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  1. javatom
    Can I see a version with the flower vase rotated 20 degrees. Maybe another one with a different fabric on the seats of the stools. Oh wait, I got it, just one more version with the stools from picture in the pottery barn catalog. Etc. Etc Etc.
  2. javatom
    For a truss, you need a roof AND a ceiling plane. Make sure the ceiling is turned on in the structure tab.
  3. javatom
    Unlocking the trim and adjusting it gets mixed results and if you have to snap that roof plane to a new element it will generate another frieze board with the same problem. If you're going to go manual, it is faster to create a p solid and turn the frieze off for the roof planes in question.
  4. javatom
    Your also using a roof plane as a ceiling plane. There is a separate tool for ceiling planes.
  5. javatom
    You also have a problem on the roof plane on the right side. Make it have the same fascia height and it will look right (keep pitch locked).
  6. javatom
    open the dbx for the main roof go to "options" and uncheck boxed eave.
  7. javatom
    This is also a guess. Maybe the eaves and gable end to not match. Make sure they snap to each other.
  8. javatom
    Sounds like a wall definition issue. Try a different wall type and see if the problem remains.
  9. javatom
    You can create a line to your liking and convert it to an elevation line.
  10. javatom
    Not much of a debate.
  11. javatom
    Close ca & reopen it. Go to your archives folder and load your plan from before it got messed up. You will then know if it is something odd about that particular plan.
  12. javatom
    As an answer to your question. Yes, it can be done.
  13. javatom
    Nice looking building. I don't know if you want to start into this with a $99 design product. This building may need some elaborate construction documents to get through the building department for permits. Most of the forum members here use the Chief Architect premier software. You may be better off turning it over to someone that spends all day using this software.
  14. javatom
    I'm curious about the op. Have you built one of these buildings and are you an actual business or are you just playing around with it?
  15. javatom
    Do a forum search on retrieving an archived file. I think it has been covered a couple of times.
  16. javatom
    You can do that with ceiling planes that are curved. Select a side edge, hit #2 and click on the other side edge. The software will seam it together for you. You can then cut and paste it to the other desired areas or make more ceiling planes and repeat the process.
  17. javatom
    I think this would be a job for a civil engineer. You would have to start with a topo.
  18. javatom

    Lines?

    javatom replied to mscpbd's topic in General Q & A

    Try making the roofing material thicker. It looks like some other material bleeding through.
  19. javatom
    You can also draw very detailed things directly on the plan view.
  20. javatom
    It looks more like a plan problem than a wall definition problem. It could be an intersecting floor platform. Maybe you could post the plan.
  21. javatom
    Change the material on your upper wall from foam to framing 16 oc and the sill problems goes away. Not a fix, just an observation.
  22. javatom
    Your wall definitions have almost everything on as main layers. Move your siding, building wrap etc out of main layers. Thats as far as I got for now.
  23. javatom
    I believe this has been answered for you the other three times you asked how to do it.
  24. javatom
    30-40 mb is not uncommon now. The file size is made bigger by live views, pictures, renderings and placing fixtures with many faces and parts. Notes will hardly change the file size. If file reduction is important to you, change the live views to "send to layout as image".
  25. javatom
    I'm going to agree with Glenn on this one. If the client wants to relocate the house on the lot, move the terrain, not the house. It has the same end result. If you use a symbol for the house in a different plan with only the terrain and something changes on the house, you would have to re-create the symbol.