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Did you look in the manual? It should all be covered there.

AB, Do you mean you want every alternate web horizontal, or do you mean vertical? You have complete control of all the timber pieces that make up the truss, including top and bottom chords as well as the webs. Get as close as you can by using the truss specifications. Then, if you need to edit the truss, go to CAD...Cad detail Management... scroll down and select Truss Detail and Open. Or, you can get there quickly by selecting the truss and then selecting Open Truss Detail on the Edit menu. You will see a diagram of the truss. Unlock the Framing, Roof Trusses layer. You can now edit the truss any way you like, including extending the tail. You can even add new framing members. If you want something like the pic below, you can do this in the Roof Truss Specification dbx by adjusting the Maximum Horizontal span settings - no need for any of the above manual editing. Make both Top Chord and Bottom Chord spacing the same distance and you will get the vertical webbing.

Have you had a look in Bonus Catalogs...3D Molding?

This is doable with the Cad To Walls tools which usually works pretty well. You didn't say what problems you experienced using this tool.

I think the problem is that the rooms that have no framing have their Floor Structure specified as a single layer of 20 3/4" OSB. You need a framing material in the Floor Structure to generate auto framing. The floors that are generating framing have a framing layer (20" Fir Framing) and a 3/4" OSB layer.

There is an option that may make it a little easier than exporting and importing any defaults. Keep a shortcut to your template plan handy. When you want to change a default setting in the template plan, open it up and use Import Default Settings. You are given a choice as to what settings you want to import into your template plan. This saves manually changing the setting or exporting and importing various default settings.

The wall finish on the shower wall should wrap the wall end if the wall is contained within a room. If the wall is outside a room, the finish will not wrap. For the kerb walls, you could try using a solid rail and assign the wall finish to the top rail.

Rob, Try: Build... Roof...Edit All Roof Planes...Structure panel...Roof Size...reduce the size of the Eave Sub Fascia. If you build the roof framing and display the Framing, Roof Rafters layer in a section view, you will see the sub fascia and how it effects the eaves height.

Joe, Isn't that the same as checking Use Room Type in the Room Specification dbx, with added flexibility that you can apply different settings for different rooms and you don't have to muck around with macros?

Yes, I agree with ShaneK. What was originally asked for is not a "Dutch Gable" - it is a roof return along the gable wall. The method to build each is entirely different - as explained in the above posts.

Do you have the CAD...Boxes...Regular Polygon tool? If so, use that to draw the cad polygon and then snap walls to the polygon.

Chop, Yeah, why not. Post the plan.

Draw your 3 stair sections all separate from each other, but at the correct angles. Don't worry about the overall heights, just get the goings and risers for each section correct. Use point to point move to join them up. You can then use the Landing tool to click between the stairs and the landing will auto build to join the 2 stair sections. You can then edit the stairs and landings as needed for fine tuning. http://screencast.com/t/YwE8b0psn

Try: Build...Wall...Polygon Shaped Room. You will find various options there to build the room with one click.

Perry, Does re-boot mean that you kick the computer again for a second time?

Barry, Yes, I experienced this quirky behavior just yesterday. I had created a block made up of some 3D primitive shapes (polysolids). When I tried to copy and paste the block it was jumping about and changing shape. I had to explode the block, copy and paste the primitives and then re-block.

Scott, Zip file is empty.

Chop, There is a difference between Advanced Splines and normal Splines. I am suggesting you try both and see if there is any difference.

Are you using Advanced Spines? I have no idea if it would make any difference if you use Advanced Splines or ordinary splines - but may be worth a try. I would also try converting the Spline Molding Polyline to a plain Molding Polyline (Convert Spline to Polyline) and see if that makes a difference.

The problem is that you are using a "panel" for the rail. A panel is designed to fit between the newels.

Do you really want a double pitch roof over the porch (3:12 and 6:12)? All the other roofs are 8:12. Because that is part of the problem.

You can overcome this behaviour by turning on Auto Refresh Dimensions. With this setting toggled on, you don't even have to do an Auto Exterior Dimension command to start with. As soon as you draw an enclosed room, the plan will auto dimension. Then if you make any edits, the dimensions are auto updated as you work. I work with this as my default behaviour (saved as a default in my template plan - along with auto roofs which means the roof auto builds along with auto dimensions as I work on the plan). It's at Default Settings...Dimension...Auto Exterior Dimensions...General panel...Auto Refresh Dimensions. http://screencast.com/t/HLCP8jx8

Scott, You are correct, it is too simple! Open the dbx. Front/Sides/Back panel. In the preview pane select the door by it's hinged or right hand side, NOT the handle side. You can't select the door by selecting the handle or left side. Make sure "2 Door - Auto Right" is selected. Change Item Type to "Door - Auto Left". http://screencast.com/t/C8l7Pwvc9hI

Probably easier to use the auto roof tool. You could build that Softplan roof with one click of a button. Also a lot quicker if there are any changes to the plan.

You can turn on Auto Rebuild Roofs and the roofs will auto build and auto update whenever you change the model.