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Ahh, yes, you missed that step in your post - you can only use the cross section slider in a standard view.

Michael, With the OOB settings how do you get Cross Section Slider to work in an Orthographic view (which defaults to a vector view) - perspective views default to render (standard) views and orthographic views default to vector. These can be changed in the defaults though. Cross Section Slider doesn't work in a vector view - only in a render (standard) view. To get the doors to display the openings in a vector view, I usually temporarily drop the ceiling height to just below the door height.

Unspecified is still a room type with a floor. Try making the attic room Open Below.

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Suzy, I can see that for that particular wall, it has a break in it near the right hand side. The wall on one site of the break has been reversed. First off, fix that. Then go up to the attic and delete the attic wall above that wall. It will regenerate correctly. The floor 2 wall and it's attic wall above should now be correct. What you are seeing is not Chief's default behavior, but user error.

In the 3D view, go 3D...Rendering Techniques...check Standard. You can also set the default camera types in Defaults.

Suzy, I'm not 100% sure of where your problem is. Is see a couple of manually drawn attic walls, but not too many other problems. The double attic wall over the closets and bath 2, for instance. Maybe you can point out some specific problems. In the meantime you could try a couple of things. At+Q and uncheck Auto Rebuild Attic Walls. Go to the attic level and group select all the walls and delete them. Alt+Q again and check Auto Rebuild Attic Walls. Rebuild Walls/Floors/Ceilings. The attic walls will all rebuild. Are there still problems?

Lew, I think you are over dramaticising building a terrain and are unnecessarily dissuading users from using the better technique. My suggestion would be to first try it all in one file, and if really turns out to be too difficult and beyond you, try Lew's method. You really don't have to be a "master of terrain" to make something that works - no more than you have to be a "master of roofs" to make something work. You shouldn't need to get someone else to do it for you or do something that is second best. EDIT: On second thought, if you have trouble with the terrain, don't use Lew's method. Post back here and I , or someone else will help sort you out.

Suzy, Post the plan

Diane, I am going to stick my neck out here and say that I don't agree with most of the advice you have been given. There should be no need to have 2 plans or create symbols, etc - that is just complicating things unnecessarily. it makes no difference wether you draw the terrain before or after the house. Just do it in the plan file in any order you want. Why would you ever want to create a symbol for the house? Even if I was to create a symbol (which I never would!), it would be the terrain and not the house! Sure, you need to keep things close to zero datum, but that is a different topic altogether. You should have your template plan set up close to zero datum. The zoom level will also save to your template plan so that the opening screen for a new plan is the correct location in relation to zero datum and at the correct zoom level to just start drawing. The easiest way to work is with suitable layer sets so that the plan doesn't get too messy with both the house and terrain being displayed and so that you end up with a suitable site plan that you can use in your layout.

Railing Specification dbx...Rails panel...Rail Profiles...scroll down to Beam: Default Rail...choose a profile if you want other than a rectangle and change the size in the Selected Profile Specification beneath.

You should be able to group select all the text boxes, open the dbx and change the size to 18". Can you explain why you can't change the size?

Are they Rich Text or Plain Text?

Probably either the layer "Room Labels"' or the individual room setting "Show Room Label".

Larry, I am not sure what you are doing wrong because it works for me. Do you have different Layer Sets for each Cad Detail? The start of your message sounds like you are just toggling layers in the same layer set. How about a vid or a skype session? Or post the plan.

Alan, Do you realise that those hotkeys can be sequential and not simultaneous? (you can do it either way) ie, you can use S and I in sequence, not at the same time.

Alt+Q and check Main Layer Inside?

Demonstrate by posting a plan that shows this.

Chopsaw, If I am reading your post properly, there is a way to move a symbol in 1/64" increments by using the snap grid, or rather, using a line that is 1/64" long (sized by snapping to a 1/64" grid) as the reference for a point to point move. Don't forget that once you have your 1/64" line, you can move it around to any location or angle and use t as the reference for your move or resize. https://www.screencast.com/t/4RSfZ2CB PS: I just found a better way that is easier. Set up your snap grid to 1/64". Change to Move edit mode. In this mode, you CAN snap to the 1/64" grid and you can move the object from a side or corner grip - it doesn't have to be the center grip. I don't know why you can move an object in 1/64" increments in Move edit mode, but you can't do it in Default edit mode. https://www.screencast.com/t/26JxsxCchlZj

Roof Plane Specification dbx, or Roof Defaults dbx...Options panel...Eaves...Flush Eave. But it is still not perfect as the thickness of the end material is derived from the outside wall layer thickness of the gable wall. This means that if you have a brick veneer wall on the gable end, the thickness of the vertical infill triangle will be the thickness of your brick wall layer.

Just a guess without seeing the plan, but what you are describing is the fact that the colored areas are those in the background. It looks like you have used a back clipped cross section. The colored foundation on the right hand side is caused by the foundation in the background and it is probably within the clipping distance. The back wall and foundation for the garage are probably further back that the clipping distance and are thus not showing. A similar thing is happening with the room in the bottom right hand corner where you cant see any color on the rear wall because the rear wall is behind the clipping plane. Use Auto Detail and all the foundations should hatch the same. Post the plan if you want confirmation.

Also in the General Camera defaults.

Rob, The fact that the first pic is a Framing Overview suggests that there is a framing object in your plan that is located away from the actual floor plan itself. This may depend on the layer set in use and the relevant layer settings. You could do a quick check whilst in a camera view by turning off any framing layers that are in use as well as the CAD, Default layer which may contain framing members, and then doing a Fill Window zoom. Find the framing object and delete it. The same object would also effect the Perspective Floor Overview, and possibly the other camera views as well.

Larry, Try Defaults...Camera...General Camera...General panel, Perspective View Options...Reflections checkbox. Or in the Camera's Specification dbx on the Camera panel...General.

The flush eave is too wide when used in conjunction with a brick veneer wall (for example). It looks like it is the same width as the outside brick skin(in this case 110mm). It would normally only be the width of the flush eave material itself (maybe 10-20mm), not the full width of the outerskin of the gable wall. The normal soffit lining would extend to the back of the flush eave lining and the flush eave lining would project down below the soffit lining about 30mm to take a quad (or similar) molding - (although I understand that could be getting a little hard to do). In the case of a timber framed wall, it doesn't look too bad (I assume because the outer wall layer thickness of the gable wall is only 10mm) except for the fact that there would not be a vertical join line between the flush eave lining and the gable wall - the external lining would continue from the gable wall across the flush eave in continuous lengths. I think the width of the flush eave needs to be controlled by the flush eave material thickness and not the thickness of the outer layer of the gable wall. I have sent in several bug reports about the flush eave feature and with each beta version they have improved, but they still need a little more work.