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I have hot keys set up for the electrical item placement. E,S = switch E,L = light E,R = outlet (receptacle) E,C = connection

Toomqr1, you are a rock star.

Micheal, the roof pitch you are suggesting to extend has the plate about 10' from where you want it to be.

The crickets are just roof planes. Place them and move them to the desired locations and heights.

Cheap, quick and pretty ugly solution. Have you explored turning the gable in the other direction?

When I first was learning Chief I bought 4 hours of one on one training from Chief. I used that training over about a 2 week period. I was actively working on my first project and generating a lot of questions. I would package those questions and get very specific help on the areas where I was getting hung up. I found this worked quite well. After that I went to this forum for a lot of help. You will find that if you ask a thoughtful question and provide a plan file and any images that can communicate the question well, you will probably get an answer back on this forum within an hour or two. Giving your question a clear title relating to the question will help you. A title like "Ahhhhhh, Help" is quite unclear. "Poly line won't connect" is clear. The key for me in learning CA was time at the computer. It does take a lot of time and consistent work on the program to pick up speed and find efficient methods that work for you.

And I thought my Facebook feed was venomous? I am going to go out and suck some saw dust for a few hours (along with smoke and ash from the Sobranes fire).

I like turtles.

The image you are showing (if you built it from scratch in CA) is 4 to 5 objects and one texture. It should take about as much time to build directly in CA as to search it on the 3d Warehouse.

section view shows different construction. C = clear, G= gray When I looked at the pic I posted it still appears slightly off. The actual glass material object thickness is changing it due to refraction.

If you select "Glass Standard" from the Library, rather than from the Plan Materials you will get the clear appearance. I think at some point you changed the Glass Standard Material in the plan file.

The door on the left in camera is Glass Gray. Ignore that one. The clear vs. the gray with "Glass Standard" seems to be based on the default setting. Someone else might be able to get this dialed in but I am not sure how to change what you have done.

Also, I have moved to using LVL's for stingers. 2x12 dimensional lumber is just too unreliable for my comfort. I generally use 1 3/4" x 11 7/8" LVL material

Draw a section of your situation. Notching the bottom of stair stringer without a wall below to carry it sounds like a bad idea in text. Can you support it at the notch?

Here you go. Randal's House-Layout.pdf

I am working on a project with a couple of various similar elements

Those windows flanking the fireplace might look good as squares. Changing from the vertical rectangles on the other wall to horizontal rectangles is not my favorite in this case. If they are squares, breaking to a lower head height might work better.

My role is to guide and direct how I want things to look. My engineers role is to define sizes of member (etc.). There is often a back and forth after he presents his initial information where I sketch something out to work out how to get the look I am after and hope that is possible. Starting off with a rational direction at the beginning is helpful/critical to success.

I measure the inside and set my dimension locate to surfaces. If you have the correct wall assemblies it should be correct. scan.pdf

Here is an article that just came up in my Facebook feed: http://www.finehomebuilding.com/2016/07/06/building-lean-strong-walls Also, with O.V.E. methods, any window or doors 36" or less don't require structural headers.

Do some research into O.V.E. framing methodology. That can save you about 30-40% of your lumber. One of my professors in school had designed some housing with nearly zero waste. Every rafter cut matched up to another jack rafter, etc. The roof was hip style and the pitch of the roof and size enabled each off cut to be used. Fast forward to today, I usually order rafters min. 2' longer than needed due to the poor quality of wood available.

I miss the Car Talk guys. "Just write your answer on the back of a $20 bill and send it to..."

Call customer support. Or just post your credit card information in this thread. Be sure to include your zip code and the 3 digit security code on the back.

Scott, I will call soon to try and get to the root of this. But, in the mean time, the fix by DJ works. I kept clicking that without viewing the change on the exterior. I had been hoping it would give me the ability to change the ceiling height for the garage which seems to be the issue.

I did not try opening this in X8 and see if it gets fixed. I am about 5 minutes away from paying for my clients SSA so I can stop working in X7.