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Alan, For some reason, in section view, you need to block the 2 trim lines together and then do the trimming.

I believe that Perry is correct. Chief will only make the birdsmouth cut the width of the wall. It will not extend the cut into the room past the inside of the wall.

I just upgraded from W7 to W10 yesterday on my desktop PC. Went without a hitch except for my old Keywallet program that is probably 10 years old.

Johnny, No, not the same. The tool I used (Flare/Curve Stairs) looks a lot easier that the method Usuf used. http://screencast.com/t/dUlzSi0pfF

Alan, You can do that by using the Flare/Curve Stairs tool.

Do yourself a favor and try and talk D. Scott Hall into giving you some time.

OK, I will send them in, but not for about 3 weeks. I am away from home.

If you use a terrain feature it will display in 3D and follow the terrain contours.

We also need to have functions missing so that the program can continue to improve!

Use 3D trees.

Joe, Whhooooo. That's not quite correct. Both PSolids and Primitive Solids will report materials to the ML. You can also convert a PSolid to an Architectural Block and have it report in either a Cabinet, Fixture, Furniture or Electrical Schedule.

In the material's dbx, you can change the pattern (vector view) on the Pattern panel with Vertical Offset. This is always on a per object basis. For a render view, change the Y Position on the Texture panel. You can use Global Symbol Mapping to apply to all instances.

Terry, Further on this topic. The Ins column in the wall def dbx has nothing to do with insulation appearing in the Materials List. This option only controls the generation of insulation when Auto Detail is used in a Section view. There are 2 ways to get wall insulation to appear in the Ml....or rather, there are 2 types of insulation that can be included in the ML. 1. Specify a room as conditioned area. The ML will then generate insulation in the Insulation category for the wall (and ceiling) area. Rooms that are specified as non-conditioned will not generate insulation in the ML. The insulation size is based on the framing spacing for the room's walls. 2. Specify a wall layer in a wall definition using an insulation material. This method produces wall insulation in the Siding category of the ML. The size of the insulation is derived from the insulation material's settings. In your attached plan, the Insulation Rigid in the Siding Category is coming from the wall layer 3 - Insulation Rigid which has a material definition matching the sizes indicated, ie, 48" high x 96" long (4'x8') x 1 1/2" thick. Under the insulation Category, the ML shows Wall Insulation as 6x16x93". This appears firstly because the room is conditioned. The size is derived from the stud spacing (16") and the wall height. There is something funny going on with the stud spacing because when I double click the material Fir Stud 24" OC it takes me to the Fir Stud 16" OC which is what the insulation size reflects - not sure what is going on there. I think the thickness is rounding up to 6" from the 5 1/2' wall layer thickness.

Depending on your situation, you may be able to use a very thin Frieze or Shadow Board. They both have the option to apply to either the eave or gable only.

Another down and dirty way to keep a cumulative total would be to use the price column in the material list as your electrical load (instead of price) - these will auto add. AS I said REALLY down and dirty - but will save you doing the math.

In the wall Type Definitions dbx, use Foundation to Exterior Of Layer to point to your OSB sheeting. You can further offset the foundation out past the wall by using a negative value for Foundation Offset.

Scott, Are these any good?

Johnny, If I understand you correctly. As Bill said, use Resize in the Transform/Replicate tool. Draw a cad line over a known wall length. The Resize factor is the distance shown in the .pdf divided by the length of the cad line.

Could it be that you have both a floor for the room AND a stair landing on the Stairs & Ramps layer.

Wendy, A bit off topic from sloping wall caps, but relevant to wall end caps problems. This is based on your plan. Note the 2 small horizontal walls and the other walls on the old left hand room - end capped, but not in a room. Have a play and move them, break them, etc, and see what happens. Delete the room def on the room to the right - end caps disappear. Delete the foundation - end caps disappear. Some weird stuff going on. Glenns angled wall cap.zip

Terry, Try doing the dimension with Angle Snaps toggled off. It is Friday nite here now, I could do a Skype session sometime tomorrow. Send me your Skype name. Mine is glenn-woodward

Terry, Your camera is on the Cameras layer - turn that layer on. I am not sure what you are trying to do with dimensions. I gather from your earlier posts that you may be trying to dimension objects and place text in the layout view. This is the incorrect method. All dimensioning and text should be done in the original view - NOT layout. I see that you have placed text in the section detail (page 1 of layout). This I would NOT do. Place the text in the camera view itself. If you want to do a Skype session so that I can see what you are trying to do, let me know.

Robert, They CAN be selected - you just need to unlock that layer. You can select them and edit them, but you need to move them to another layer if you want to keep the edits because each time the model rebuilds, the cross section lines on the Cross Section Lines layer regenerate.

You can use the temporary dimensions easily while placing the door. If you have Temporary dimensions toggled on, while placing the door, click on the appropriate dimension and enter the correct value.

Rob, Try scrolling through Defaults...Materials and see if it is in there. If it is there, it will tell you what objects it is being used on.