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Christina, My only suggestion would be to post the plan.

Richard, The gutter keeps rebuilding with the default gutter. Double click the Build Roof icon to open the Build Roof dbx. Go to the Gutter panel and select the molding profile you want as the default gutter.

Rashid, My invoice for $500 is on the way to you for supply of my hotkey file and training.

Bernie, You can use the Point to Point Resize tool to do what you want. Select the picture box. On the Edit toolbar, look for the Point to Point Resize icon - the double headed arrow. You can use either vertical or horizontal resizing to stretch the image to the desired size. The picture boxes work more like a layout box now and I am pretty sure that at least X6 worked this way as well.

Rashid, Looks like you are using my hotkeys! I think you must have changed the hotkey assignment somehow yourself because I don't think that Chief comes with any OOB sequential hotkeys (eg, S,A) - the OOB hotkeys are all simultaneous (ugh!) (eg, Ctrl+S), same as other windows programs. So...Maybe user error?

Scott, I don't think you are comparing apples with apples. I had a look at your 2 plans and each had plenty of added lights - but different between plans. I am not sure if that is making a difference or not. But notice that in the last 2 pics you posted that the shiny ones actually have their faces in shadow and the dull ones are facing the light source. I think it could have a lot to do with them facing different directions - especially in relation to the default sunlight? And maybe the type of views you are doing and whether the camera is inside the room or outside the room?

David, I don't believe that Barry ever said (or even implied) I don't think he was blaming the software. To me, he seemed to be taking responsibility for the wall heights being "off".

Barry, To stop them auto building ...Alt+Q (General Wall Defaults)...uncheck Auto Build Attic Walls. No problems unchecking this and then drawing your own attic walls. If you don't want an attic wall to frame, define it's wall type without a framing material.

Barry, Open the Wall Specification dbx...Structure panel...Default Wall Heights. Check Default Wall Top Height and/or Default Wall Bottom Height. They will be greyed out if the wall is already at the default height.

The attic auto walls are controlled here: Alt+Q (General Wall Defaults)...Auto Rebuild Attic Walls.

Rob, I assume that you are talking about Temporary dimensions. Alt+Q (General Wall Defaults). Check Inner Surface for the angled wall and the one at bottom left. Check Outer Surface for the one at top left and the pic on the right. The dimension lines may be on the wrong side of the wall, but the extension lines will dimension to where you want.

Roger Make sure your Active Library Filter is "Not Filtered". To double check, make sure all the libraries in the core library are unchecked in the Manage Library Filters dbx.

Joe, And hence, no area! You can't have a room on the A floor. End of storey.

The simplest way to draw a down stair is to Alt drag the stair - it goes down instead of up.

Nicinus, What Mode are you using to paint the wall? This will make a difference. Is it a single layer wall or a multilayer wall - sounds like it may be a single layer wall? Or if it's a multilayered wall, it has the same material both sides?

I will email you.

Georgina, I'll put my hand up. I could do a Skype and share screen or a GTM.

Mick, I believe that setting only applies to the generated terrain - not the elevation lines themselves. ...if I get your meaning.

Ah...you need to uncheck Ceiling Over This Room - everyone knows that!! . It is the ceiling joists that are forcing the wall top down. I'm off to bed now so will have a play in the morning and see if I can figure a way to do it with the flat ceiling.

Alan, It can be done - but it's not very logical. Delete your blocking. Open the roof dbx and set the Gable Sub Fascia to zero - it will probably default back to 1/16". This moves the top of the walls up to the roof.

Under normal circumstances (OOB) the label is controlled by the Text Style (should be Truss Label Style) associated with the Framing, Labels layer.

Larry, Try turning on On Object snaps and use End to End dimension.. It looks like your snaps are toggled off. Note that Michael has On Object snaps toggled on.

For those of us who aren't familiar with Acad, can you explain in more detail what you mean.

Larry, You got it - that's exactly what I was going to suggest. A couple of tips. 1. You can set the default Height Above Floor to offset the height of the footings in relation to the foundation floor level. No need to move the foundation floor height to place the post/footing. 2. You can use the Hide Terrain Intersected by Building to turn off the display of the terrain within the foundation walls.

Perry & Joey, The grade line is controlled by the Terrain Specification, not the floor heights - which makes sense to me. You can set the grade line to whatever you want using the terrain tools. The Elevation Region is the one to use if you want a level building pad at a set height.