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  1. CRHDesign
    Yeah, it's frustrating to do sections because of all the little things that need to be fixed and have no way of setting up as a default. Currently, the easiest way to do it is to delete the beams out of the sections and just replace with my own saved CAD block, which seems counterproductive to the program functions.
  2. CRHDesign
    Thanks Ken. Pulling the beam out of the library and then resizing it is more work than just dropping the beam manually and adding the plate though.
  3. CRHDesign
    Is there a way of adjusting how the beams work by default? I always add a 2x6 plate on top of my steel beams (Fig. withplate) but adding a beam by default always works as Fig. noplate.
  4. CRHDesign
    Yeah, that is how I'm currently doing it, and it seems to be the most efficient way. I just assumed there must be a way to mark it as a cantilever and not have the auto-foundation fill it in but I couldn't find anything.
  5. CRHDesign
    That is a quick fix, but the problem with the Box Window is that it still incorporates living area and you can't split the room. Too little control overall. Also makes it more difficult to put a lower roof on the cantilever. Thanks for the suggestion though!
  6. CRHDesign
    Is there a room dialog to prevent this from happening? Ideally I want to make the cantilever a "cantilever" room and have it not generate walls under the cantilever with auto rebuild foundation walls on. Unless there is an easier way? Copying the balcony room settings ends up generating walls like the attached picture, still generating walls under cantilever. Feel like I'm missing something very simple.
  7. CRHDesign
    Thanks! Bug submitted.
  8. CRHDesign
    Not sure I understand but most of the 3D items are not made up of multiple smaller items. The Haupt sofa is a single 3D item, you can't break it into smaller parts. You can change the xyz scale of the one item but that will just distort it relative to itself. In the materials section it only shows "Main" & "Welting" as defineable materials. So those are the two things the designer of this 3D item designated as changeable materials. It sounds like you'd need to make your own 3D item, find the original file and edit it in the 3D rendering program it was made in, or find another item that better suits your needs in Chief.
  9. CRHDesign
    Here is the plan file itself: pile problem.plan
  10. CRHDesign
    I recently upgraded to X10 and have encountered a problem. Piles are cutting out a section of the foundation wall (Fig. 1): . When switching back over to my default view, without piles turned on, it is completely cutting out the whole 16" portion of the wall (Fig. 2): Is there a setting I'm missing or is this just a bug? I can't find anything.
  11. CRHDesign
    You guys nailed it, that fixes the issue perfectly. Thanks!
  12. CRHDesign
    Yeah, I noticed that too and was playing around with it. Making all the roof planes flush eaves or not didn't fix the problem. Thanks for the attempt! I think the problem lies somewhere in the cantilevers and how they're interacting with the roof. If I delete the cantilevers and put the roof on, I don't see the sloping behavior. Adding the cantilevers back brings the problem back.
  13. CRHDesign
    Hi there, I've encountered this problem a few times and I'm not sure exactly what is causing it. When I put cantilevers in, the soffit extends from the edge of the overhang, to the cantilever wall, then slopes back towards the building following the roof pitch. I want the soffit to ignore the cantilever and extend back to the wall without angling. The attached picture shows the problem. I assume there's a checkbox I'm missing. I've attached the plan, the problem area being on the right side of the house behind the garage. Any help is much appreciated, thank you! soffit.plan
  14. CRHDesign
    This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!
  15. CRHDesign
    Yes, that works, but after moving 100 dimensions on a plan it gets tedious and time consuming. I'm looking for a solution to solve the tedious/time consumption problem.
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    Every time I place dimensions, smaller dimensions will cover the line of the dimension with its white box. Is there a way to stop this from happening? Either moving the white box, disabling it, or moving the dimension slightly up? See the 3 1/2" and 5 1/2" dimensions in the attached picture.
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    I don't know how I missed that. It worked, thank you.
  18. CRHDesign
    I'm looking to eliminate the terrain under the deck to create a partial walk out. I'm having trouble with the terrain tools to be able to accomplish it. There are terrain retaining walls under the deck there but they don't seem to be having an effect. Is there a way to eliminate that terrain part so the walkout door is open?
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    Okay, here is the plan file, with the problem area highlighted in red. The walls all have the main layers correct in their wall definition. Changing the room out of Garage to Living didn't seem to change anything. Auto foundation will correctly set the walls. Is this a bug? It's not expected behaviour of the tool in my experience. I can't find anything from the problem that relates to the wall definiton or changing the tool's behaviour either. Aligning wall problem.plan
  20. CRHDesign
    Well, yeah, of course. I'm more interested in why it's doing that and if it's the intended functionality or a bug. Seeking to better understand my tools.
  21. CRHDesign
    In Fig. 1, the foundation wall is properly aligned with the 1st floor wall; however, the "Align with wall above" tool still shows up. When I press it, the foundation wall then centers on the 1st floor wall (or vice versa if I play with the 1st floor wall instead of the foundation wall). Fig 3 shows the wall that is doing this. The problem extends to all the foundation walls that are inside the house, but not the exterior foundation walls. Can anybody enlighten me why this isn't working the same as the exterior walls?
  22. CRHDesign
    Wow, that was the problem. I have no idea how that got switched. I knew it was a minute detail I was somehow overlooking. Thanks so much!
  23. CRHDesign
    Okay, I updated the original post to include the plan file.
  24. CRHDesign
    My basement floor doesn't seem to exist. I've changed all the different heights, even deleted the garage, but whenever I rebuild the foundation it doesn't show up at all. The floor finish shows up fine, however there is no floor underneath. Attached are the specifications for the basement structure as well as a render showing that the floor stops at the floor finish underlay. Interestingly, if I copy the first floor into a new plan, then auto-build the foundation, the basement floor appears fine. Is there a setting I've ticked off or something? All the layers are on, it is not a hidden layer issue. The room type is unspecified. Changing it to a slab just makes the floor finish disappear but does not add the floor. EDIT: I've attached the plan file as well. H Cottage- Copy.plan
  25. CRHDesign
    Currently my staircase railing extends through the floor and up through the railing on the next floor. I want it to stop at the ceiling of the bottom floor. Any easy way to do this?