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Michael, I mentioned it because the obvious is not always so obvious. And it this case apparently it was not so obvious to OP!

For lines, there is also the Drawing Group which may help with what you are trying to achieve.

Or...if you want to use Baselines to build the roof, drag that baseline out to the front of the porch.

Are you aware of the difference between the reference grid a the snap grid? The reference grid you can't snap to whilst you can always snap to the snap grid if it is displayed. Also...when drawing or moving walls... they will snap to the grid according to the Resize About setting (Alt+Q). If this is set to Outer Surface, walls will snap their outer surface to the grid - similarly for any of the other settings. Cad lines should ALWAYS snap to the grid (if turned on).

I am not 100% sure of what you want. But..if you want to select all the rooms with the same hatch pattern (as for 1 apartment) you can do this with the Match Properties tool. Select a room. Select Match Properties from the Edit toolbar. Check Fill Type and OK. All the rooms with that fill type will now be selected. Select the Open Object icon on the Edit toolbar. Change the Fill Style as required - this will change the fill style for all the selected rooms. Unfortunately, you can't select rooms with different hatch patterns and edit their fill properties in one go. The above method only works where the hatch patterns are the same - for one apartment at a time.

Joe, No, only one wall. The wall definition has 2 main framing layers - a material with normal studs for the inner layer and a material with studs at very large centres for the outside or "purlin" layer. In a wall detail view, I used the Wall Bridging tool to draw the purlins in the outer wall layer. "It's not quite the same as a uniformly spaced "furring" layer in the wall type." No, not the same, but gets the job done quickly with tools like multiple copy. And there is even several choices in the dbx to Rotate and locate the purlin.

Joe, You can do this by using the Wall Bridging tool. Either on a separate wall layer or on the same wall layer as the studs or posts.

Doesn't the material list give you all that? You can filter by just category (Roofing). PS. you need to set the default in Default Settings...Structural Member Reporting.

Why do you have a wall running into a window?

Try the "Edit Wall Layer Intersections" tool.

The reason that you can't build a full width truss is that you don't have enough room to build the truss. Trusses are built between the roof and ceiling. You have rooms with ceilings on level 3 with no room for a roof truss. If you delete the rooms on level 3, there is no problem building a full width truss. So, do you want rooms on level 3, or do you want a truss?

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.