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48 minutes ago, K-Lynn said:

I am working on a deck renovation and am baffled as to why the elevation region for the walkout is moving the entire terrain down. I have the terrain at 2" below subfloor and the region at -96". Also, the sliding door and single door on the middle and right sections are showing at the basement level in 3D. They are supposed to be on the main level as shown in the plan. 

 

What am I missing? I'm using X15.

 

Thanks

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Also Share your chief plan file when looking for help on the forum not dwg

With terrains you cannot just put one piece of elevation data you need multiple elevation data, as if you have one elevation region the hole terrain will move to that height in relation to the settings in terrain perimeter.

So a sloped block of land with an 8' slope you might have 4' elevation data and -4' elevation data you must control the terrain with more than one piece of elevation data

Maybe upload your plan Material list error usually user error

Yes to all

See if that helps

With those dormer side  walls set to roof cuts bottom and framing stickout turn of there layers in camera views and i manualy moved top and bottom height dormer face wall so may affect framing but was only way i could figure to look good

Sargent_auto_save mark edit.zip

May be upload your plan file as that plan looks a bit tricky for a new learner if you cannot figure it out.

Here is the plan see if that helps if not i can try and do a video

Sargent_auto_saveCB.plan

Is this what you are trying to do

a sample image may be helpful

I would submit a bug report on that

Try to upload your file it will make it easier to help you, if its over 14 meg compress it.

Compress it or zip, it does not seem to be a big file. or another thing to try i find furniture can make a large file, so save as then delete things that are making it a large file

Also show chief version

Try these settings

In camera view Cad Menu Automatic Dimensions Auto Story Pole dimensions or in section view draw manual dimensions

If this model interests you let me know i will upload it i don't get to use chief much now so i like to keep my skill practice going it may give you some clues

If you want I could do a screen share to help with that model if you want that send me a private message 

I had play with your model its rough but the basic shape is there you will need to get it more accurate, hopefully you can continue from that, as for the terrain i got rid of over lapping height data see if you can follow on from there to get it better. I made your terrian data standout it helps when trouble shooting terrain problems you should be able to see any overlapping height data issues. 

Fox.zip

I would ask chief support they should be able to get you sorted with this question its about time they put out a video showing how these formulas work

This does not relate to your question but these new features shown in this video I think would be very useful to the type of work you do

11 minutes ago, mtldesigns said:

I'm with Perry here.  I have a .plan and .layout file, all under a project folder on One Drive, files dragged and dropped to a Google Drive and Dropbox for a backup at certain stages of the project.  Easy peasy..

 

So is this PM addition, an option where we don't have to use it?

 

I hadn't seen much of X17 besides the vids and comments, not a beta user here.  And I understand some peeps might like the PM stuff, but I'm looking for more bread and butter in these upgrades not just a different bread box to store it.  That's what I am excited to see..  Did we fix stair issues, pony and railing walls issues, dimensioning options, basically most of the suggested items this past year.   Honestly, I don't recall anyone suggesting a project management system, or I just missed it.  

 

My $0.05 because two pennies are more than a dime. 

You can turn it off in preferences also it ask when you install if you want to use it

Watch this video

Railing Walls - Video | Chief Architect asuming your are still not using  x8 if you are in x16 update your signature in the forum

I would report this to chief it seems like a bug to me

1 hour ago, decorators3 said:

,, don't mean to sound like a %&%&% but define TNR  and Z direction???? 

Transform replicate tool most items have that tool in there tool bar and z is up and down in 3d space  check it out it can be a precise way to move things

Ask for dwg format, 3d only allows for a symbol and you cannot edit it.

Share or upload your plan then people can give you the best solution