glennw

The stem wall is probably greyed out because you don't have a foundation. Try Build Foundation and leave auto build foundation on if you can.

Sounds to me like you are asking about floor framing? If so, you can use a Joist Direction arrow (don't forget to draw it on the floor below the room). You will probably need to use some Bearing Lines or Bearing Walls as well.

This is probably because you already have a terrain created. You can only have one terrain in a plan.

I am having trouble following your post but I think this setting may help. Can you reword your post so that it reads a bit clearer.

To me, this sounds like the way to go

Ah, I saw X11 in the signature and glossed over X14 in the message. What I described with the color chooser can happen in X11 but not in X14. It still may be possible with other aps, windows and tools.

Also, have a look for a Chief window that may be hidden behind other windows, or it could be on another screen. It could be a window like a color chooser window or similar. The Chief window may be waiting for a response.

Jason, After building the foundation: Room Specification dbx>Relative Heights>Stem Wall. or Before building the foundation: Build>Floor>Build Foundation>Stem Walls>Minimum Height.

Larry, I think part of the problem is that you only have one truss drawn. Try copying the truss over the whole room. I think Chief is building the wall up to the roof where there are no trusses. Don't forget that Chief will build a framed roof where there are no trusses.

At a wild guess, for rich text, it may be worthwhile checking the status of the Cad Style Font Sizing setting to see what happens. Rich Text Specification>Options>Size

You can do it in Preferences before generating the ML.

One is for floor 1 and the other is floor 2.

Newell, Ah...I think I realise what you want now. Something like this? This is done with a straight stair section and 2 treads in a curved stair section at the bottom. Do you want the left hand stringer and rail of the 2 lower steps to be a straight line (ie, what angle?), or do you want the stringer and rail to bend between the 2 steps like the attached picture? You need to attach a plan file - not a layout.

Invisible walls to enclose the bottom of the stair along with the Winders option may do it. You can then hide the invisible walls

Mick, To be more accurate I think that should read the Snap distance is also the Arrow Keys "move" distance. (I am a bit of a pedant) Tip: This is true even if Use Snap Grid/Units is toggled off. Also, if an existing off grid object is dragged/moved or drag/copied, it will NOT snap to the grid. Instead, it will be moved or be copied according to the snap grid setting and remain off the grid. Newly placed objects will snap to the grid.

I didn't spend too much time going through posts and videos in great detail - they are just too long, but a few things did stand out. The reason you had so much trouble locating dimensions and lines in the first video was that you didn't have any snaps turned on. You need snaps so that objects can locate accurately. If you are working to a tolerance of 1/8", I would leave grid snaps on and set to that value. By all means get rid of the reference grid. The dashed lines you could not select in the second video are Ceiling Break Lines that indicate where a ceiling changes from flat to sloping - a good indication that your model is not correct because shouldn't have those lines there. I am intrigued as to why you think it is necessary to have copies of all your dbx settings in OneNote? I suggest that you get some one on one training to help you get familiar with the program and speed up your work flow. That house from start to finish should take about half an hour to complete (or 45 minutes if I was being generous). How much time do you think you have spent on it already?

Open the dbx for the Deck room>Structure panel>Floor>Planks, Joists>Edit>select layer 2 - Redwood Framing>Structure. Check Framing.

Have a look at Preferences>Appearance>Minimum Display Size>Dimensions

Yes, you can import room types from another plan. The imported room types will be added to the existing plans room types. Try File>Import Default Settings>select a plan file>check Room Types.

One really bad thing about the new panoramic background controls is there is no preview of the changes made in the dbx. You can adjust the background settings in the dbx but you then have to exit the dbx to see the results. If things aren't as you want, you have to open the dbx again, adjust the controls, exit the dbx to see the results.... We really need to see a graphical dynamic preview as the settings are changed. I really hope this is included in the final release of X14.

Are you using Backup Entire Plan with the zip option?

I am not sure that tech support would help as it is not a program problem - more a training thing.

To confirm that both roof planes are identical, select them both at the same time and open the dbx. Any different settings will have either No Change or a horizontal bar in the selection box (or whatever it is called).

It looks like the dashed line types are in Preview, not Chief. They look like solid lines in Chief. Is that correct?

You need to move your top Custom Plasterboard wall layer up to separate it from the main layer.