutting plane issue.

So... If anyone read through all this and didn't find the answer, then here's what worked for me - I needed to go into the Design -> Story Settings dialog, and change the "Height to next" value for my topmost level from zero to something logical (ie. that included the height of the whole roof)