NeilofOZ

Have a porch which has some walls with no internal finishes and have exposed the framing on the RH View on this wall, but the two end walls are a continuation of the main walls, so i need to separate these walls to delete the linings and exposed the framing with out me having to re-do anything to the main building. how can this be achieved, see attached image. REGARDS, Neil.

Mark, see attached wall image showing internal wall of the Porch of the previous project. Been trying to remove the internal linings to expose the wall framing, but framing show's up as a sheet and not as framing. Only the outer walls require this as the other internal wall is lined, can you resolve for me. Regards. Neil.

Mark, worked like a treat and thanks for the video, made things much easier. My business prior to retirement was Design & Fitouts and had designers doing this sort work, my role in the business was more to do with Marketing, Conceptual Design, Estimating & Project Management, which took all of my time. I always wanted to undertake Cad 3D design and finally selected Chief Architect due to the support they had and ability to backup with things like you and others have done, I couldn't do it otherwise. REGARDS, Neil.

Mark, Sorry mate, but struggling to understand some of your last responces:- 1.Terrain, under terrain specifications, i de selected Hide Terrain Intersected by Building, which then gave me the terrain continuing under the building which I wanted, can i change the surface of this area, as it would be only old dirt or is it possible to place a solid material to cover this area and make it look like dirt, i could do this!!!! 2.Ceilings & Rafters, have been through a myriad of options and nowhere i can get exposing the rafters and removal of ceilings to show in 3D, can you please elaborate a bit further, must have done at least a dozen pathways 3.Floor & Roof Framing, not too sure if i gave you the right info here, but in the Working Plan View, all of the floor and roof framing is exposed on the floor plan which clutters every room and making it difficult to insert other components. Can you please give me a clear path, especially when there could be numerous sequences, as I have been searching everthing that relates to camera layers and nothing has worked. Sorry for being a pain, but computer programmes are like a language from another planet, to me.

Robert, Thanks for resolving how to fix the battens to the external walls, would never have worked that one out, good to know for future reference. Basically i use this programme as a hobby and offer my services ( for free ) to family members and close buddy's on renovations, but I do have a wealth of experience in Construction & Housing. Got some some other queries as follows:- 1. Regarding the terrain, the ground has been removed from under the house, but in reality it should have the ground remaining where it is?? 2. Can't find a path to eliminate the ceiling linings to both the Front Porch and Bath/Sleepout areas, I need to have the rafters exposed. 3. Can't find a path to remove only the floor framing and roof framing ( Working Plan View ) it gets a bit messy when am trying to select other components. Have exhausted as many options possible, but still no success with 2 & 3 1480852038_ColinsPlanNo.2 (1)_2025_01_01.plan

Mark, See attached as requested, don't know what happened with the previous posting. REGARDS, Neil. Colin's Plan No.2.plan

Just completed a house (X16) with a terrain and come across a situation that's new to me. The house is built on timber stumps, bearers & joists and the structure (floor) is approx. 200mm above ground level and my thinking was to nominate the floor 200mm above the terrain, but when i did this two things happened:- 1. The building's floor level remained at ground level, but other aspects of the building had changed, ie trimmings I located on walls had been displaced. 2. When I created a new stem wall, it inserted a masonry wall, which clashed with the timber framing and did not set the floor level as required. Tried sending the "Plan" but the programme came back with "error" which I can't understand, "field required" which didn't indicate any Fields to be inserted.

Eric, all good and followed your "Extract All" selection, there were 4 materials that had no joints, ie brickwork, tiling & paving's yet they were indicated in the BU File, why was that, and I had to transfer them individually as well, seems weird. REGARDS, Neil

I need to export a CA Plan to my laptop for a demonstration and on some previous tasks some materials were missing, I have done at least 20 searches and every time the videos that are listed have no relevance to the question that's put forward, I can ask any question on google and receive a myriad of options available, is there a specific language I need to know, so how do I ensure that all materials are attached the the Plan.

Mark, a beautiful sight to my eyes, was this done via Substance Player, worked like a treat, if only I could do likewise with the Face Bricks, but it appears the original image wasn't suitable.

Eric, see attached material from my library as requested, fingers crossed you can sort this one out for me. Robusta Light Grey.calibz

Eric, thanks for getting back to me, tried to send CA Plan but file too large, how do i get around this??

Gentlemen, heard nothing for a while but still no answers to my initial question, I have:- 1.Followed Chris's comments regarding the tile size and Zero Pattern. 2.Followed Rob's comment and tried his and other similar configs. 3.Followed Dustin's comment and nothing changed. 4.Downloaded Substance Player as per Eric's suggestion, downloaded main program, couldn't add The Tile Builder as it kept coming up as can't recognize, gave up after about a dozen tries, In every case it appears that the selected Texure fills the slab area without any joints, this just expands the texure to the slab and gives a distorted image totally to the original material, surely this issue can't be that complex?? REGARDS, Neil

Chris, I have tried many configs, but hadn't done the Zero Pattern, there is no Zero pattern, only No Pattern, tried this and nothing has changed, final image still the same as my last Pic. Just a thought, I have the tile positioned on top of a slab I created, thinking I needed to have a base to add tiling to, would this make any difference??

Dustin, I know where you are coming from, but have done so many configurations its not funny any more, I can't recall having this many issues with X13. Have attached enlarged image which which allows for 600 x 600 tile size and it appears it showing only the horzontal direction not the vertical. The config. of this image is based on 600 x 600 tile and repeated in both pattern/texture, not too sure if this is correct, but I need to sort this out as it's the same tile being used throughout the House and Alfresco.

Have imported a tile Image, but getting no where with use of this material. Have seen a video many times, but it does not make it clear on info required, I can the fill the chosen area wirh the image but only as a single image, not as tiles. Have attached 3 pics showing location ( Entry ) and screen shots of Pattern/Texure, tiles are 600 x 600.

I have imported a texture finish ( face brick ) which shows bands of diferent colours, have attached the image below and it looks consistant enough, so what is the cause of these bands. Have attached images of the wall and texture.

Have finally completed the roofing planes, see attached image. Thanks DN, Chris and Glenn for your patience. Regards to all, Neil.

Mark, I did have a mixture of walls on my original Plan, but several wall panels on your plan were exactly what I was looking for, what do I have to do to copy same.

See below pattern & Texture pics which shows the dimensions and locations as per your previous comment, but nothing has changed, am just going to leave the coursings as they are it doesn't make much difference what size the bricks are visually, as long as the floor/ceiling heights are accurate, which they are. Am not sure where the "diffusion" came from, but don't know where it can deleted.

Gentlemen, things are not going well for me at the moment, sent a reply with much detail to find that it did not show up inChief Talk, have assummed that you didn't get it, so I will re do, have bugs popping up continually and driving me nuts. You obviously haven't twigged on what my issues are and apologise for not being clearer, but will explain:- 1. Have already done an "Auto Rebuild" but its not correct as it doesn't accommdate the roof extension over the Entry which changes Roof Planes to the front of the house 2. I have reset roof planes over Entry and extended these as much as my knowledge allows. 3. If you take a Full Camera Overview you will see missing Roof Planes I was referring to and todate have not been able to complete the roof, because of these. 4. I think the timbers that could be seen by Glen were that part of the roof which is uncompleted and this is where I need assistance in closing the Roof Covering. 5. From my perspective, I am happy with the front view that I created after re-modelling the roof over the Entry, but this could change because of the the missing Planes. 6. The PDF file I was referring to was on the same page as the Plan, but will re-send it separately as i have removed it. 7. I have made some notes in red ink on the Plan regarding some of the issues as outlined. House Plan.plan 303528 BOOTH ..pdf

OK, going to give it one more try, not worth in getting myself in a knot. Have attached two clips ( pattern & texure ), the texture clip exactly copies yours and you can see the pattern clip as well just to make sure I have it right. And just to confirm the brick dimensions, they are 300w x 172h and have multiplied these by four to give a picture size of 1200w x 688h. Neither the Elevation or the Overview changes in any formats that I have attempted.

Having problems with closing some roof plains and have attached CA Plan which also includes the original PDF plan which indicates roof layout and have:- 1. Done an Auto Roof Re Build including the deletion of areas which I believe were required including some notes on these areas. 2. On the PDF Plan, roof planes ( Builders Drawings ) have been indicated, but there are discrepancies with those from CA. 3. Typical construction techniques in Western Australia includes double brick walls with 50mm cavity, roofs are pitched on the inner walls, not the external. 4. I feel this aspect could be contributing some miss matching between the two sets of roof planes. House Plan.plan

Chris, to me nothing makes sense, Where do the dimensioning of x/y scales come from under texture, have change these figures to reflect the brick size, but nothing happens. In Define Materials under Pattern the grid pattern looks good ie 300w x 172h, but in the picture it's nothing like the grid, have turned on/off "Keep Pattern /Texture in Sinc" nothing changes. Have never encounted this phenomenon in past projects

DB, thanks for your comments, but it's still an issue for me as I have tried several avenues with out success. Both "pattern" & "textures" are on the same sheet which i access under "wall types", under define i change the pattern by selection Red Brick then edit, so both Pattern & Texture, then set the brick dimensions and vary the shadings and joints under Pattern, shift to the Texture page but there is no where on that page to set brick dimensions, but i have checked "keep pattern/texture in sinc", which i assumed is what you are referring to. I use Chief Architect as a hobby, helping family and close associates now that I have fully retired, but I need things explained in lot of cases, that is why I have stuck with Chief Architect and have attached my plan and as you said, the plan was open. House Plan.plan