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Rene, Please don't be too critical of the model I posted. I built the wall in a metric plan and then copied and pasted into either the original or your plan which are imperial - so the units got a bit screwey. The bleed of the terrain is just me being sloppy and not wanting to spend the time to fixing the terrain and elevation regions. That would be no problem to clean up. I didn't even use a terrain break - I left it up to the Elevation Regions to work it out between themselves and I didn't really edit them much - only enough to convey the idea. I was mainly interested in building the retaining wall using a molding polyline rather than sorting the terrain out. Didn't I say this? I agree, Terrain Break is a solid method to learn, a Terrain Retaining Wall is not. Just draw a Terrain Retaining wall perpendicular to the contours and have a look at the walls top - a mess that is almost impossible to use. There is no problem getting a vertical cut when using a Terrain Break - you just need to place Elevation Lines or Elevation Regions close to the Terrain Break which define the top and bottom levels. In the end it's whatever works best for you.

I quickly added a darker colored capping block to this one - all are on the same molding polyline. With a couple of more minutes work, it would also be easy to get the 2/3 block coursing shown in the original pic.

This method assumes that you don't want ANY part of the wall construction to show in the ML (not just the framing) - like drywall, brick veneer, USB, insulation, etc, which makes sense if you don't want any of the existing included.

Place your existing walls on their own layer and uncheck the Mat column for that layer. They will then not calculate in the ML.

I don't think you need to turn the windows off - you need to delete the duplicate windows on the SHEDULES, TEXT layer. Or maybe by "turn windows off", you mean delete - if so, yes.

If it were me, i would forget about terrain retaining walls - they introduce too many problems and are not needed for a level top wall. A Terrain Retaining wall actually contains a Terrain Break. I would shape the terrain using only Terrain Breaks, Elevation Regions, and Elevation Lines. I would then use a Molding polyline with stacked and offset moldings for the retaining walls, something like this. You can assign different material offsets for each course to get the correct bond appearance.

Perry, Is your method, the same as/better /worse than unchecking Soffits?

Steve, You just beat me to it. I used a slightly different method. No need for a custom panel or symbol - I used a Solid panel in the dbx. The cap is the Top Rail. The spacing of the Newels/Post determines the top of wall smoothing. No problem doing curved walls that follow the terrain.

Bob, You have duplicate windows occupying the same place. You have windows on both the Windows layer AND the ...SCHEDULES, TEXT layer.

And while they are at it, we also need the ability to use and display rebated (a molding?) and other shaped jambs instead of the rectangular ones we are limited to at the present.

The contractor and the bank may have both acted illegally in stopping payment on the check. I am in Australia where different rules may apply, but a quick, cursory search (this is the first of many sites) revealed this info which may help. https://www.legalmatch.com/law-library/article/when-can-you-stop-payment-on-a-check.html

I had to... Edit All Roof Planes>Structure Panel>Roof Layers>uncheck Soffits and then check Roof>Build Roof Framing. Make sure your Framing, Roof Rafters is turned on in the 3D view.

As Adam said, make sure Bumping/Pushing is toggled on and if it still isn't working, increase the Maximum Bump Distance (up in the Option section of the same Snap Properties panel).

I believe that you can do what you want with the original objects. ie, without the need to draw polylines. And I think others have tried to explain this previously. You can assign a different color fill to the Roof Planes layer for each Layerset. So, set up your layersets so that you can control the fill color depending on the layerset. Open the roof planes dbx, Fill Style>Appearance, select a color and make sure Use Layer Color is checked. eg, This means that on the Roof Planes layer set, the roofs can have a green fill. You could then change to the Impermeable layer set where the roofs could have a blue fill. Post a simple plan with a quick description of what you want and someone here will try and set it up to get what you want because sometimes things get lost in translation, settings are different....etc..

Rob, I have the Zeiss multifocal lens - which I think are really tri-focal. I don't know what Standard, Mono or lifestyle are. I have had these for 2 or 3 years. No loss of contrast or any other problems apart from halos which I now don't even notice.

David, To fix the soffit problem, uncheck Flush Eave on the Option panel of the roof specification dbx. Why not do an auto roof return?

Have you tried here? https://www.ozbreed.com.au/landscape-gardening-plants-3d-graphics/#advanced There is also an Ozbreed manufacturer's library that is available on the Chief website, but they may be the same as the above.

Andy, I can't duplicate the problem you are having with the Steel Chair or any other sort of chair. It may have been fixed in a later version than X6.

Can you post a plan in which you are getting the error message?

Not sure about X6 - it was too long ago. When you say "curve", I am assuming you mean "arc". But as far back as X9: Draw a single straight line using Polyline Distribution Path. Select it, and on the edit Toolbar, select Change Line/Arc.

Eric, Try here: Chief Architect Core Catalogs>Architectural>Windows>Window Units>Protruding>Garden

There is one like this in the library if it helps. Do a search for Garden.

Try this. Go to the Build Framing dbx>Wall panel>Mitre Ends Of Angled Walls. Uncheck Horizontal Frame Through. Grab one end of a horizontal wall that is drawing over the party wall and drag it back over the party wall, then drag it back over the party wall to it's original position. Do that for each horizontal wall. That should give you a continuous vertical party wall. I haven't played further, but the wall framing still doesn't generate correctly at the wall junctions - this could be a wall definition problem. I will have another play when I get time.

Lew, Normally anything on page zero will appear on the following pages as page zero is a template page. BUT, you have made page 1 a template page as well, which other pages are referencing as their template. That is why you are not seeing the red rectangle on page 1. You can have as many template pages in a layout as you like and other pages can reference them as their template. Open up Edit Page Information while on page 1 and have a look at where it says Use As Page Template. You can't uncheck this box until you go to the pages that are using page 1 as their template, and tell them to use another page as their template. Once you do those things, page 1 will no longer be a template page and you will be able to make it refer to page zero as it's template.

Chief's screen capture tool will not work on dbx's like that.