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Rich, I can view the files in a .calibz file on a mac - but only to see the .jpeg's or .png's in the file - not the 3d data. I am not sure that you can do the same on a pc. On a mac: Rename the file (better to use a copy of the file to experiment with) to a .zip extension (delete the .calibz) - calibz are zipped files. Double click the .zip file and it will extract the contained files to a folder with the name of the .zip file. You can then view the .jpegs, .png's, etc, and there will also be the .calib file which contains the 3D data or symbol.

Thanks Scott, That's just down the road. I will investigate further - because I am a thinking man!

Hey Scott, That is one of the things I have decided to do during the current self isolation. I did read some preliminary stuff and got lost pretty quickly! You would actually go on a cruise after what is still happening on cruise ships? - we still have several boats in Australian waters in dire straights.

Delete the Roof baseline Polylines same as Eric said. Open the dbx for the RV room, General panel>Options>Roof Group - change to 1. Auto build roofs. Are you really sure that is the way you want to build that roof? What is going to happen to all the water that runs down the house roof and hits the wall of the RV room? How are you going to get access to that space between the two roofs? I would never build a roof like that, and I advise you not to build it like that - not a good idea at all.

Is this what you want?

You can force 2D images to "Image Always Faces Camera" in the images dbx.

Zip it up and go to wetransfer.com

Have you tried letting Chief draw your lookouts automatically? You can use a Reduced Gable End Truss (check both End Truss and Reduced Gable) and Chief will build the lookouts. Here in Oz, we would normally use lookouts "on flat" - but sloping with the roof.

That sounds like you are placing a picture or image into your plan. I think DzinEye needs to do a Backup Entire Plan so that we get the textures?

Don't forget that you can also spin a 3D view with Ctrl+Alt+S.

Chad, Use the Walkthrough Path tool - it does external fly-arounds as well as internals.

Having that stupid Reference Grid displaying is one of my pet peeves! I hate the thing but I find it is turned on in just about every Chief plan I look at.

There shouldn't be any problems getting close to or exactly what you want. Why not post a pic of one of your hand drawn plans and someone here can probably tell you.

Using a 120" hight stem wall will not do what you want. I think you will find that once you change the stem wall height back to zero, all your problems will be solved.

My tips are: Don't use Elevation Points - use Elevation Lines/Splines. Use Elevation Regions as much as possible. Don't overlap elevation data. Don't use Retaining Walls - use Terrain Breaks and normal walls placed after. Use Elevation Data instead of the Terrain Modifiers. Don't use Automatic Subfloor Height Above Terrain. Tile a 3D view with the terrain plan as you work so you can see the immediate results of your input.

Why do you have a 120" high stem wall in the new section? I would fix that before doing anything else.

Just for the record in case this comes up again. The problem was caused by having that external wall down the left hand side of the 3 rooms and the garage, marked as a Double Wall - Furred Wall. Changing it to the more normal Frame Through fixes the problem. You should also check the wall at the top between the Covered Patio and kitchen - it is inside out.

If I understand you correctly, you should be able to use roof planes. Can you supply the information about the roof geometry - how are they setout?. How is the soffit a different angle to the roof? What does "back down to the exterior wall" mean?

Preferences>Reset Options Reset Side Windows or Reset Toolbars - you will lose any customisation though

Framing Reference Marker may do what you want.

Don't forget that if you use a dimension line, you can always drag the dimension text to wherever you like and you can change the dimension text size. Th beauty of using a dimension is that if the geometry changes, the dimension will change as well. Not so with a leader.

Use a Point Marker instead of a Place Point.

There is one case I know of when this is not correct. That is when you have an image that you want to resize (rotated or ortho) using the images perimeter (as opposed to click any points within the image). You can resize the image by clicking the Point To Point Resize in one corner of the image. You can then drag the cursor along the image edge to the other corner - the cursor will stick to the image edge, no matter what the angle. Click the second corner and the dbx will open. Although this works, there are probably easier ways to resize the image like using it's dbx.

You will need to post the plan if you want more help.

Where did the Patio room type come from? There is no Patio room type OOB. Did you create a new Patio room type? Room Name and Room Type are 2 completely different things.