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How far below the main floor level is your garage flloor meant to be?

If all you want is a flyaround movie, just use the Spin command on a 3D overview. No setting up paths or cameras, etc. I would still prefer to do an interactive Skype session and share my screen.

Warning: You are drawing a wall. Did you really mean to draw a wall? If so, click OK to Continue or Esc to abort. Warning: You are drawing a roof, ........................ ...........

Opened in Adobe Reader - no problems here.

Rich, That picture would make the perfect icon for the Rotate Plan View tool - it describes the tool perfectly.

Alan, They are .png files - images (pictures). They do not show up in a vector view sent to layout because they are not vector items. Read my previous message again.

Alan, What sort of trees did you use - images or 3D trees? If you used images (pictures of trees) these will not send to layout with a vector view. If you want trees to display in a vector view sent to layout, you need to use either 3D trees or the Image Cad Blocks...Plants in the Bonus Catalogs library (these are 2D cad drawings which will display in vector views).

Rich, The sun angle is the easy one. Your whole co-ordinate system will be messed up. +x will be up the screen (12 o'clock, instead of 3 o'clock) and +y will be at 9 o'clock (instead of 12 o'clock). Try it. This can get really confusing when using co-ordinates!

Rich, Notice that the tool is called Rotate Plan VIEW, not Rotate Plan. ...the help file is quite clear: and If that is really what you want to do then go ahead and use that command. I was just trying to warn Timmy of some of the consequences of using that command. I have posted before that I believe that command should be deleted from the program (although there was once a user that said they used it), or at least a warning during it's use of the consequences of using it.

Bob, I am a little unclear. Are you trying to get your toolbar back to normal and out of Space Planning Configuration? If so, click the Default Configuration icon on the toolbar. Or, right click on a blank toolbar space...Toolbar Configurations...Default Configuration. Toggling the room boxes doesn't change the toolbar, it just toggles the display of room boxes on and off!

d dot, You knucklehead... Can you please stop referring to a dialog box as "dvx" - it is DBX!

Generate a Perspective Full Overview. Start the walkthrough (fly around). Use the left or right arrow key to rotate the model one frame at a time. Instead of using the arrow key to rotate the model one frame at a time you can use Ctrl+Alt+S to auto spin the model continuously. There are all sorts of commands to move the camera in any direction you want, including up and down.

Timmy, I strongly advise you to NOT use Rotate Plan View as Rich indicates as it will only cause you more problems. That command rotates the view OK, BUT, it also rotates the whole co-ordinate system. ie, it rotates the "drawing board". Use it and have a play to see the results, but do not use it to rotate your plan. You should be able to use Edit Area (All Floors)...Transform/Replicate...Rotate. I don't know what Ctrl-A is as I have my own shortcuts. Or, once you use Edit Area (All Floors), and then selected everything (including the terrain) with a marque, you should be able to grab the the rotate handle and rotate the whole lot with the mouse.

Most of your problems are caused by your Attic Wall type being incorrect. When you designate a raking ceiling, you see the Attic walls above the normal flat ceiling level. The last picture looks like you have drawn a manual raking ceiling. To eliminate the newel post from the railing, increase the Newels/Posts spacing until it is eliminated. You will get more accurate answers if you post the plan.

My best guess is that you have rotated the plan in layout (by rotating the Layout Box) and have the Rotate With Plan checked for the text. Better to rotate the plan in plan view.

When you buy a subscription to SSA and keep it current, don't forget that you will get the next version (X7) included.

Lew, "Invisible" has been a wall property as far back as I can remember.

Lew, What dbx's are you talking about?

Lew, What a lot of rubbish. A Room Divider wall is just another wall type with the invisible property checked. Nick, Invisible walls are still available - shouldn't be a problem.

You need to draw a railing wall and drag it under the stairs and check Follow Stairs. This should get you started. StairRailTest BACK.zip

Robert, I think it is because a Level Line Marker is designed to be used in plan to denote heights (thus the use of the # in the label to display the height on the Marker). With Transform/Replicate, you can move the Marker easily Relative to Itself, but not easily with Absolute Location.

I think the problem lies with your material definition for the basement floor. You have your flooring material defined as Concrete, but you have this Concrete material Type defined as a Framing material. Why do you have this defined as a framing material - try changing it to Concrete Material Type..

Bernie, If the problem is where the roof trusses are building out to the fascia line on the high end of the roof, then checking Energy Heel in the Roof Truss Specification dbx will give you just the top cord cantilevering from the external wall to the fascia. Like this:

I don't see any plans posted, just images. Post the plan file.

Perry, Not quite exact. It depends on your "Living Area To" setting in the Plan Defaults. You can choose either Main Layer or Surface.