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You could also use a material region and create a material that looks like the image with a pattern that shows the right spacing. The advantage is that it will automatically cut around the doors and windows.

Make a triangle shaped psolid and pull your lower level wall back enough to place it between the ceiling of the first floor and the wall above it on the second floor.

I see it on my end also. I shut off everything except the terrain perimeter and it is still there. I lowered the 3d cam view ambient light to almost zero and it is still there. Maybe you should send this one in to tech support.

I like the window idea for 3d view. It looks nice.

This one is made of psolids.

Use the same tool again "edit area, visible". You should have all layers turned off except for wall framing when you do this. It will delete everything you select. Don't forget that you can use a cad box of any shape to determine your edit area selection (if needed).

It is on your wall framing layer. I got rid of it by doing "edit area, visible". Second question - To display only parts of the framing in 3d, you can put those elements on a new layer and turn the framing layer off.

I think you have to unlock the roof trim layer to manually adjust it.

In elevation or section view you would create a polyline solid and set the depth to desired size of brace. Then move the edit handles around as required to get the shape you want. In plan view, you can then move it to post you want it attached to. Lather, rinse, repeat.

You can also cut from one page and do control, alt, paste in the next page. Then open the dbx and change the floor it is displaying.

Now that is a good idea. You will satisfy the odd local requirement without screwing up your plan file. That's what I call a win / win.

Your instructor is wrong. I have never seen a first floor plan show at an elevation of 100'. I doubt if it is a "standard" in any region. Elevations on plans are set to show a construction crew how to build it. Maybe you could post a pdf of a plan that used 100'. Perhaps we are just not understanding what you are doing.

I use first floor set to 0 as the program was intended. Everything else, including terrain is set relative to the building.

Pull the stair edge away from the wall just a bit and it will straighten out.

If the eave depth and fascia heights match, the roof edges will seam together nicely.

No. Make the fascia heights be the same.

I think it is important for users to understand the difference in a one man shop and a multi user operation. If your business model includes many different clients that are also owners of the software, it might be quite a headache to allow all of them into the drive (dropbox) that you are using to create the plan for them. I use dropbox, onedrive etc. as a means of backup and file sharing but when I work on a plan, it resides on my computer. It is just a system that works well in this scenario.

Why the attitude? I said if it works for you keep doing it.

I come from the standpoint of working with hundreds of clients, many of them other designers on this forum. It is a system that works for me. If you have a system that works for you and one other person that's great. Don't change anything.

All the files used by a layout file have to be in the same folder. Don't change plan file names or you will lose the link. Using dropbox as a drive common to both of you may not be the ideal way to do this. Use it as a way to upload and download the latest FOLDER and title it by date so you can tell the most advanced version of the project. I think you will find that things will work nicely if the folder is on your computer as you work on the project.

Glenn, Just when I think I know every trick there is about this program, you came up with one I did not know about. Adjusting floor heights in section view could be very useful at times. Thanks.

I agree. It probably was a little mean spirited but the point remains. This forum keeps getting the same type of questions over and over and over. They are BASIC functions that are learned with a variety of means like videos, trial and error. Some of these new users are overly relying on this forum. That is all I was trying to say.

I'm shocked by the problems your having. Usually 1 day is plenty of time to become an expert with a high level architecture program. I would call tech support right away, there must be something wrong with the program.

Someone will be along shortly telling you to use moulding lines etc. Your method is fine. Psolids are rock solid. They don't have a mind of their own. They will not hop around on you for no apparent reason. The down side is, a change in the plan means moving all your various parts manually. btw, nice looking design.

Eric, I believe that will only show up if he auto details it and he doesn't want to do that.