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Thanks, I will see how it works for me.

Thanks so much!

I want to change the height of the Porch Railings. Currently they are 31" above the Deck Surface. The Deck Surface is 5" below the Sub-Floor. It appears the deck railings are referencing the Sub-Floor instead of the Deck Surface. In the dialog box, the "Default Height" is checked and grayed out so I can't make a change. Screenshot attached as well as the plan file. How can I change the height of the Porch Railings? Thanks, Lane Cozy Cabin Plan File.zip

That does it. Thanks!

1. How can I get the log siding to extend upwards so it covers the rafter? 2. How do I lower the gable wall railing beam? Currently it projects into the roof. 3. A few other issurs on the 2nd screenshot. Screenshots attached. Zip file attached. Thanks in advance, Lane Cozy Cabin Plan File For Zipping.zip

Gene, They are all on the same floor. I am going to play around with what John Angelo Burke said.

Today's problem is getting windows to mull. In the attached screenshot, the windows are not mulled; I keep getting an error message saying they need to be within 24" and aligned vertically and horizontally, which they are. So I aligned all of them, then added the 3" casing. The trouble is the casing is applied horizontally between the windows. How can I remove that casing and keep the perimeter casings? I have no idea where the red lines in the screenshot came from. Thanks, Lane

Nope. I built a lot of homes in Orange County, around 250. Are you from this area?

Pretty complicated, but as I have said for years, "Chief Architect puts the guesswork into CAD Drafting"

Thanks everyone. I would have replied sooner but I am in the hospital trying to beat cancer, so if I do, I can die of something else. --Lane

i changed some foor heights, and the result is almost there, but I still have (I think it;s the floor) sticking through the roof. Now I need also to figure out the dormer I added. I can't attach the file because it wont zip down to under 14 bytes. thanks just the same, I'll keep plaing with it. --Lane

I have the 2nd floor floor set to 1/8", so I don't know why the walls are projecting through the roof. Thanks in advance for your help. --Lane

I ended up downloading two other plans that this plan used. Then everything populated. Now I know.

When I drew a plan and did a "save as" it was my intention to use that plan as a template, because it had pages and pages of boilerplate notes, sections, and 2025 Code Notes. I also did a "save as" for a layout file that had all of the notes, etc. on different sheets. It was my intention to use that as a Layout template. My thought was open the plan file, use "save as" in a New Folder and also use a "save as" for the layout in the new folder. That seemed logical and straightforward to me. Since all of my files are kept in Dropbox, they naturally got uploaded automatically. However, when opened the files from Dropbox on a different computer, half of the CAD files were missing. What gives? Is it just me or does anyone else have problems with file management in Chief?

Seriously?