glennw

You are going to have to explain what you are trying to do in more detail as it is not clear from your post. Aren't text and markers already aligned? There is nothing to unlock - they are just dimensions.

If I make the room definition (the decks) other than a Deck, the auto roof builds without the overhang on the top roof. Not sure why at this stage. But there is something screwy going on with your default settings. Maybe check your default floor settings and try and use them. eg, Why do you have a 600mm ceiling finish? I'm not saying that is the problem - but it wouldn't hurt to clean things up.

The simple answer is - don't use walls. It looks like you don't nee traditional walls anyway. Depending on your exact needs, there are other tools such as solids that you can manipulate.

I would use Wall Material Regions the width of the doors/windows with Cut Finish layers if needed. Leaving the whole wall as a single wall type - easier to work with than a wall broken into different wall types. The vertical cladding above and below the window is a single WMR.

Preferences>Appearance>Display>Images and Pictures>Display in Color When Possible?

Chris, Wall Specification dbx>Foundation panel>Footing>Vertical Footing?

I assume you are talking about the vertical centering. I don't know why that happens, but you can fix it with the margins. You can enter negative numbers for the margins to get it exactly as you want. Probably worth a bug report or at least ask Chief why it happens that way. I suspect it may be that the centering is correct if you use lower case letters instead of uppercase because Chief is accounting for descenders and ascenders - which aren't used for uppercase.

I am not sure what Eric did, but there was already a terrain in the plan which did not allow me to generate another terrain. I guess he must have deleted the existing one.

Is there more than one terrain?

Your terrain is on a layer called BOUNDARY, so make sure that is toggled on in the camera view. Open the Terrain Specification dbx and change the Terrain Surface Smoothing to Medium or any one except Linear. It looks like the terrain needs some work.

Eric, You reminded me of the Single Wall Hole option. If you mull the windows, uncheck Single Wall Hole and specify 2 trimmers, you get the same framing as I showed except that the casing displays are different.

Set the Minimum Separation to what you want - and make sure it is large enough to accomodate the framing and Rough Opening size. Either turn of casings or make sure they are small enough to fit the Minimum Separation size. Set the Trimmer Count to zero - I think the thing that causes Chief the problems is it is trying to build both normal studs and trimmers as well in a confined space - so forget about the trimmers. You should get you close to what you want. These studs are 38mm wide with a 10mm Rough Opening (96mm). I am not sure what your header or trimmer requirements are, but any minor changes can be made manually.

Rocky, This is standard behaviour. You can't change the length of a line by selecting the dimension. But...you can change the length of a wall by selecting it's dimension.

You can't extrude a rectangle. Were you in a 3D view of floor plan?

Thanks Mick - fixed.

Neil, Do yourself a favour and build the roof auto. It is quicker to set it up for auto build than it is to alter the roofs manually.

Draw a Face (Build>Primitive>Face). Select it and the Extrude button will appear on the Edit toolbar (along with Revolve Object). These a very powerful 3D tools. You can also Extrude faces that have been Exploded from an object like a Solid.

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Rockney, If you want to do a Skype session with me, I will run you through the basics. My Skype address is glenn-woodward

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Select the walls you want to total. On the Edit toolbar, select Components. This will give you a total length for each wall type in your selection.

As per your other post. You could open a second instance of Chief to compare. or..do a screen capture and view or print

Open a second instance of Chief?

Isn't that what Rotate Plan View does?

That is easily fixed by using an Offset for the Newel/post.