[Model vs Framing Model]

13 minutes ago, bcd said:

There's a little box in that dialogue - 'Create Rafters' - place a check there and away you go.

Likewise for Plates, Ridges etc.

And away I went!    I must be suffering from the ratio that posits years of age to be directly proportional to eyes squinting  (smile).    Thank you!

[Model vs Framing Model]

I am a first-time VW (or BIM) user.   I have built three models whose floorplans and 3D models look great.  As an AutoCad draftperson from the 1980s-90s, I am amazed at much work is done for me.   But now it is on to elevations, brace wall analyses, etc.

 

Wes' comment about VWA producing rafters sounds great.   I created a Dutch Hip roof using AEC>Create Roof  after using the Rectangle tool to set on my walls.   This too amazed me.   In Top Plan, I then clicked on this roof object (which looks great under GL)  with AEC>Framing>Roof Framer.   This produces the expected Framer dialogue box, but all the relevant option selections and buttons are grayed out.   The roof object upon which I am clicking is of class Roof-Main.   Would you kindly direct me?   All my reading and YouTube watching has not helped me so far.

 

FrStephen

[Structural Member tool... The chocolate teapot.]

I sympathize with Russ but am also relieved that I am not the only one to experience these pathologies.   A programmer might say "Thar be dragons!" in the Structural Member Tool.   I know what it is to "code against effect" empirically in a buggy environment instead of coding by manual and to spec.   And that is what I have had to do here.  Programmers call this "a kluge."

 

The user-defined beams spec out fine, but when it comes time to set them, I can do little more than enter arbitrary values and then see where the beams land (!).   Moreover, the Tool seems unable to sense a change in Design Layers, so correct offsets are applied with respect to the previous layer.