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I've done many projects of this type, I'd be happy to help. PM sent

You can adjust the positioning of the tile using the 'Adjust material Definition' tool (the rainbow button). In the 'Texture' tab, adjust the tile in the 'Offset & Angle' section. Check out this article (scroll down to the '3 Texture')... https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-01006/customizing-a-library-material.html

High quality marketing renderings are one of my specialties...

I'm not a fan of OneDrive. I keep project files on my D drive with backups on both an external drive and IDrive .

Try this... Open the DBX for your wall/railing In the 'Wall Types' tab, click on 'Define' Delete the exterior drywall layer

Ditto what Rob suggested. If you can't find a molding to your liking in the Chief Library, check out these on 3D Warehouse... https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/search/models?q=dentil+molding

Auto dormers work well for this application... https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00648/creating-an-automatic-dormer.html As Gene mentioned above, you may need to modify it to fit the space.

When the 'Make Room Molding Polyline' box appears, your only choice is 'Blank'. Click 'OK' , select the molding (it should be automatically selected)and open the DBX. * When the DBX opens, go to the 'Moldings' tab Click 'Add New' and then select your molding *If you can't see the molding on your plan (and you are sure the layer is visable0, try increasing the line weight for the 'Moldings' layer. If you still can't get it yo work, post your plan Hope this works for you - Eric

Once you click OK... the molding polyline should be selected automatically then you need to open the object manually. It will open to the moldings panel where you can then specify your molding. After you complete step 1, is the newly created molding highlighted and if not, can you select it manually?

You'll also need to place a knee wall. This article explains it very well (scroll down about 2/3 to 'Requirement: Auto Dormers must intersect knee walls running perpendicular to the pitch of the base roof plane in the living or attic space directly below.' https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00751/message-placing-an-automatic-dormer.html

Please post your plan.

Could be a roof intersection point... https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-01113/creating-or-deleting-roof-intersection-points.html

Thanks Doug. I just used some images of snow covered ground & roofs I found online and added bump maps for each.

And Merry Christmas to you Doug. I prepared these for a client a couple of years ago, Christmas scene with one of their home designs...

I've done several projects like this for HD users. Give me a call after the holiday and we can discuss in more detail. PM sent. - Eric

What you are seeing is the joint between your interior wall and exterior wall. Make sure the interior surface of the two wall types are aligned and that should eliminate the line.

This sounds like a job for Substance Player

Is the 'Rooms' layer unlocked?

Try this one...

Glad to help, give me a call if you'd like to review. - Eric PM sent

When I do a project like this (I've done several similar developments) I break it down to a few parts... Time to model the housing unit/units Time to create the lot. Do you need to grade the terrain or is it a flat lot? If the former, do you have a CAD topo map to import into Chief? Time to draw the roads and driveways. Again, do you have a CAD file of the roadways which you can import into Chief? Time to place the housing units (best to create a symbol from your house model which can then be placed on the lot (Again, a CAD file or scaled PDF of the layout will be your guide for placement. Importing a DWG of your lot is pretty simple. There are lot's of tutorials in the Knowledge Base on this, here's one https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/1056/import-a-surveyor-dwg-file-for-a-site-plan-or-terrain-perimeter.html Hope this helps - Eric

A question for anyone who has downloaded any of the 3D Plant catalogs that are offered in the paid catalogs section - Are they enough of an improvement over the free (w/SSA) catalogs to justify paying for them?

Looking for a different way to illustrate your projects?... I can turn this.. into this...

I've never been charged for any of the 3D Plants or other libraries I download with SSA.

In the DBX for your polyline, go to the 'Fill Style' tab and for the Pattern, select 'Solid'. Then, in 'Pattern Appearance', select the color of your choice.