glennw

You can set the defaults for roof trusses which sets the sizing and spacing of the truss members. The shape of the trusses is determined by the slope of ceiling and roof planes - the trusses fill in the space between the ceiling and roof. So the easiest way is to draw your model with the appropriate roof and ceiling planes, specify trusses as the framing method and auto build the roof framing. This is all auto once you have set the defaults.

You can't build a room over a roof because the walls build up to the roof. You will need to use another way to build your second floor. Best way is to build a room with it's own floor.

Can you post the plan.

The beauty of using a Road or Driveway is that you then get access to the Median, Cul-de-sac, Road Marking and Road Stripe tools.

You can draw one road section and then just drag a new road section off the end of that one. The 2 road sections will join smoothly. Only problem is this will result in a sharp junction between the 2 road sections. I am guessing you want a curved join between the 2 road sections? In that case, draw a straight road section. Curve it using the Change Line/Arc tool on the Edit menu and then shape it as needed. You can then add new straight road sections to each end of the curved section.

Are you trying to maintain the same plate height, overhang and pitch for all roof planes?

Have you tried auto roofs: Or, from my old hand drawing days I think there is another way to do it with the ridge as you show, but I would have to put my thinking cap on to remember how to do it.

Can you explain in a bit more about what you are needing. I will have a guess. My first thought is to use a sphere which would be visible in both 2D and 3D. You can locate it in XYZ and give it a label.

I have an insulation fill like this if it fills the bill. You can shape the polyline and have all the normal fill parameters available so that you can play around with the scale to make it fit full height in the polyline. The sloping bit will always cut the fill though.

Select the wall. Match Properties from the Edit toolbar. Select All in the Match Properties dbx - OK. Marquee Select from the Edit toolbar. Select All Similar from the Edit toolbar - no need to draw a marquee.

Hi Jason Try toggling off the "Walls, Through Wall Lines" layer

I have now - I must have missed that one.

I think Move To Folders only works with the user catalog. It is working for me.

You can, of course, do this in 3D.

Have a look here. But I guess you are looking for different colors for different framing types.

Try Backup Entire Plan with the Plan Files only and the Zip Archive options.

It should be easy to use auto roofs to do both buildings at once. Auto roofs will build the roof over both buildings. Post the plan.

When you say "images", I am assuming you mean symbols. Do you mean something like this? Start off by using Search. You can scroll down or make the window larger to see more. You can rotate the symbol in the Preview pane.

Select the room and open the Room Specification dbx >Options>Roof Group

As well as breaking the left hand wall try putting each area in a different Roof Group.

Having something wrong with your auto roofs usually means there is something wrong with your walls/ rooms. Post the plan.

Drew, You may be able to use a Wall Material Region with Cut Finish Layers from Parent Object and then locate your corner molding over that. The attached pic is just to demonstrate the technique - you would need to resize and locate as required.

Gene, I don't think it has anything to do with the pony wall. It is a plain old polyline.

As Robert says. Maybe post a typical plan with cross sections and describe what is not working for you and what you would like to see. Someone here will give you some suggestion if you can be more specific.

I am not sure if this helps or not. I used a Corner Board with a Quoin on top.