JJohnson

I am wondering the same thing.  I am doing a project for a client now,  and prior to this SB being approved,  they said it was going to cost them 40K in fees to do the "Granny Flat/Acc. Unit"...  if they could find the extra parking space.

 

The extra parking space was their limiting factor  (to get a RANGE in the unit).  So if they can now build without the extra  parking space,  is it still going to cost 40k in fees just to build it?  They are working with a 150k budget for a relatively easy build  (650 sf).  That 40k is 25% of their budget.

 

I think there is somebody who is running for a public office who is talking about limiting governmental regulations......  I forgot his name......

Does any of the following apply to your project ?  Is there a bus stop within a few blocks ?

Yippee, but will it trickle down to all cities or will each city make up there own laws restricting some of this.

Good question.  I came across this, "The League of California Cities" while browsing

for info on SB1069.  This appears to say that a city is subordinate to the state law,

JJ,  Not sure I have ever even used an auto dormer before or at least that I can remember but got this first try just with copy and paste. Dumb luck I am sure.   Is this what you are looking for?

Did you do anything special, but yes that's what I needed?

JJ,  Not sure I have ever even used an auto dormer before or at least that I can remember but got this first try just with copy and paste. Dumb luck I am sure.   Is this what you are looking for?

Man I tried and tried, you are just plain lucky !!

Jere,

 

The Dormer needs to fit within the roof plane or it won't place.

 

Go to the Default Settings> Dormer and lower the wall height to 48" and it will place.

That was it, wall could not be higher than roof rise I think.

Looks like wall height adjustment is key to placing AND resizing these stubborn little guys

Thanks !

I cannot seem to make an auto dormer place on the roof that the arrow is pointing to.

The other one took time but finally placed.

Have tried everything I can think of.

Using Auto Floating Dormer Tool, Shed Roof Style

Help Wanted !

Thanks,

Portico Dormer Added.plan

It's the law now, hope this makes a difference !

https://govnews.gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=19564

We typically use a 24" tall stem wall however when I build my foundation with default wall height set to 25-1/2" with sill plate selected, CA builds walls 40-5/8" tall. Easy enough to revise but why and where can that be set to 25-1/2" default?

Also cannot get any sill plates to build even though they are set to build in defaults.

You need to build floor framing, to generate mud sills ( and rim joists, as well as floor joists )

Auto interior dimensions will place what looks like thousands of dimensions into a floor plan

if you do a whole floor.  Better to select a room, look at the tool bar that comes up when you

do that, then auto int dim for just that one selected room, then clean up.

glennw pointed out that auto interior dimensions show every walls length in a room, as well

as opening locations.  Gets so cluttered !

sb_1069_bill_20160902_enrolled.pdf

I just went through this, and you still must draw this style truss manually.

I settled on this method:  after setting platform structure defaults, use auto

framing so you get the rim and sill, but make joist spacing something like 48" o.c. 

to make deleting the joists easier.  Group select and delete, draw in desired truss

and multi copy at correct spacing,

I have designed several homes and remodel projects in which I handed over my designs to a draftsman to draw up for the permit application.

Now, I would like to learn Chief and draw for other builders and remodelers. However, my biggest fear is making a structural mistake.

Do you have Chief X8, and can you access this training video series ?

https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/breckenridge.html

If so, try it out, do not be intimidated by the complexity of the model, it's just

an assembly of routine features.

Keep the plan and your practice plan both open as you progress.

I am doing it now as a refresher and getting a lot out of it.

A solution is to cut that little wall out,  move window over,  and then put wall back in place using PASTE IN PLACE.  

Thanks a bunch !!

Yes, just like that.

I cannot move this mulled unit closer to the corner, and I am pretty sure

there is an attic wall remnant or something that I cannot find in the way.

Any help appreciated

Brekenridge Practice.plan

I think the problem with the auto interior dimensions is not that Chief is duplicating the dimensions, but rather, Chief is going around the enclosed room and dimensioning each wall.

So that in a regular shaped square or rectangular room, you get a dimension for each wall.

As it happens, opposite walls are the same length and so you get what looks like duplicate dims, but really, Chief is just dimensioning each wall.

Try it with an L shaped room or rooms with more steps and L shapes in the walls and it becomes pretty obvious what is happening.

 

And remember that some of the settings from the current dim style are applied to the Auto interior dims as well. Like formatting, setup, arrow, etc.

That's gotta be it, good thinking.

BTW the new lenses look great !

Select all, then point to point move ?

Actually, if you set the finish layer of your wall to the proper depth of 2x the material, set correct color etc, and then come back with wall material regions that have the setting to "cut" the finish wall layer, you can very quickly duplicate those across each side of your structure. This gives you both vector and render views, and you don't have to model around the windows and doors since material regions auto-cut there.

Here is a quick example (i didn't get the settings right but just demonstrated it could work with ease). The "recessed" area is actually the material region cutting the last wall surface.

Wow a way to do board and batten !!

Thanks !!

I use manual for interior and use the auto exterior and clean those up.

Helps to select one room and add auto dimensions (with the tools that appear 

then) in just that one room.    Room by room is less crazy making for me.

Then,  edit what you get that way, could be faster than manually doing it from start.

I noticed when I use auto interior dimension there is duplicate dimensions? really annoying? See 2nd pic. Thanks!!

I get the same thing, and so do int dims manually.

Looking forward to any answer here ..............

For me speed comes from using hotkeys tied to multi-button mice.  I can open dbx's without moving the cursor.  Enter numbers with my right hand never leaving the mouse.  My left hand mouse has side buttons that I have turned into copy/paste,  but perhaps - oddly enough - my biggest time saver was mapping delete and back space to my right hand middle ( tilt-scroll) button.  Left, and down for delete - right for backspace

Very much like my mouse set up.  Left wheel is delete, right wheel is undo, click wheel is open object, plus two left buttons

one for space (back to select mode) and one for tab (next object).

I have also remapped keys so I have a delete on the left side of the keyboard, and a ', or foot button above the number pad on

the keyboard.  I also recently set up a little BonyTek number pad on the left side of keyboard, but not using it a lot yet.

Speeds things up.

.................polyline solids to cover up most of it but it doesn't work in the title bar for some reason.

 

 

The title bar is on page 0, everything there shows up on all other pages, and therefore the

title bar must be changed there.

Second, my cursor is stuck showing the build terrain icon next to the mouse pointer. This stays on despite the fact that Im not building terrain. Choosing another tool does not change it.. seems kind of buggy but its most likely user error.

 

 

Go to 3D View Defaults Dialog, there are several ways to get there.

 

Check the box at Auto Rebuild Terrain to get rid of that symbol.

 

It means something in the terrain was changed but terrain has not been rebuilt is all.

I needed to quickly place one on an as-built recently and rather than fuss

with additional floor, I made a simple one, changed it to a symbol in library, and

just set it up on the roof.

I deleted the surfaces on one side so you can see the main roof is inside, as it would

likely be framed anyway.