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Or...Preferences>General>New Plans>Open and Save As I always have it set to Use This Folder. I am not sure what the OOB setting is.

Robert, Is that correct?

Turn on auto roofs. Build the roof on floor 2 - not floor 1 - don't use raise off plate for floor 1. Create a room on floor 2 with invisible walls where you want the higher gable. Raise the height of that room. Adjust the depth that the room goes back into the floor 2 to build the roof properly.

If you can post a plan I will give it a run on my basic iMac.

Something like this? Prave dimenzije v2 GLENN.plan

What was the mistake?

How do you know what can't be done with the auto build roof tool? And what is wrong with doing 90% auto and 10% manual?

Mick, FIR may be hard coded, but there is no problem changing the framing name from Fir to something else. Or...I guess you want automatic, which would be ideal.

Here is another auto build roof. I had to make a room of the garage pushout to get the small gable. Otherwise everything else seems to build OK. It is best to leave Auto Rebuild Roofs toggled on so that hen you change a room or wall you get instant feedback on what you have done.

If you follow the steps in the help file for the different types of roofs, all should be revealed. Pay particular attention to the roof settings in the wall definition dbx.

I assume you are talking about a Dutch Gable? In which case you can use the Dutch Gable tool. Open the Build Roof dbx>Roof Styles and pick the one you want.

Another way that seems to work. Place a wall that contains studs you don't want included in the ML on their own layer (say an existing wall). Uncheck the M in the layer display options for that layer. The wall will not be reported in the ML (which is probably what you want anyway). But...also, the studs won't be reported either, even though they are on a different layer (Framing, Wall) with the M checked.

Scott, Maybe not! You should be able to filter the studs by height by using the Lumber Reporting Method Control in the ML. The reason your studs are coming in at the same height is probably because you are using Lineal Length which is not filtering the studs by length. The is reporting the studs of the same width and height by totalling all the stud lengths. For starters, try using Cut List - this will sort the studs into their actual length and ignore any set lengths (Buy List) as defined in Structural Reporting. You may need to edit your Structural Reporting defaults - but I don't think you will need to. PS. Make sure in Build Framing, you have Use Wall Framing Material checked, otherwise chief will use the framing default.

Scott, I am guessing that all your studs are all the same size and height? If they are different sizes and heights, there may be ways to do what you want.

I assume that you want the drywall to extend down and cover the face of the concrete step? You can do this by setting the Brick Ledge depth to 12" in the Wall Type Definitions dbx. The problem is that the baseboard builds hard up against the concrete and not the wall lining. So you would then need to do the skirting manually with a molding polyline. I would never build it like that. I would always take the wall down to the lower slab to allow for any adjustments to irregularities in the concrete pour. Like this:

Instead of making that corner from solid walls, you could try making it a hollow wall junction made from thinner walls. Post the plan for more detailed help.

Use Centre Object to centre the windows and doors.

Scott, I can't find one. The best I can do is to enlarge the Safari window and then use View>Zoom In repeatedly which just about gets you there, but far from satisfactory.

I have had this happen as part of an ongoing problem i am having with Chief. What do you see if you go Preferences>General>Unit Conversions after seeing this message? Do you get the same error message when entering a distance into any dbx? What happens when you draw a dimension and/or what happens to existing dimensions? I suggest that you keep the Chief session open to help with trouble shooting. But, does closing the existing plan and opening a new plan result in the same behavior? Does the problem resolve with a new chief session?

Have a look at Repositioning Cameras in the help file.

There are no differences between the mac and windows versions. Well, there may actually be the odd minor thing because of the different operating systems (like the way the title bar and menu bar work, for instance), but for all practical purposes, there is no difference.

Just so you know for future reference. It sounds like this to me: This is a real quirk, and I could never understand why it was designed that way. The "All On" layerset turns on the "Walls, Main Layer Only" layer, which actually turns off the display of all wall layers bar the main layer. It's a bit like multiplying a positive number by a negative number - the result is always negative. Go figure! I have always thought that there had to be a better way.

You can do it by dragging the top and bottom of the wall (rail) up or down. BUT, you can't do that while it is a rail. Open it's dbx, uncheck rail, drag the top and bottom heights, check rail. Tommy may have a different technique.

Or... once you have your scale factor, you can also do it in the PDF Box Specification dbx. Open the dbx and make sure Retain Aspect Ration is checked, in either the Width or Height, leave the existing size and add "*your scale factor" (multiply by your scale factor). Click OK. It always amazes me how many ways you can skin a cat in Chief.

Scott, If this is only a Chief problem it may be the setting at Preferences>General>Troubleshooting>Mouse Movement Optimisations.