javatom

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  1. Keep the plan file the same name throughout the process.  When you back up the entire plan, do it from within the layout.  Label that folder with the date as part of the name.  Doing this method keeps you from having to constantly update the files that are sent to the layout because the plan file will always have the same name.

  2. I usually make a polyline shape and convert it to "hole in roof".  It's the same button you would use to convert it to a p solid.  By the way, they may want some collar ties in that turret roof.  Without them, the walls will begin to spread outward at the top.

  3. I did not have time to trouble shoot the whole plan.  I deleted your second floor and re-did the dormer.  I pulled a triangle of the attic wall down to cover that part.  Re doing your 2nd floor eliminated all the mis-alignments.  I can still see the bottom of the framing at that part.  Maybe someone will know a way to eliminate that problem.

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  4. I just did a quick look but I noticed a few things.  On floor 1 - define the floor default to be the structure you want.  It is a garage so you need a slab not a crawl space.  Check your wall definitions.  There is some gray default walls but they generate as tan attic walls.  You have a lot of mis-alignment of walls.  They are close but make sure the invisible walls are snapping to align with the normal walls.  Also check the alignment from floor to floor.  The missing triangle might require editing the attic wall and pulling a section of wall into that area.  Sometimes a p-solid patch can be used to cover minor unwanted items.

  5. Just make a roof plane, open the dbx and set the pitch to what you want.  You can then take a section view and adjust the roof plane until is looks in the section view like what you want.  Parapet can be a wall on a separate floor or a polyline solid or even a wall below with the roof pulled back to allow it to pass through.  It might take some manual wall adjusting.

  6. I did not look at the plan but the usual culprit is room definitions.  Make sure everything is set to default in the structure tab for the rooms and check that the default  settings for rooms is set to what you want.  I suspect that disconnecting the wall is causing the rooms to change to a different room type.

  7. You can also place cad lines perpendicular to the wall and dimension to those instead of the wall layer.  I snap the line to the wall intersection point then move it to the closest 1/8" increment.  You still need to use the parallel tool for the dimension line.

  8. You guys can't really be suggesting that it is ok to build a wall 11' tall with a hinge point at 9'.  You might want to ask an engineer about that.  Forget about weather ca can do it.  Is it a good idea in the real world?