TJDesign

Just found a video.... here's hoping I can get it to work!

Good Morning - 

I just downloaded the Nana Wall download from the library for use in a drawing.  I tried dropping it in like any other door or window but it does't show up in my 3d views.  Just as an addition to my wall in plan view.  I tried braking the walls on either side of the Nana Wall and then it messes up my floor and my ceiling/roof.  I've searched the library and forums for how to use these and I find nothing...

thanks for any pointers you can give.

Eric - you are quickly becoming my favorite person!  Thank you - I've got it all fixed!

I am running x9 on Windows 10.  I have created a glass shower door in a small master bath after watching a video.  As proud as I am of figuring this out on my own, I notice that the 1/2" of floor under that glass wall sits on the sub floor rather than on top of the tile floor.  I created it as an interior wall and converted it to glass and added a door, etc.  Is there a way to adjust that wall up on top of the tile floor?  It doesn't uder the door, but o the small side walls it looks like a plywood stripe.  see below

thank you

That worked!  thank you so much!

Thank you!  I'll give it a try.

Hummm... this is happening in two places.  Kitchen island to window and also going over the stairwell.  thank you for taking a look.

Loudon_New_Plan_c.zip

Thank you for your reply - no - it's purely decorative being added.  I added it using the soffit feature.

Good Afternoon - 

I have put in some half walls and some beams to an interior space.  Where the half walls are, they block my beams.  It appears that they are invisible above where they show on the bottom and then blocks the beam at the ceiling.  Is there a different way to do a half wall so that it doesn't do that?  Picture below shows what I'm talking about... that beam is drawn all the way to the window but when I put the half wall in that beam disappeared.

I'm running X9 Interiors on a Windows 10 platform.

Thanks in advance.

Tami

42 minutes ago, Kbird1 said:

Just thought I'd add that the new Tutorial Guide is available now with the other X9 Documentation ( User and Manual ) , it is much more extensive than the Original User guide and walks you through examples from beginning to Start , and it's pretty good.

 

https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/documentation.html

 

I also still have this CA Drawing Order Cheat Sheet from years ago , which may help too...

 

CA Drawing Order QuickTip.docx

Thank you for the pointers to this info!  I think that I'm getting close after a day of fussing with it.  I thought I had set everything up to begin with (except I forgot to uncheck the ceiling over this room option).  My Christmas vacation will be pouring over the tutorials!

Thanks again!

Yes!  Thank you....  I will look for that.

I realized (and see that it was also a suggestion of Javastorm) that some of my rooms have ceilings, so I turned those off and have gotten closer to the affect.  My main issue right now is the stairwell.  I want the long walls on either side to be pony walls to open up the space, but I still see walls to the ceiling.  I tried just deleting the upper wall, but it then deletes the dry wall on my ceiling.

I know I'm probably doing this the hard way, but until I can get on the schedule for some one on one instruction, any help is appreciated.

Good Afternoon - 

I'm attempting to recreate a home in the mid century style in CA Interiors x9.  The roof pitch (as called out in the original plans that I have is 1 in 12.  There is no attic and very little space (approx 12") between the ceiling that follows the roof like and the roof itself.  I have attempted to draw the roof plan myself which gives me the correct roof line for the pitch, but then in the areas where the roof goes up, it creates attic walls that hang down into my main floor area that are not really there.

Hoping to get some help before I move forward.  Can I simply delete those attic walls that are not really there or will it mess something up?  I've attached a zipped file (yes I know it's not fit for building, but this is to show interior concepts only).

Thank you in advance.

Loudon New Plan.zip

1 minute ago, Kbird1 said:

 

 

select them both in the attic , hit copy , go down a level and right click ( empty area of plan)  >paste>hold position

 

then go back up and delete off the attic level

Thank you - figured that out!

Thank you everyone... this is my first attempt at a multi-level home and I'm clearly having many issues.

Javatom - not sure how that ceiling of 3 3/8" go there.  Seems there are many hidden issues in my plan!

2 minutes ago, Alaskan_Son said:

Windows were pasted up onto your attic level.

Thank you - didn't realize I had an attic level.  Is there a way to move them down a level?

Just now, solver said:

Make sure the plan is not open in Chief when you zip it.

Sorry, it was open.  This one was not.  thank you again.

Loudon Plan.zip

Here's the zipped plan.  There are many issues for me to resolve with this, but first these windows

Thank you.

Loudon Plan.zip

1 minute ago, solver said:

Zip the plan, or make a copy and delete furniture and other unnecessary symbols and try that.

There's no furniture yet, I'll try and zip it.

1 minute ago, Kbird1 said:

 

Good thought Mike......

 

post the plan perhaps ..... stops the guessing...

 

 

I attempted to attached the plan file but it said it was too big?  Here's an image shot

window issue.dwg

2 minutes ago, Alaskan_Son said:

I suspect that you had a different floor active in your perspective view and they pasted onto that floor. Try to cut the windows, switch floors in your perspective view and then paste hold position. 

Hummm - they are not showing on either floor.  I had both views tiled in my window so I was looking at both.  I may need to just delete them and re-do it.

2 minutes ago, Kbird1 said:

Are the copied ones still on the Window Layer ?  should be but......

 

Or perhaps the other window has just not refreshed itself yet ?

I'm fairly new to the drawing package so I could be missing something but.... my window layer is on and I've refreshed as well as shut down and reopened with no luck.

Is it possible for a window to be on a different layer?  I wouldn't think so but like I said, I'm just learning now.

I am running CA Interiors X9 and have been working in a split view - plan view on one side and full perspective in the other.  I copied some windows and placed them in the perspective view, but they do not show on my plan view.  Any thoughts?

Thank you

Thank you both - I was using the floor camera and that did the trick.  Glad it was something simple! 

I'm creating a plan that includes stairs in the middle of the house.  I watched the videos and read the articles in the learning center and still, I'm having a few issues and I'm hoping someone can help.  My two remaining issues are:

1) when I view the stairs in 3D from the basement level, I see the stairs, but not the second floor - it looks like it goes to the out doors with blue sky (yes I've checked to make sure I have a ceiling over the 2nd floor).  See image 1

2) When I view the stairs from the 2nd floor, I only see an opening, also going to the outdoors with green grass - no stairs just an opening to below and to outside.  See image 2.

The stairs show in both the basement and the 2nd floor plan views, and I'm at a loss for what to try next.  I am running CA Interiors X9.

Thank you in advance for any insight you can provide.

Tami