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Thanks, Ryan.

The quickest way is probably to "send the dimension backward in the drawing order". In other words, the drawing order of manual dimensions is 5 by default and could be set to any order that puts the dimension "underneath" whatever you want to show instead.

Thank you very much!

Does that even still exist? I searched high and low, and finally gave up looking for it.

In the Door DBX, General, Door Style Pulldown Box, look for "louvered". The "blinds" are closed, but it achieves the effect.

Actually it's easier than ever before. In your toolbars, look for the Active Layer Set Control (Small scrollable window), usually right beside the active scale annotation window.

I would check with your insurance agent, and have your client check with their insurance agent.

In the Door Specification DBX, do you have the "Finished Floor to Bottom" set to 0"?

I thought for quite a while that I had screwed up some setting and couldn't find a way to fix it.

Engineer?

What you might try, to see if it works for you, is to delete the finish floor material in the Floor 1 defaults. Then re-build (and set to auto-rebuild) the foundation, and the finish should disappear. But then you will have to manually add the finish to Floor 1 and any other additional floors. The finish floor of "Floor 0" (which can be set to "auto re-build") actually follows the directive of the Floor 1(which does not "auto-rebuild") floor finish.

Are we sure the wall didn't create the doors while no one was looking?

A lot of work that needs to be done, but the existing barn is in the way. Mick's suggestion is best.

It's probably just a fluke, but every time I tried to do anything to the wall between the Master Bedroom and the chimney > crash and burn. I deleted that wall and rebuilt and all seemed right again. Worth looking at all the interior walls in that location, or maybe even deleting them all and re-doing.

I would try to get the survey PDF out of the picture, maybe. I gave up on including PDFs in plan files because of slow down issues. Also, the SUV parked at the door.

A lot of builders think from the foundation up because that's what gets done first, but the building drives what happens with the foundation so it's probably better to just go with Chief's flow.

How about a small "transition" room (similar to a breezeway), and then a separate roof altogether.

The elephant in the living room may be "insurance". I can't imagine operating at any level in the construction industry without liability and/or error and omissions insurance, and it's my understanding that if you don't have a "stamp" (registered, licensed architect), then the insurance companies will not cover you for any aspect of construction design, even if the plans are stamped by an engineer. That may vary from state to state, but I would check with your insurance agent before doing anything. Obviously, if you're "drafting" for a licensed architect and it's under HIS/HER roof, then it's a different matter.

I love it. How do you do that?

Thanks for the heads-up, Steve.

I'm afraid that seems to be true. Very discouraging, since all has been pretty good for quite some time.

Corner boards?

The apparent absence of wall bracing in the original construction. Other than that, pretty standard stuff.

This really is an exciting new capability, so we hope they'll iron it out. What I've done is switch the roles. Do the main plan in glass and reference the other plan in "Standard". That way the glass house part looks better. (What they did in your third image.) Not optimal, but........

Hi Diane, Have you tried, in Layout, Tools>Layout>Referenced File Plans?