Roof support post on a deck
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- January 3, 2017 at 4:42 pm #5691
MTHParticipantHello,
What is the best way to add roof support posts on a desk created with the deck wizard? I was able to get a railing but didn’t see a way to extend the railing posts up to a roof beam to support a roof.I’m sort of a newbee. Used version 4&5 for a short time years ago. Version 12 has a lot going on.
January 3, 2017 at 7:52 pm #10108
Flowers323ParticipantYou can place a post on top of the posts used for the handrail and adjust them for the roof.
You using the metric catalogue?
January 18, 2017 at 1:11 pm #10096
Ed StaelensParticipantAn alternate method is to set the post height in the railings dialog to the support height you want. See photo.
January 20, 2017 at 5:36 am #10095Flowers323ParticipantHi Virtual-Architec, your idea works well until the handrail down the stairs, the posts for the handrail being roof height so the posts at the bottom of the stairs are roof height as well.
If a post is put on top of the handrail posts it allows you to change post height as you want. In my copy of Emvisioneer if I make the handrail posts roof height, all the posts are the same height.
Hard to make the roof slope with posts showing on top of the roof.
January 28, 2017 at 11:50 pm #10091
jkzimmParticipantFor roofs that are ‘level’ , Ed’s (VA) comments are fine. Flowers comments work well for both a ‘level’ and sloped roof.
You can also experiment, especailly for a sloped roof of using a wall. Just size it to post dim and draw one out making it’s length equal to post dim. Copy it as needed and elevate it (up or down) to match post height.
If you place the ‘wall’ / post, on the same level as the roof, it will extend automatically, when set, to the roof.
Not the easist thing to do but another option.
Jack
it would be nice if people signed thier post.
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January 29, 2017 at 12:16 am #10090jkzimmParticipantjeez can’t edit previous posts? that sucks.
I use the Measure Stick to adjust the added post heights to the stair and auto extend raises them to roof.
jeez two, can only add one image? that also sucks
Jack
zimmerdesign.comJanuary 29, 2017 at 12:28 am #10089jkzimmParticipantmy one image per posting of wall sized / set / elevated with auto extend to create stair posts all the way up. Which you don’t need but it can be done.
Jack
zimmerdesign.comJanuary 29, 2017 at 12:30 am #10088jkzimmParticipanttried a second image and ended up with two of the same, so I wall post a thrid post with the correct image.
Jack
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and sign my name and add my website againJanuary 29, 2017 at 12:35 am #10087jkzimmParticipantPlease look at this post to see I meant to type ‘third’ not ‘thrid’ in previous post.
Jack Zimmer
zimmerdesign.comJanuary 29, 2017 at 12:43 am #10086jkzimmParticipantHnn, 6 post to get one with all that I wanted to say in the first one. No wonder no one is on this forum compared to previous forum.
tired of signing my nameJanuary 31, 2017 at 2:50 pm #10084MTHParticipantThanks for all the tips. I’ll try them out for the best application for the job.
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