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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.

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.

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.

I believe this has been answered for you the other three times you asked how to do it.

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".

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.

You might want to mention some more details, like where you are located. Is it one time thing or a full time job etc.

Open a different plan (one with a mirror in it). This might help determine if you have a plan problem or a system problem.

I just loaded it up in x9 and it looks reflective on my system.

I did not load plan, but could it be the mirror material. It may have something not quite right. Try placing a new mirror.

So we went from something funny, to dissecting dogs in just 6 posts.

Convert "view to cad" then you can export it.

I saw this post on a builders forum about Chief Architect power users. The quote may not be exact but you get the idea. It really made me laugh. "The experts say "what's the big deal? You just pull up the ALT/F9 hit repository, browse over to rendered images, pull a convex linear dissuader on the b31996-lf chair, , blend it into the alpha stream and do a 3 point anchor referenced on the initial x/y minus the incline of the betamax and there's your patio set - here see how easy it is?" And of course they go right on ahead and demonstrate - and when they leave you are left looking at the screen and thinking "WAT THE F DID HE JUST SAY!?!?"

Maybe you lost the room definitions some how. Open the room dbx and see if it has a definition.

Make sure the automatic dimension layer is on.

That is a great new feature and would be the best method.

I could be wrong but I think he wants the walls screened as well. Something like this.

I think he wants screen material to show up. Simplest way might be to do what Joe suggests and add screen material as a molding polyline.

You can not use a rail wall to do this. Create a wall with definitions of screen material. You can use a pony wall to have the bottom part a different wall type. A door will then show up as a hinged door. You may have to create a door to your liking with screen material. It is a lot of busy work to get it to work. You could also just notate the elevations as having a screened porch and porch door.

Creating an exterior wall shell takes about 15 seconds.

There is no floor 0 until you create it.

Would a soffit frame automatically?

Check your wall type definitions. Some of the lines are set at 35. You can set it to a smaller setting. The ceiling will show up if you go to your layer set called section view and turn on the layer called "rooms" You have a soffit on the roof so the blocking is showing where it would go. The ceiling insulation can be adjusted by going into the room preferences setting. Under structure, set the ceiling joists to 9.5" (or whatever thickness of insulation you want to show.

Your terrain is on level 0. I usually place it on level 1.

Maybe you need to check that the wall is "no locate". It may be trying to define a room.