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You could create one straight panel then take a 3d shot of it. Turn off all layers except for the panel. Then convert it to a symbol and assign it as a window. The next step is to make a curved wall and place the new "window" that is really just your panel.

Shoot an elevation. Turn off the lock on "roof trim" in the layers dbx. You can then edit the trim to some degree.

Sorry Scott. I completely reversed what you meant.

Just to clarify what Scott is proposing. Use invisible walls to create a room on the level above the stairs. Open the dbx and define it as "open below" You will then see the stairway of the other level.

Same thing on my end. This one was a client request to be brick and not stone. Can't even remember the last one. Couple of decades or so.

The psolid method is the way to go if you need that level of control over the start and stop points of each panel. You have it looking pretty good.

Make a brick out of psolids, assign it a special material you found on line. Add a mortar layer around it. You will then isolate it on a 3d view and create a symbol. Now place it in the plan with an elaborate cut and move process. Make sure you use a macro to give each brick a separate label. You will want to back this all up on a ssd and link it to your dropbox account. When you have completed the new fireplace, block them all together and create a symbol of the completed unit. Make sure there is another macro that automatically names it in a way you will never be able to figure out again. I'm just kidding of course. Eric had it right.

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.