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  1. MPDesign
    Hi, I made a section 6' long with solids and general framing, then turned into a symbol. set the elevation to absolute and copied across the lot. It is buried in the ground but the top is level! fence-top-level.plan
  2. MPDesign
    I made this from a 3d framing view and some solid layers applied in elevation, notes added in 3d view, with 3d arrows from the library. it took about an hour fussing.
  3. MPDesign
    That label is refering to the layer in the wall type dbx. Your framing must be on layer 2. This is the view label (what your looking at) not the wall label.
  4. MPDesign
    pm sent.
  5. MPDesign
    Hi Dennis, Just some idea's. You could turn off color before you send it to layout. Or turn off color in layout. Turn off wall layers. Change the fill in wall types. Lots of ways to accomplish. A picture would help.
  6. MPDesign
    Hi Ethan, I was playing around with this issue. I found that if you make a separate furred wall inside, then frame it. Change the header size and then copy the 2x6 header. Turn off the label for one of them. Then last thing is lock the framing in that wall!
  7. MPDesign
    Thank you Ryan, I have used that setting for terrain topo lines before. Just not for an elevation marker. Learned 2 things today!
  8. MPDesign
    cool didn't notice that dialog before. thank you!
  9. MPDesign
    Hi Joey, I found that using a marker and adding the text to top and bottom works. The auto story pole doesn't play nice. By the way how did you get your 1/8" number to be small like the special characters in macros?
  10. MPDesign
    Try the roof beams tool. It will place the beam under the roof.
  11. MPDesign
    Hi Larry, Another thought, you could use temp dimensions to move it, select the 3d solid on the face you want to move and select the dimension box and enter 0 and the move all icon on the right.
  12. MPDesign
    Hi Paul, I opened your plan and rebuilt the floor framing and it works as it should.
  13. MPDesign
    Hi John, Welcome to the forum. It would be helpful if you can let us know what version of chief your are using? Also some pictures are helpful! I have a home that matches your description and use case. I ended up putting a single pitch over the screen porch. The hip concept wouldn't work with out a flat area on the top.
  14. MPDesign
    It is driven by the layer text style.
  15. MPDesign
    Hi Bob, I looked at your file to see what settings you were referring to. I see that the sub fascia and fascia are standard settings. 5 1/2" gable & eave sub, 7 1/4" gable & eave fascia. Rob had 7 1/4" gable sub, 5 1/2" eave sub, then 1/16" x 8 1/2" gable fascia, 1/16" x 6 3/4" eave fascia. As you stated, once the settings are equalized the roofs work.
  16. MPDesign
    yes, it is called the "Lintel"
  17. MPDesign
    Hi, You need to save the plan your working on. Give it a name and a folder to place it to find later.
  18. MPDesign
    You will want to turn off (wall dimension check box) in your current dimension string. Then set the default behavior in the dimension defaults dialog box for future use. This is for X14, I don't see your version your using in signature panel. Pretty much same for a few versions back.
  19. MPDesign
    Hi Raquel, Ask away, looks like your making good progress! If the questions have to do with a different tool then start a new thread for that question. Don't forget that the F1 button will open help menu to get info about the tool you are using.
  20. MPDesign
    Looks good, that process works as well. The polyline solid tool used in section camera looks like this icon in picture. You still draw your shape but it is already a 25mm thick solid piece.
  21. MPDesign
    Hi Raquel, Looking good! The side piece is made with the camera 2 in my sample plan. Use the polyline solid tool as before. Then copy it to the other side. cheers, Michael
  22. MPDesign
    When the room is selected in plan view look at your sub menu of tools(at the bottom of your screen) look for the tool that looks like this. By the way, It would be nice to know your name. regards, Michael
  23. MPDesign
    I think Garybills is referring to a polyline solid, have a look at this sample to see how the pieces are made. I saved the back clipped cross section cameras. I used polyline solid tool in the camera to make the pieces. I changed the thickness to 3/4" ( 20mm) door valance model.plan
  24. MPDesign
    The polyline solid is for the shape of the valance board, make that in a back clipped cross section camera. Then use the right click, make room molding command from plan view to get your desired crown molding to break around the valance. I used x14 without thinking, same process as x12.
  25. MPDesign
    Hey Doug, I had to try my idea of how to make this. Seams like it works. sample included Mansard-roof-testing.plan