Stud position for on-center

[Shep]

I showed something like this a while back. Perhaps this thread will shed some light.

Need Help with Move Array/Divide

It’s my understanding from what I read that it is possible to select an object, click on the Move tool, press the CTL key and enter parameters and control characters to get special results. I cannot get it to work. Perhaps I do not understand the intended result for the Move tool feature that I’ve read about. Here’s what I was trying to do: I have a base plate 2x8 for a stud wall. I want to draw 2x8 studs at 16" intervals so that it will be possible to attach 4’x8’ sheet goods on the wall. …

Your middle example is used in some cases, like under a hip roof where the center common rafter would line up over a center stud in the wall.

Shep

Dec '17

With a hip roof I like to stack the rafters over the studs. In the case of a “true hip” there is a common or regular rafter centered with the ridge. Therefore the studs and rafters are laid out from the center of the building. In the case below the three blue common rafters would dictate the stud layout below.