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Lew, Just turn off the Default Sun to get the effect that you want.

Bob, Joe is on the right track - it is shading from the default sun. In a 3D view, go 3D...Lighting...Adjust Lights. Uncheck Default Sunlight. If your scene is too dark, go 3D...3D View Defaults and turn up Daytime Ambient. The problem with turning off the default sun and losing the auto shading is that you get no definition of the same color on different planes. The means that you won't see any edges where 2 planes with the same material meet.

Well then, that's your problem. The gable wall is on the upper floor and won't display with the Floor Camera - which will only display items on the floor the camera is on. You need to use the Full Camera and not the Floor Camera.

It works OK on my machine. Maybe something you are doing wrong. Post a plan?

Are you using the Floor Camera to generate the internal view looking back at the main house?

Gene, Framing the ceiling planes should work. It would help if you posted a plan.

Jonathan had the correct answer - it's your wall definition.

You should be able to create a new anno/layer set with all the layers set to a line weight of 1. Use the normal anno/layer set for the layout and the line weight 1 layer set for the plan view. You can use different anno/layers sets for layout and plan. Make sure you leave Line Weights toggled on.

You just need to drag the barge gables out to line up with the main roof fascia.

Are you closing the plan and/or opening a new plan at any stage in the process?

Apply the same tile material to the Rail on the Material panel.

For auto built roofs, you set the roof pitch in the Roof panel of the wall's dbx that the roof is built off.

Looks to me like you have railing walls designated as No Rail. What you are seeing is the Newels/Posts. You can turn these off on the Newels/Balusters panel by setting the Width to zero. Or make the railing wall Invisible.

You are not logged in - try logging in. If you are logged in your name will appear in the top right hand corner instead of "Sign In".

Draw the top profile you want and save it to the library as a molding. Use a straight half wall. Rails panel. Select Profile...Top Rail. Select the previously saved molding. In this example I just used a standard fireplace surround molding from the library as an example.

OOB more commonly means the settings that are shipped with a fresh install of the program (these are usually called factory defaults) which may not be the same as New Plan. A New Plan opens your default template plan - not the OOB settings. If you go to Preferences...Reset Options, you can set preferences back to the factory defaults or OOB settings.

The reason that I suggested a poly solid over a ceiling plane is that a ceiling plane doesn't have the Facet Angle setting like a roof plane, so the ceiling plane tends to show the facets. With a poly solid you can achieve a smoother curve.

I find that the best way is to usually work from the top down. Work out your upper floor height and set every room to that. Then move down to the lower floor and set room heights as needed. I don't fully understand what you mean by Every floor height changes......, the lower floor heights..., upper floor heights, .......all rooms....., some rooms.......?

Rob, You can curve a Ceiling Plane easily. or... An extruded face. or...A poly solid - drawn in elevation view. I would probably go for the poly solid.

Adam, As far as I know, you can't change the distance from the end of the extension to the centreline glyph. The only thing you can do is select the extension line and drag the end of it towards the dimension line - the CL glyph will follow, BUT the distance between the end of the CL glyph and the extension line will stay the same. As you can see from the attached pic, you can actually drag the end of the extension line beyond the dimension line. The other alternative is to use a text box for the CL glyph and turn off Chief's one.

The dimension arrow problem has always been like that. The arrow or tick size has to be smaller than the wall thickness. The child tools have been replaced with the Tool Palette which works much the same way as previously. I have docked this Tool Palette under my top toolbars which is close to what we had previously.

You can also grab one of the tiled windows and drag it to the middle of the screen until you see the other window maximise. Release the window you are dragging and it will revert to a hidden tab. Same result as double clicking the tittle bar.

Larry, Do have the latest 16.2.0.47 update? It contains a fix for those screwy pony foundation walls that may cover your situation. I am not seeing your problem on my machine with the latest update.

Curt, I have also had that happen on more than 1 occasion. I wish they would fix it. I I am posting a long or complicated reply, I now copy it to the clipboard before going to More Reply Options - just in case I loose everything.

With the swinging in door it would be a real problem to get in there and then close the door. Also, in Oz, we are not allowed to swing a door in like that unless it has lift off hinges. Because, as Perry says, if someone collapses, they can fall against the door and prevent rescue. Hinge the door out or a bi-fold, or leave it as a pocket.