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Larry, Just for your information as it appears that you are sorted. If you open the ChiefSiding.pat file you will find a couple of B&B definitions that look like this: ;; CHIEFSIDING.PAT COPYRIGHT(C) 2003, ART(R), INC. *167-SIDG_8-Brd-n-Bat 90, 0,0, 0,8 90, 2,0, 0,8 *168-SIDG_12-Bd-n-Bat 90, 0,0, 0,12 90, 2,0, 0,12 These are probably the easiest types of hatch patterns to create There have been posts in the past that detail how to create .pat files, or there are plenty of places on the web. If the above are not what you want, they are easily modified with a plain text editor to get what you want. ChiefSiding.pat

I am in Sydney and can work interactively through Skype if that is any help.

I don't understand what you mean when you say "I un-mulled all the windows in an entire home". How did you mull them in the first place? You can't mull windows in different walls, so you must have done something else. You can either select all the windows in the plan (various methods to do that) and change them all at once, or you may be able to change all the windows at once by changing the window defaults. You would need to explain in more detail about the wall junctions - what are you doing when they change? You may not have the correct wall definitions in the first place so that the junctions build correctly. It is only in limited cases that you need to change the wall junctions.

OK, I see that it must be my old template plan that isn't displaying a Patio as a room type. ...not to be confused with Room Function. The Patio room has a Function called Slab.

"Patio" it is a custom room type that someone has created. It's function has been defined as a "Slab" room. Maybe that is why you can't find any information on that room type? These are the OOB room types.

I don't think Chief has a default Patio room type. You can find out about room types by do a help search for.......Room Types and Functions

Can you select Add New?

I think you either need to reduce the roof height of the front porch. reduce it's width, or reduce it's pitch so that the ridge will clear the upper floor window. I would also adjust the depth of the covered porch on the left so that the hip meets the upper floor corner - but that is being very pedantic. Roof done automatically:

Are you drawing an Elevation Line behind the retaining wall with the appropriate height? I never use a Terrain Retaining Wall, I use a Terrain Break and then draw my wall manually (it doesn't have to be a retaining wall). I always draw an Elevation Line just behind the Terrain Break at the appropriate height and one in front of the Terrain Break at the lower height. A Terrain Retaining Wall is a normal wall with a Terrain Break incorporated. More often than not, when using a retaining wall, the tops and bottoms will be broken into too many segments which then makes it hard to edit the wall top and bottom shapes. Post a plan for better help.

If you are doing auto roofs (which I would recommend), try making the open end porch railing wall a High Shed/Gable Wall. It looks like you may have it set as a Full Gable. Or...to make things easier, you could post the plan.

In that case, better off sticking with what you have got because learning any piece of new software will entail downtime.

You need to use a Glass Panel door style. On the General panel of the door specification dbx.

You can't physically connect 2 moldings like that with a miter. This link may help:

Why does the main right hand roof have a pitch of 4 3/4" while the others are all 6"?

It would appear that the question is not so straight forward. You would be advised to post the .plan and .layout for a good answer.

Graham, Zoom out 2 seconds Zoom in 5 seconds

Graham, I was really surprised to see such a huge difference between Larry's results and mine. I haven't heard it mentioned yet, but I recall that the number of 3D views open can influence redraw times. Have you done any testing along those lines? I would be interested to see if D Scott gets similar results on his mac. Scott?

If your object has it's Elevation Reference set to Absolute (say zero) and you do a copy to a higher floor, the object will appear on the upper floor in plan view, but in a section or 3D view, it will appear on the lower floor. To avoid this happening, use one of the other Elevation References like From Floor or From Finished Floor.

Graham, I have a 3.5GHz intel i5

Graham, Thanks for all your hard work and making the results available to us all. I thought I would load this file on my relatively low spec mac to see how it compares with Larry's times. I tested the same operations and got greatly different (shorter) times - I have included Larry's times in brackets: Zoom 2 seconds (8-17) Select slab 4 seconds (13) Move edge 4 seconds 14) Close file instant (12) How could you explain these differences? My processor is only a 3.5GHz intel i5

Down here in Oz, the units would have to be separated by appropriate soundproofing and fireproofing. Depending on the configuration, this can be very difficult to achieve.

William, I have the solid transparent fill (about 95% transparency) set in my floor defaults so that whenever I create a closed room, it auto fills with a very light transparent fill. Looks good and also ensures I have room definitions - no fill means no room definition.

Or use Show Pitch in degrees

I believe that one of the main differences between using the Raise Off Plate setting and Raise/Lower From Ceiling Height is that Raise Off Plate will not trim walls to the roof if you lower the roof height or build attic walls if you raise the roof. If you use Raise/Lower From Ceiling Height, walls will trim to the roof if you lower the roof and attic walls will build if you raise the roof I think.......

Don't show the furniture on the floor below. Draw a diagonal line across the open area and a note like you already have that says OPEN TO BELOW GREAT ROOM BELOW.