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You don't actually need to merge them, set up a reference view that links to the plan file for the other building, set the view style for that reference file using the same camera options, (or different depending on what you are doing. You can offset the origin of the reference file for x, y and z to place in the right relationship and then it would seem that the reference model is in the same plan. They maintain their independence and minimize the file size for the building of interest.

Lance is correct, but this puts all file in a big pile with all other files of a similar type. You can't store by project for something like site photos.

Gene, Same as before but the location of the source file is outside of the CA project manager. This means that there needs to be a file system separate from CA that stores images, cad files etc for insertion. I think CA needs to move this into the project manager, and if there is a way now, I don't know it.

The largest problem, from my point of view, is the successful creation of rooms. As you noted, when an interior wall intersects a furred wall, because a furred wall has a "no room definition" specification. This means difficult trouble shooting when trying to figure out why some rooms just don't maintain separation. The interior wall must be extended past the furred wall to the exterior foundation wall, and that creates a small wall between the furred wall and exterior wall. Furred Wall Room Creation.mp4

Howard, Your best bet is to post the plan file in your next post. Then one of us can see what is going on, and perhaps offer a more complete suggestion. In order to upload the plan file to this forum, please exit Chief Architect to make sure that the file is not locked, then upload the file. I am sure that one of us can resolve the problem.

I am sure that Joey was using 4" as an example only. You set that dimension to whatever the slab thickness is. 4" might be a bit thin for a suspended slab with significant spans.

My setup is in my signature. The video card is an RTX 3080Ti which seems to handle rendering at a very reasonable speed. Of course an RTC 4080 or 4080Ti would be significantly better. The GTX 970 will not perform physical rendering for you, so that needs to be changed for sure.

You can still have automatic roofs by setting the default roof dialog to ignore the upper storey.

Really good advice!

Hit the nail on the head Gene. Let's hope that the manufacturer isn't a hole in the wall company that only has pictures or a gallery of their wonderful product and actually has that type of data on their website. A lot of retrofit manufactures (cheap cheap cheap) have scant information about what they do and how it's made.

Hey thanks for that Robert. I have never experienced this strange behavior. The work around seems to work sometimes. I will report this though.

Glen, those are the lot lines. From the intersection of the wall to the lot line is a valid dimension and should be accepted. I have done this lots of times with X-16

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Strangely enough, although it looks wrong in plan it is fine in 3D including the molding continuing around the jamb or through when flush with the wall. I then wondered, what if you didn't want the moulding on the door opening, but I haven't experimented with that yet.

Has anyone heard from Eric lately? I just realized that I haven't seen any posts from him in quite a long time. I hope this isn't because of some bad news.