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I have a different situation where the stairs need to be curved on the left side only. Is this doable, I'm not sure it is without solids. 

Hi Chad,

The short answer is yes, your example picture shows a different foundation depth in the middle of the building. Is that the extra lines the OP was talking about?

Hi Chopsaw,

I tried it on my machine the left one is your symbol. The right one is a copy with the square mesh from the library, edited to 1"x1" scale. It comes in at 5"x 5."

I have found that checking the box "keep Pattern/Texture in Sync" first before making changes to the scale makes it behave the way you expect.

Hi Darren,

Try turning off photon mapping, it only works on objects in the room you are raytracing. Well at least it used to do that. 

Thank you for your reply Ryan

I am now considering going for the Enterprize edition. Looks like it could have a lot of preset shortcuts and views in multiple programs

Hi all,

I was wondering if any of you are using this mouse? Like it? 

I am having problems with my hand. Currently using a 3dConnexion 3d cad mouse ( reg shape mouse) hoping this will reduce the workload on the right hand.

thank you for your feedback!

Hey I found a copy of 2017, the whole folder. I tried launching the exe but I dont have a lic. 

Any way I can send you a copy via wetransfer just send me a pm with your email.

Genious! That is like a doh moment!  

thx Glenn!

I agree Shane! I would also like a better method.

Hi Steve,

I would try joining the roof planes again. It may fix it. Would have to see the plan.

Less is more when dealing with terrain elevation data. Also if you place 2 elevation lines 12" apart this will stop the terrain at that elevation. So if you place a pair in front of your building pad area and 2 at the rear.

Hi Pat,

Try using the regular text tool. Use the tab key to create the columns, then make sure to turn on "show grid" 

I couldn't get it to change to read with the foot mark either ( 7' ) might be a no go. 

Hi Rob,

This peaked my curiosity, I appreciate eastern timber architecture and joinery!   

I looked online to find more examples and it looked like the ridge beam was the sloping piece. 

I made a mock up of it. 

If you uncheck ( recessed to sheathing) in the window dialog options.

As far as the lighting above the cabinets and ceilings, is there a roof over the model? foundation made?

You may need to bump up the lumens on some lights, I thought I read that the lights are more accurate in x12

Probably others have more suggestions.

I would propose that you should have 2 walls in that assembly. Interior energy wall and your foundation wall.

Model it like you build it!

Hi Kevin,

You must have your label macro on your page template. If you use the edit page information (I right click in the project browser) instead you can select a new range for the # wild card to be used. So page 10 will be entered as 10 and then 11 is 1# 

Then you can change it again if you get to a new range. The only drawback is this is done manually on each page, but if you do it once it's good for the future!

Also you could make a different page template to get it done.

I would recommend purchasing the New Home Designer Suite 2021 for $99. Or if you need more tools, architectural or pro versions. The pro version is amazing what you get for $500 tool wise and library content.

Hi Robert,

Thank you for your reply, I currently do my details in live cameras also. I think having a camera for each detailed area is the way to go.

As far as labeling the callouts I agree it's manual. 

thank you Michael

Good morning, as the title states

Does anybody have any ideas of the best way to get this accomplished currently in x11 or x12?

My client has requested details made from a back clipped cross-section camera view. His first request as an example. There are a lot of these needed in our current large project!

Hi Dru,

Try turning on, recessed to main layer or sheathing and see if that changes it.

You may have to move the exterior foam layer to the exterior layer and then use recessed to exterior sheathing.

Hi Joe,

I was printing from layout to chief pdf driver. also tried CutePDF. both the same output.

I have discovered that if one uses another camera style say the technical illustration type it prints correctly.

I have reported this to tech support.

Here is also the example of the vector view style.

A-201-test-chiefpdf-1.pdf

I just experienced this problem with a watercolor view sent to layout jumps out of alignment with the vertical dimension lines set to floor levels 

It was not a problem with the vector view but when I changed it to watercolor it moves when printed to pdf. It looks correct in plan and layout and print preview but once printed it's out of place? I attached a copy of the result. My client wants to use this view type in the layout. The vector style is not showing the way he likes. He mentioned something about line hierarchy? I have not really heard about this before. This problem is in X11

A-201-chiefpdf-color-1.pdf