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I am still in X16 but promise I will upgrade this week. Here is an issue I am having with a wall intersection on this split level house. Is there an elegant solution for this that does not involve poly solids? https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/yanqmiluoyo1vge0u7uus/RHK-DD-V1E.plan?rlkey=snk7cr3aw4gkeejec90lfylui&dl=0

So far, you can not utilize point cloud data in Chief. The best option at this time is to have the floor plan derived from the Lidar data (I am doing this with Matterport scans, non Lidar) and then you are going to trace the pdf walls.

Thanks, that is a menu I had never explored before

If you open up the Foundation Dimension Defaults, are they are on the Framing Dimensions layer?

I have a wall on a split level home that is interior on the middle level and changes to exterior on the upper level. Any elegant solutions for this? https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/lqjoof0bglfsrnrx9zzne/RHK-DD-V1a.plan?rlkey=9lqvr13sp7wivid7b7d716k5c&dl=0

You need to adjust the saved view defaults You might want to make a new set a defaults for this plan view. For something like the foundation plan, that could need unique sets but might be able to just use the same one for the floor plan? For the foundation plan, I am often using that with the same defaults as the framing plan so that might be what you are experiencing with how that saved view is set up.

Will the grass region copy and paste from another file? Not a great solution but if it does then delete and paste in when needed.

@richoffan Yes, "defined" would be a better word choice. @jsam91, bear in mind, most of the folks responding might have a different response tolerance than you to criticism/critique. Critique and criticism, although similar are not the same in architecture. Hopefully, the feedback on this thread can be taken as critique. Your response to a critique is under your control and these are only other peoples opinion. With that in mind, you are getting some very informed opinions. The most important thing I learned in Architecture school is how I respond to authority, egos and critique.

Handing an architect this refined of a floor plan can be a double edged sword. There is a great benefit in knowing what you want in terms of a "program" (4 bedrooms with all ensuite, great room type space, 3 garage and mud room, etc.) From that point the workflow would possibly be a bubble diagram to establish relationships and connections to spaces including their relative sizes. If I was arranging this diagram the first thing that jumps out is the entry foyer axis to the kitchen. This is something that, in a house this size, you have room to modify so that your front door sight line is not a direct path to the kitchen sink. Maybe that is an intentional choice? Do you want to orient the kitchen sink location to an exterior wall? The kitchen sink in a house where people actually cook gets a lot of traffic and having a view can be really pleasant. Maybe this is a California thing where we don't avoid plumbing on an exterior wall but with good building methods, water lines on an exterior wall should be a minor hurdle to overcome. But, the main point of me posting is to caution you to not tie the hands of your architect with a plan that you have locked in your mind. Being open minded to the new plan idea that can come out of a fresh set of eyes (or a new layer of trace paper from the same set of eyes) can be the key to finding a great solution.

The video posted by @Mark3D in this thread has a great clarification on how to get good results by simplifying and avoiding overlapping data.

Next we will discuss how to use Rizz in a sentence

@Joe_Carrick first the @ symbol and then start typing their screen name, the list will populate

You can not skew a wall. You can use a roof plane for this situation but the plan view display will become a CAD drawing element.

Maybe something from this thread?

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