Doug_N

I watched the preview, and my hat is off to the development team. This is a major upgrade and some of the new features are really great. Well done!

Drywall and frost are a big problem. Not recommended where below freezing temperatures may last for hours or even days. DenseGlass (as suggested by Eric) works if it is covered with stucco over a water barrier. Be sure to check with your local building department to ensure code compliance.

Any window opening in a masonry wall usually requires an angle iron lintel. That seems to be a problem for CA. Although there is a lintel option for windows, you have to do the lintel manually or create a profile for it. The lintel doesn't show up correctly in the window schedule if it is an angle, i.e. 3 1/2 x 4 x 1/4 LLV (long leg vertical.) Does anyone have a workaround?

Well said!

Yea, but then think of all the great work for roofers down the road Michael.

Aamir77 Here is a wall that has the features that you are looking for. 1 draw stairs and floor above 2 add stairs and stairwell (auto stairwell can be used to cut the hole in the floor above. 3 draw a wall on the lower floor next to the stairs 4 in section, drag the bottom of the wall up to lowest elevation that you need 5 drag up the high-end corner to match the slope 6 open the wall database interface window and change the wall type to No Locate and No Room Definition. See attached plan file. Upper Stair Wall.plan

I have noticed this as well. Click on print, and it doesn't matter which printer is selected, and it takes an inordinate amount of time before CA actually does something that shows to the user (me) that something is going on. Since the latest upgrade, the phenomenon has gotten much worse. At first, I thought that CA had locked up, but no, if you just let it be and be patient, up pops the print settings window, and then away it goes. Choose a different printer at this point and back to the coffee break pause once more.

Steve, What an awesome post and video. Thank you for the great video about solids and solid manipulation. While it does answer my question on how do accomplish this in a very professional way, it does not address the need for a tool to do this type of edit with a simple click on an edge that can be found in almost any other 3d cad modelling application. My thanks for going to the trouble to do this though. I will certainly be using this in the future. Regards Doug

Michael, That does add a chamfer to the exterior by adding a molding outside of the slab or countertop. In a way this is a workaround for a missing 3d tool that is common in other cad packages. Just saying... Thanks for your feedback, your comments are always helpful and appreciated.

OK, I will do that right now!

Yup, in the end I used a truncated pyramid and stacked it on top. That seemed to be the simplest approach, and it allows resizing in x and y without changing the angle of the cut.

Yup Eric, I get it. They do add to, not take away, and taking away is what I want to do. So I have to create a base that is, say 4" Thick, and if the chamfer is 1" x 1" then the base has to be 2" smaller in length and width and I add the molding to the outside all around. If I want the angle to be 45 degrees then I need to create a profile with the 40 degree cut in it that is 4" tall, otherwise the angle would change when adjusting the height. I sure would be nice to have a chamfer tool that works on solids and slabs.

Solver your option box has something mine is missing Here is my countertop option So there is no way to take away the corner.

Here is the plan file Stick Build Shelter as built.plan

Solid subtraction doesn't seem to work. Neither does the countertop, the molding goes the wrong way, out instead of in.

Guys, this should be really simple, but for some reason I am at a mental roadblock. How do I chamfer the top edges of this slab?

The plan file that you sent doesn't seem to match the image in your question. Are you trying to move the door that is circled in red? There is a wall on the other side of the wall that the door is mounted in, and moving it further to the right would interfere with that wall and the bath tub, or am I missing something here? My phone number is in my signature, maybe give me a call and we can chat about this problem?

Yet another Canadian designer jumps into the "we can help with that" boat. I am located near Toronto, and am a registered designer. Be glad to offer my services to get you to the building permit stage with complete construction drawings.

Hi, like the previous poster, I am located in Canada near Toronto. I have done a few historical house renovations over the years, and would be happy to have a look at your project. Are you looking for actual dimensionally correct as built drawings or for models that reflect the exterior look and feel?

Just a little confused by your posting. Where is the pony wall? I can't see it in the 3d rendering. Where exactly do you want the door? It looks like there are doors in every place that you could put a door? Try posting the plan file as well. That way someone trying to help you can look at the model.

Hey Rob, thanks for the suggestion. That is a pretty good way to tackle the problem. Using an independent layer will allow this to be shown in some views, and not others but still see the window label.

Actually, I have been so busy trying to get projects pushed out ahead of Christmas I didn't try. sorry to say. My bad.

Here is something to watch. Keep the view on the layout inside the boundary of the drawing page area. If you don't clip the viewport the PDF will go nuts.

ShaneK Yes that is what I am going to do. I just wondered if I was missing something. It would be good to be able to explode the bay window assy.