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"I will take the 3D elevations and sections and convert them back to line drawings via the Cad Detail From View tool. " Are you using perspective camera views for your elevations or the Section view/ Elevation camera? By using the term 3d, it is unclear. You can take an elevation view and send that to layout or if you are interested in a world of pain, convert the elevation to a CAD detail and send that. Essentially, the workflow that you are proposing is not recommended. Perhaps one of your issues is that you have curved elements drawn/modeled with not enough arc segments. If you post your plan file with the question, this may be solvable with some troubleshooting.

With the variations of planes for the soffit, I would add a solid and solids for trim details at that soffit. But, I am lazy. There may be a more sexy automatic way to do it but, let's be honest, I am not that sexy.

I just had a conversation with myself about this

Looks good. @Renerabbitt Did you copy repeat rotate (Photoshop) or did this get run through on online seamless texture creation tool? In the attached image I scaled it from the default 20" to 55" to help fade out the checkboarding of part of the pattern at this scale.

California has really changed. Grass is for squares now.

Chief Team, send this guy a Dad Hat.

Looks like a job for CAD Monkey

Leading the way in Biophilic strategies to expand typological and contextual parameters. Also, tru dat.

I use Rich text on a limited basis in Layout pages. The primary benefit is that if I create a table in a text editor (Open Office), which I will use for something like a contact list or data table, then when I paste in the Rich Text, the table is maintained. There is likely a much better way to do this in the current version of CA but I am lazy and slow to change. I need to get more robust with my use of Note schedules and will likely be able to abandon this method soon. The other use case for Rich Text is a line of text like " lowercase and then UPPERCASE BOLD"

Chief has a problem (or at least I do) with railing walls meeting at a corner of the house. A minor offset could fix it.

Import through the Library tool.

WTAF. Your architect failed you. Leaving the structural design up to the client or the lumber yard on a 3 story building borders on criminal. I thought I had enough things to be angry about but this is now going to steal all the bandwidth for the next 10 minutes. Hire a structural engineer. Full stop. (back to gender identity and boxing)

I think that indicates 2 note schedules.

These things need to align, in my case I have renamed Code field to Note and Comment field to Location

I have run into this several times and the offset tool does not work as well as in ACAD. Or, to be more blunt, it is borderline useless for complex shapes. There are some free versions of ACAD emulators where you could try it as an export since it is an easy polyline to export/import. But, if just for this shape it might not be worth the time.

Concentric resize worked on this shape.

Maybe this guy? Rene just did a video on the newest tool in X16 that makes this a whole lot easier to achieve. Scroll the the last page and the latest video he produced.

I think I got it. Soffits have to be active but cheating the eave sub fascia to tiny gets the look.

I would like the siding to continue past the exposed rafters. Is there a setting I am missing? Soffit is off to reflect the as-built condition. File is too large to upload. Thanks for any feedback. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/5md2eawjk2m52f47s2n6q/ADU-DD-V1.plan?rlkey=u50zo01mda9z12ec186sk4qzl&dl=0

Damn you. Now I want one too. I don't actually need it but I really want it.

Here is a file with a note table that I have been cutting and pasting into files. The current version is copied from more recent projects but the notes and the order seem to change on each file. It makes it easy to delete a note or change the order in the table. Click on the "note" (the circle with number to the left of the table and open it up. Look at the Object Information tab to see how the table is organized. Just make sure to not accidentally paste multiple note tables into the same file. NOTE TABLE FILE.plan

1. Is the learning curve unrealistic for someone with absolutely zero training? I work a demanding full-time job, however I am willing to put in a reasonable amount of time learning how to use the program, but would like to generally know what I'm doing without being constantly stuck within a month or so. Is this unrealistic? -This is absolutely something you could do. But why? Yes it will be difficult and without any Architecture, engineering or building construction knowledge, very difficult. Mechanically, you can learn some tools easily to make a floor plan and probably get the 3d model to work reasonably well but are you the right person to do this task? Based on what you wrote above, my opinion is no. 2. I have read on this forum that the program does not lend itself to modelling a-frames. Given that I am 100% committed to building an a-frame, would this program not be practical for my purposes? I do want to play around with window placement on the angled roof/wall, and it sounds like that is a pain. -It is not very difficult to make a 3d model of an A frame. It would present some challenges due to how the program displays items due to how the camera cuts through the building for a plan view but fairly easy to work around or use some of the built in tools to achieve. 3. Are there templates you can download/purchase for a basic a-frame house that can then be tinkered with? I haven't found anything like this. -I am not aware of any. 4. Is modelling something like the a-frame linked above something that anyone can do with a bit of dedication, or is this something only a professional could do? ( Cozy A-Frame Getaway Minutes from Nelson Ledges - Cabins for Rent in Southington, Ohio, United States - Airbnb ) -Are you in an area of the world that requires mechanical heat or cooling? From a building science standpoint, I do not like what the large triangular open space of an A frame building offers. If you rely on passive cooling only, the building shape could work well if you are able to draw in cool air. If not, you are collecting a lot of very warm air at the upper floor. If you are cooling mechanically, you need to push that air back down and are using a lot of energy to do so. If you are wanting to draw this project on your own because you are thinking this is a more economical solution to hiring a professional, then you are budget minded. An A Frame building is a long term uneconomical solution for energy. If you are wanting to be the designer of your project because you feel like you are the best person to design your space, that could be true. In my experience, as a design professional for 4 decades, very few people are great at designing spaces (and especially "space planning"). There are a few people that are pretty good and then there are a lot of people that downright suck. Those that fall in the latter two categories are often professionals but more often "builders" or non professionals. And now I will spend some time checking out the seams on my flame retardant suit while the flamethrowers are getting fueled.

A nail placed in a tree will stay at a fixed elevation. My father (a civil engineer) was a partner with a surveyor in this venture that never took off due to a lack of good marketing. But, the concept was sound. https://www.baselineequipment.com/chrisnik-benchties-with-tags-20ct