![]() This strategy allows for much more freedom in the design process and one I employ a lot. ![]() Then when you get what you want design wise, see if it can be built and how much extra it might cost to stick with your design versus making some changes to save on the budget. That's as good a strategy as any and I would focus on the design, and leave the structure alone for now, as that should free up your creative energy to design what you want free from structural restraints. :-) My plan is to get the plan as far along as I think I can take it and then hand it over to a pro to correct/finish. I have some books coming to teach me the terminology etc so hopefully I'll be able to communicate my needs and questions better. I'm using Chief to plan everything using photos and plans from other houses we like. I've always been interested in architecture (almost went to school for it until I found programming) so now that we're planning on building our house I want to be involved. No, I will not be building it myself, I'll be hiring a builder/contractor. You can also install exposed beams that have very little to no effect on the load/structure as well but again it's an engineering question as much as a design question and very difficult to answer in any definitive manner on this forum. To answer your question more directly, exposed beams will effect the overall structure and load/framing if they are engineered to do so but they don't have to. I'm curious Ryan, are you building a house for yourself? What is your overall plan? Your knowledge seems to be very limited and your experience as well but I don't want assume such things without knowing what your overall plan is. Thanks, I'll definitely run everything by an engineer but should I worry about any of these changes altering the overall layout? I was thinking I should get it right now (size wise maybe not type etc) so it doesn't affect the plan but if it's autogen maybe that doesn't matter? We'd also like to have exposed beams but I'm not sure how that affects the load/framing and if we can use those as rafters or not. Sizing them is another question but once you know the sizes you can tell Chief (not the other way around) what size to make those members in that roof framing dbx. The rafter depth is hidden in the structure dbx and the width specified below. Make sure auto roof framing is turned on and you can change sizes in the roof framing dbx. Is this something chief would recognize/fix for me or would I have to do it? I can't figure out how to put in a ridge beam even if I wanted to.īoth the rafter sizes and ridge board/beam size can be specified in Chief's roof framing dbx. I don't think they make dimensional lumber this large and it probably wouldn't be very good if they did but Chief has chosen normal 2圆"s so is this something I have to watch and change myself?Īlso, same plan the ridge board seems pretty dinky. I'm playing around with a vaulted ceiling and noticed in the framing section that the rafters are 256" long and the center frame pole (what's this called?) is 342 5/8" long.
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