Mark,
As I mentioned in my PM to you yesterday … your model is wonderfully precise … in terms of SketchUp modeling.
But the model itself is not organized so that trusses, ceilings and roofs can be easily viewed and/or worked on … and that is what is needed before the SketchUp model (and the design) can be completed.
So, with that in mind, I went ahead and reorganized your model … added some working scenes and a couple dozen Tags.
Here is that revised model: 260611B_HOUSE_ROBINSON.skp (2.6 MB)
And here are some SketchUp screen shots of that model.
Working Scene of the complete model.
Same model w/o the roof.
And then the same model w/o the ceiling.
These views (Scenes in the revised SketchUp model) make it easy to analyze the complex hipped roof … and the multiple gabled dormers. But, please notice, to make these views meaningful I first had to extend the interior walls up to the roof/ceiling.
Which gets to the heart of your question about what does the framing look like? … what do the trusses look like?
Presumably it is your intent for the trusses (and timbers) in the dormers to be visible … with some sort of vaulted ceiling … yes?
Same for the “great room”? … yes?
But some of this is a bit problematic … because the main roof is hipped on both ends.
How do you intend to resolve this?
In terms of workflow … the ceiling will have to be designed BEFORE the framing/trusses can be modeled/designed. That does not mean that the ceiling literally has to be modeled BEFORE the framing … but it does mean that you have to know (at least in your own mind) what the ceiling is supposed to look like.
And then the ceiling in the upstairs bathroom presents a similar issue … intersecting gable dormers … which are connected to a hip on the roof. No problem modeling it … or building it for matter … but as with the great room …you have to know what you want the the ceiling to look like BEFORE the framing/trusses can be designed.
Hopefully you will find that my reorganization of the model facilitates this type of design analysis.
And as I mentioned in my PM … your model is very clean and precise, so I will be happy to work with you on this.
Please contact me if you want to continue the discussion.
Regards,
Ernest Godsey
