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There is a "delete surfaces" tool for the camera view. I find it to be cumbersome and that info is lost easily by closing the camera view. Assigning a wall (with associated objects in that wall like doors or windows) is the way to achieve this. If the wall is in the foreground you can use camera clipping planes but that also has it's detractors as it is just a cutting plane perpendicular to the camera view.

My favorite Chaise Longue

In regards to GFCI breaker vs. outlet, if this is new, my electrician would establish the circuit with a GFCI breaker. This is likely a more stable system. The GFCI outlets are more fickle than the breakers. This is an existing system, everything fed by the circuit would be GFCI protected and if there are items that share the home run they would also be included. So if they had branched out and fed an outlet outside the kitchen with the same circuit it gets included. The convenience is that you don't need to hunt for the location of the GFCI outlet that is feeding the run. That can sometimes be a mystery (like at my house where an underqualified homeowner did some wiring who could have been me). The new codes have almost all circuits required to be afci/gfci combos so I am not sure if there is any downside to having a gfci breaker feed a non wet area breaker. The next time I chat with an electrician I will try to bring that up in casual conversation (I really need to start following sports or competitive fishing to expand my repertoire of casual conversations)

What are you doing? Are you building a 3d model to look at a representation of a finished house or are you drafting construction documents? If you are drafting construction documents, the building department plan checkers want to see GFCI labeled at each outlet that is protected. That is the architectural standard. If you are trying to make a 3d model with utmost accuracy, none of the outlets will be using the 3d model gfci unit since the breaker itself feeding the circuit would be gfci protected in a present construction. Also, if your 3d model holds that level of accuracy I am screaming in pain.

If your SSA is due to expire within a certain amount of time, it is unavailable. I think it is 60 or 90 days?

Use the orthographic camera (floor or overview)

@Renerabbitt The Xiadax requires a seatbelt (5 point harness).

I got a Lenovo Slim Pro 9i laptop. Would not recommend.

@para-CAD Holy Skynet Batman. The robot is not going to snitch on the robot. Who taught it that?

@ValleyGuy only one of those is the temp dimension. That is the issue, there is nothing to distinguish it from the distinct dimension that I had already placed. The size difference is the placement locations (outside of stud vs. inside).

Here are a few things that I use. I have some images cut out from the Sierra Pacific instructions showing the taping sequence. I am not sure where I got the head flashing images and notes. I believe it may have been a Fine Homebuilding article or a JLC article? Wood Installation Guide (CA) - All Products 2017.pdf

One of these is a temporary dimension. Is there a way to better distinguish the display of a temp dimension? Even if I change my plan dimension layer to a bright color, when I select the connected object, both dimensions appear with the same colors. In a situation like this, I am likely to select the wrong dimension for my adjustment. I realize I can turn off temp dimensions but that is not the solution I am looking for. Is there a layer that Temp Dimensions populate from?

Here is a copy of that library with a near complete loss of texture links. They error message was searching for links from version X2. Therefore, not very current but a lot of the Ikea furniture is unchanged. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/jwfrvqy7hs2v9h4b41qoz/Ikea-very-old.calibz?rlkey=ext7dtmkr8f5jmcszf6gfr6wk&dl=0

Words, how you vex me.

The Plot Plan Default set (out of the box) with X15 Since I most often send my Plot Plan (renamed Site Plan) at 1/8" scale, I have my text set to 12" and my arrows set to 7" (they are the "Slash" type). These are my 1/8" scale drawing defaults. Check your minimum display size in Preferences. That might be what is making your plan views look like you have massive dimensions

Also, this is the forum for Chief Architect Premier. HD pro has it's own forum. The info is different across the 2 programs. I almost exclusively build roofs manually. Are you displaying roof blocking layer?

Good luck with that one. Clicking on a link titled "Happy Endings.whatever"? Yeah, not falling for that again (and again).

I would make that with a solid. Shape it in elevation in order to get the sloped riser profile. You can set the CA stairs to have no overhang but generally, the riser is sloped back in order to have the code required nosing overhang.

For good poche in section cuts, you will need to do some CAD work on the section (in X15).

Is there a setting to avoid the overwhelming size of temporary dimension arrows as I zoom into a selected object?

https://theplanprinter.com/blueprint-printing-online-arch-d-24-x-36-blueprint-architectural-construction-blueprints-printing-service.html

The type of image you are showing in the model is going to be custom painting on your elevations. You will not get that in a Chief model due to the lack of texture repetition. If I was doing this I would do something close and then run the rendered image through https://fotosketcher.com/ and make it super dirty so it is an idea of the texture. For the actual elevations I would hand sketch over the mostly blank elevations (texture very vague).

First printing to PDF and then printing that PDF is the most reliable path.

Also, when you export, save as .png so it retains the transparency.

Jim's in the box thinking.