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yes , you can set up different layer-sets to do exactly what you want. also use Anno-sets to bring up those layer-sets. search the videos for those items. once you learn them you will never have to turn off or turn on a layer again for standard views, non-standard, just create a new Anno-set and good to go in 3 minutes.

Can't you just change the roof line thickness in that anno-set / layer-set and anything else you want thicker.

I always use plot lines for sections/ elevations b/c I print in grayscale so I never saw it. I don't like color in those, it doesn't print well

Your right, I never use red so never saw it.

yes, just uncheck or check these but you can't have it 2 ways for plans and elevations.

the thickness of the cross section line is adjusted in the camera/ display section of the camera DBX. My camera's show up fine in the layout

If you have to use red make it on the dark almost black side, if you print to grayscale

Yes use the save as with a different name and tune off auto save

I have the E7100i and don't seem to have any problems with buttons.

I use the post tool, and the post with footing tool. If you adjust the defaults prior to placing it works great. No cleanup for me

Glen is correct, but it would also be nice to be able to copy camera settings,and section elevation cameras.

Maybe your internet provider has a limit on download sizes ,but to me it would seem that file isn't that big. It downloads ok for me

But if you use reference sets as part of your printed plan, like I do a lot, you have to use draw first so the floor you are trying to show, will print last and over the top of any reference items.

Ross, I can't argue with that other than I will use the auto roof as a start then modify from there, it's just faster for me.

I have seen that before usually with slabs in the foundation

Alan you dog, very funny

The use of "Anno-sets" are perfect for that. one click and done

Using a "Room finish schedule" will give you all the square footages and total them up for you, as long as you have the s.f. included in the schedule. You can also just include just the one item( square footage) and it will only show that if that's all you want to include. Of course you can have many different schedules in the plan. I'm not sure if HDP has schedule's though

WITHOUT SEEING THE PLAN, it looks like the higher walls are just gable end walls that are going higher b/c the roof isn't stopping the walls. A wall will seek a roof plane to stop it from going higher. Try to finish the roof that you want.

yes the bonus lib. has many more

Yep, this is not something automatic in Chief, lots of custom stuff --p-solids. Too much to explain here

Your right Glen, I haven't done it b/c ,here we never use the perimeter mono slab insulation, we make it up in a multitude of ways in the Calcs. No one around here really want to add the insulation at that spot b/c you can see it and weathers very badly and looks bad, and too much trouble. You would think that would work though.

You may have to use the edit-floor area and select the entire 2nd floor and use the point to point method to place it directly over the 1st floor.

You can add a blank layer to your deck wall definition to push the wall outside the foundation line. You may have to set "foundation to here" to the outside of the blank layer.

Just add it to your foundation wall definition, and use that wall in your mono slab, here in California it required unless you can make it up somewhere else using the computer method of calculations.