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  1. LeeDrafter
    yes, that's actually what I have been doing, that works well too. Thanks!
  2. LeeDrafter
    yes, I just tried it and that does work. You're right, not the solution I was hoping for, but it may be a bit faster than deleting redrawing the grass region.Thanks for the recommendation!
  3. LeeDrafter
    Thank you, I'm glad I'm not the only one having the problem. Maybe I'll suggest a fix to CA. I don't dedicate much time to my renderings which is why a really like the new grass- it makes it look way better with no extra work. I'll probably just delete grass when I don't need it and replace it when I do. But thanks for the reply!
  4. LeeDrafter
    Hi All, I think this is probably a question with an easy answer, but I can't think of it. I would like to be able to turn on and off a "grass region". The reason is sometimes I'd rather just see the terrain perimeter and to save some of my computer's energy, but I still want to turn on the grass region for final renderings. I have put my grass region on it's own layer so I can turn it off, but it leaves a hole in the terrain when it is off. Is there a way to have the grass region not make a hole? Thank you, Lee
  5. LeeDrafter
    thank you Jason and Rene. I appreciate the thoughts!
  6. LeeDrafter
    Hi Chief Community, I'm wondering if anybody has advice for updating multiple plans with the same information, and I'm wondering if technology has or will help to make this easier. I'm working on designing a new floor plan, and it's not totally finished yet. I have it finished enough to send it out to trades for feedback and start the estimating process, but there will be changes that come from all that. Meanwhile, I need to make a copy of that floor plan and adjust some things to make it work for a different lot. My usual method would be to get everything as perfect as possible on the first plan before I copy it and then just make sure I keep track of all changes to both plans so I can update them both. Then of course this gets even more complicated if I move it to a 3rd lot and start adjusting a 3rd plan. I think the people in the Chief community are all probably really organized and detail oriented and used to keeping track of mulitple changes as us drafters have to do. However, I'm wondering if there is a better way to work on plans simultaneously like this? Thanks for any advice or conversation. Lee
  7. LeeDrafter
    thank you Rene! this was very helpful! I really appreciate your efforts in making the video, that helped a lot!
  8. LeeDrafter
    Hello, I am working on a tri-level plan (attached), and I am wishing I would have drawn my 1st floor on floor 0 as a basement. The reason is the way I did it leaves a blank area for the middle floor on "Floor 1" instead of showing the foundation crawl space there, and the way I did it doesn't show the foundation below my floor framing for that middle floor. In the past, I've drawn tri-level plans with my basement level on floor 0 and within the foundation plan, but for some reason I did it differently in this plan. Is there a way to easily change floor levels? Also, which levels would you all recommend using if you were designing a tri-level like this? thank you, Lee Small Townhome 38MV.zip
  9. LeeDrafter
    thank you! I'm always happy (and a bit embarassed) when there is such an easy solution to one of my questions.
  10. LeeDrafter
    Hello, I'm drawing a plan with a finished garden-level basement for the foundation. I have used pony walls for the basement walls which are 8" concrete on the bottom and 5.5" framed walls with siding on top. In the wall specification dbx, under display in plan view, I have selected "upper wall and lower wall" for my basement level floor plan saved plan view which shows the interior walls and finishes and things. I want to make a different "Foundation" saved plan view for the foundation and plumbing contractors with other information and without all the extra detail. In this view, I would like the pony walls to display the lower wall only (8" concrete). I don't think there is a way to do this because it looks like display settings need to be the same in all layer sets, but I thought I would put it out there and see how the rest of you might handle this scenerio. I tried making the wall a very light color in the foundation layer set, but it's not having the effect I was ideally going for. Thank you!
  11. LeeDrafter
    Thank you! good to know there's no way to see the actual elevation point in camera view.
  12. LeeDrafter
    Yes, I suppose you're right. That's how I have done it in the past when using this method from my own elevation data. On this, job, I was trying to be very accurate, but I'm sure if the terrain height is within a few inches of accuracy, it will work out fine during construction. I can probably just eyeball it so it looks about right. On another note, I'm trying to mimic what you showed dimensioning to those terrain elevation points in an elevation view, but I don't know how to see those points in elevation view. I have the layers turned on, what am I missing? Thank you!
  13. LeeDrafter
    Thanks, and I agree. This is a work in progress, and I will be adding a few flat areas after I get my heights figured out
  14. LeeDrafter
    Thank you @SH_Canada2! That makes a lot of sense that those negative numbers in the terrain elevation points are causing the unusual heights for the subfloor above terrain. I got those numbers from my field measurements in relation to my laser instrument height, so nothing related to sea level. I can change the numbers as long as they stay the same in relation to each other. I'm going to try to fix them so zero matches the absolute zero of the plan and see if that helps. Thanks again!
  15. LeeDrafter
    Hello, I'm working on the attached plan which is a tri-level home on a sloped terrain. I have defined the middle level floor height as absolute zero and have adjusted the other floors from there. I have made my terrain with elevation data. But I don't know how my terrain elevation (subfloor height above terrain) relates to the floor plan absolute zero. By trial and error adjusting the height until it looked about right, I ended up with a subfloor height above terrain of -40", but that doesn't make logical sense to me. On a sloped lot, which part of the terrain is this height referring to? I'd like to be able to adjust my terrain height in relation to my plan absolute zero, but maybe they are not relational? Thanks in advance! tri level Modern 2.zip