Sloped ceiling tiles to follow roofline

[kbeason8385]

What is the best way to model the geometry of a room with sloped ceiling tiles that are parallel with a pitched roof?

[Complex Potential]

Assuming you want to include the ceiling void as a seperate thermal zone do you mean something like this (roof and ceiling are invisible for viewing on the near side)?



The above was created using a combination of the slice, merge and subtract functions under ModelIT to end up with zones 1, 2 and 3 although I initially had more than this.

Alternatively you could just include the ceiling tiles within the total roof construction if the ceiling void does not need to be included seperate..

CP

[kbeason8385]

Yes just like that. I have not used slice and merge much, and the times I have, it was a bit cumbersome... I'll check it out - thanks! Would these functions be suitable for merging roof ridge going into a perpendicular adjacent roof slope? I know there isn't a crucial need to have the roof lines exact but I would like to get them better.

[Complex Potential]

If you have the time and inclination to line up the ridges then yes, I believe the merge function could work. Also, have a play with the subtract function because you'll struggle to recreate what I did without it.

CP