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It cuts across a room. Plan: https://www.dropbox.com/s/86fyxuz48zu5z18/PostedPlan02.plan?dl=0

Duh! Brain malfunction. Thanks.

I am quite sure I could edit this here before, but I am baffled this morning on why I cannot make changes to the height of the stone wall in the image. Any suggestions?

The latest Mac OS, Yosemite, has brought my older Macs to a crawl. Adding more ram did little (4 gb to 8 gb). Mavericks was much faster and would likely allow a new system to fly, yet you cannot install an older OS on a new system. I see no advantages to the new OS as it really only simplified the icons in the tray and made the whole system slower. It affects everything, including the loading of web pages. Many people have been complaining and have been asking how to get back to Mavericks. Yosemite has been out for quite a while, but Apple has not acknowledged or addressed the problem. There are other issues on the ios that have me concerned as well, but that is not for here. My next system will likely be (cough, cough) windows based, which I do use at work.

Thanks, Mick. I submitted a plan file to TS for them to plan with.

I have had success with Perry's method for the frieze on a horizontal eave, but not the gable. It comes and goes randomly as I work on the model. So to fix it before your done is a waste of time. But it would be nice to have it be consistent. Picture: The center gable had the foundation wall extend to the roof at one time and has not been right since I corrected it. The small gable to the left was fine until I edited the window size and head height. But I have several more of these in the model. I would gladly send this plan in to TS - Brian if I could get an email.

Ignore this post as I found a previous post in January on this subject.

I have no idea what causes a frieze to randomly disappear like this. I assume it is the way the building is modeled and is in some way in my control. So what might I need to fix to make it draw? Otherwise it must be a bug?

I made some other adjustments in the walls that fixed the intersection, but I am still having trouble with the door. I have chosen to leave it in hopes that it will pop up after something else changes. The door spec says that it is at 0".

Jared, I see no such tool. I have searched help.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/xshv2xuc7c4dia9/BattPlan.plan?dl=0 I am not sure I have seen this before and I do not know how to mend the problem. The wall looks good in plan, but it is not when I select the room. Plan posted above.

I am beginning to understand the reason for the sequence Mick posted, however, like Alan and Nicinus said, that is not how the information comes, nor is it the way the money flows. Clients have very little interest in footings when they want to see how their design is developing. So we either need to request a change in the way foundations influence the building or request a clarification of the programer's intent for users who cannot operate to the 16 step plan Mick posted.

What is difficult is that it is not easy to know what has moved. I have really only done one project with Chief. It has been in the works for the last 8 months. This is my second major project and I am making some mistakes for the first time. If I had many small projects to learn on, I might have discovered this much earlier. Or at least I would not have invested as much time developing the plan, thus adjustments would be easier. But is there info in training or any manuals that might suggest the sequence of building to avoid problems like this? I just find this very annoying as now I am 8 months into working with Chief and find out another quirky work around. And honestly it is still not clear what the work around is or the problem for that matter.

The original posted plan is still valid. Look at the band in front of the windows on the back of the garage and the front porch columns were set correctly but the roof over it has moved up and has caused me trouble because like you say Perry and Scott, I do not know what is happening as I have been the first to admit. But my complaint with Chief is that this should not be so hard to fight with. I would like to know, should I be building walls and foundation before I place any windows or roof? How would any one know that if this is true?

Advice taken.

I did the Edit Area (all floors) with all layers on and showing yet in several "custom" objects did not rotate with the plan, like moldings, and material regions of which I have plenty. So it does not really work.

The design of the house started before the site was confirmed and now the building needs to be rotated 90 degrees, which also helps on the drawing sheet. How is this done in Chief and keep everything together?

Thanks Ross, I have figured out what you show in the video, but What I am now struggling with is that after carefully designing the 1st and 2nd floor of the house with proper eave heights and corresponding window heights, I had Chief build the foundation, but heights changed in different areas in ways that is not clear. The reason I know of the change is because I added molding in places that serve as the window head and line up with the frieze board at the eave. The manually added molding did not change elevation and is now in front of the window, which is about 8.5" higher. I have some imported elements such as custom porch columns that are in the elevation that I placed them, but now 8.5" too low, because of the change. And the frustrating thing is that this change is not consistent throughout the model as in some places the molding/window relationship was not affected. I worked hard to make this all work and Chief is messing things up in places that will require much more re-work. I am afraid that I may miss a few things and become a costly mistake. At this point I do not see Chief to be a reliable design tool if I cannot figure out what is going on with changing elevations.

2014 was working. Thanks for your input.

I just updated to Sketchup 2015, but Chief says that the model has no 3D surfaces. I have never had trouble before. Anyone else have this problem? PintoBunk04.zip

I would like the option to "lock" the footing depth once I have it established. Here in the Midwest, the sites tend to be relatively flat. But even so, the footings depths are typically one level and may I need the change the Stem Wall height from room to room without it affecting the footing or window elevations. Typically, we pour a 4" slab in the crawl space which is just a shallow basement. Then the garage stem wall top (SWT) is the same as the framed past of the house but the slab is just 6" below the SWT, making a floor difference of 18". Than there is a back porch with a slab 6" below the first floor with fill below, which messes with windows and the SWT as the adjacent floor of the house has a 12 5/8" framed floor.

Sorry, I got pulled off on another project as things are getting busier. I have a problem with know how the Foundation DBX is coded. IOW, when I make a change to one value in the DBX it changes others. There are too many variables for me to figure them all out without a deep and committed study for several hours. I would like to know from someone who has had experience what values I can change, what sequence, and which ones to leave alone. Knowing why would be nice too. I have windows that are changing elevations on the first floor after carefully getting them set. I have avoided building an foundation plan for this reason, but I need it for a structural analysis. (Thanks for the video Scott. I have not had a chance to view it yet this morning. So if there are answers to my questions in there, you will understand my post.)

Why would placing a foundation cause my building to change elevation? Or my molding and windows dropped. I do NOT like this Sam I am. I have not been able to discover a predictable setting that does not mess up all my hard work.

I like them.

Screen shots for those of us who need to wait to upgrade?