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I might have painted it, can’t remember, I have not redrawn it yet, I guess that is what I will do. i thought there might be a simple answer. thanks

I am having trouble when I change exterior wall surface material on defaults one of my walls on my model will not change to new default, anyone have a reason or fix?

Hey Michael, looks like a good way, the only problem is chief has very limited hex tiles...also harder to mix different tiles this way. Cheers.

I made a tile with a surrounding grout as a material region and then copied again and again, I will save this and I should be able to drop it in another plan .

Thanks Eric....much better to do with material regions...for both grout and tile... not sure if i will keep multi-colours but i like the effect. Cheers...

I built polyline solids for grout and tile and then had to make a material region to cut out floor because in water colour view the lines of the hardwood would show thru unless i made tile at least 1/8" or thicker than hardwood? not sure why this is happening...i thought that even if polyline solids were 1/16 above floor it should cover the floor?

But the issue i see is the tiles have to match exactly where the cut out is in both vector view and standard view, and i think it can be difficult to align x and y for this tile especially if there is more than one instance? Maybe it makes sense to make tiles as a 3d polyline solids and then the hardwood can be cut using a precise material region? Chopsaw what is the #3 key, forgive my ignorance?

I would like to get some ideas on the best way to represent this blend of larger hex tiles and hardwood in chief?

Thanks a bunch eric, how would anyone know that? I changed the drawers back to slabs and kept the doors as a library slab with horizontal grain texture. I used a vert grain texture for drawers to get a horizontal grain in end.

Here is a plan with the cabinet in it, what am i doing wrong? full height cabinet.zip

I did this and no matter what i do i cant get the drawers to show horizontal grain wood, i saved material and rotated it 90 degrees and tried putting both on drawers..it wont change?

What if i just want a flat panel door/drawer?

Hi all, i want to have a horizontal textured laminate look on a full height cabinet for both doors and drawers. CA automatically makes drawers and doors go in a different direction? I thought maybe make two different cabinets and have two different materials, is this the only way i can do this or can i do this on one cabinet another way?

Thanks for reply’s it seems like ca has some work to do on stairs. adjustible stringer thickness comes to mind as well as separate material for stringer. in my area for a standard builder house they use a stringer against wall and run carpet up the inside of stringer to the top and then a wood cap is put on top of stinger against wall to finish off. but there is about 1/2” of space between stringer and wall then a 1.5” stringer..

Thanks Eric, i wanted to show carpet on stairs and another material on stinger. Maybe i can use a carpet runner full width? Seems very odd that ca would have the stringer the same material as stairs, this is not the norm in my area? Cheers.

This might sound like a stupid question, but is there no way of making the stringer a material other than the risers?

Thanks Alaskan Son, great work around. After the roof is set then I turn off auto roofs and change roof structure back to normal? So would I have to set sheathing and framing to .001? But as you said it is a challenge to calculate distance off plate especially if you have multiple roof slopes , not set up for using plated roof trusses at all in my opinion.

I have to say even with the issues I use watercolour all the time to show clients design.. to me much better than trying to create a photorealistic rendering that always looks fake unless you take a ton of time.. watercolour takes secs..

In my area and I know in many locales in the states where plated roof trusses are used it is common to set heel heights( dimension of truss thickness at face of wall, top of wall to top of truss) ie 12” I have seen the usage of msr lumber and spf lumber for trusses across USA and Canada and there is a ton of it used. So my question is why does CA continue to just assume roofs are stick framed and don’t give an option for a heel height? And why don’t they show spf lumber as an option when this is a very prominent lumber being used in the US and Canada ? Come in CA smartin up!

I tried opening from startup and no go. i can’t believe I have lost the work. with auto save on how could I? very frustrated. If I saved over it can I undo? seems undo only works for active session.

I ran into windows not showing opaque and how I fixed it was change the glass to another glass and then change it back and it seemed to work this way every time... it is very annoying and takes time.

Hi All, i did some work on a plan and now i cant find the work i did on it. I have looked at auto archives, not there, searched my drive for other plans, looked in other locations and still cant find changes. I have autosave set for every 5 mins. Is there anything else i can do?

I need some help putting a grade wall below this basement level slab. I am trying to utilize the material list to calculate conc. Any suggestions on how to do this?

Another thing you cant do with box window is add corner boards? Unless i am missing something..this is dumb.

Thanks for all your answers guys...i did get it to work by making wall go thru and then adding a pass through. Yes a real PIA not being able to select opening without case or frame being on...whats with that? This seems like a problem CA needs to address,..this box window issue...why so complicated and why hasn't this already been done???? Come on CA...