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Post the plan…the best way to get good advice.

Thanks Eric @solver...thanks Levis@LevisL

A new video...hope it helps!

@2GDesigns - You're post inspired me to make a video...

@Designers_Ink - Thanks so much Jeff!

I have a new video that shows how my "Screened Porch Library" for Chief Architect Premier works with X14...and it works great. It's the easiest and fastest way to create custom looking Screened Porches...and if you are using X14 you can now see through the screen into to room. Fantastic new improvement the engineers at Chief have brought us. Have a look...

@ChiefUserBigRob - made you a quick video. Controlling brick ledges is not difficult...you just need to no where to look. It comes down to defining your brick wall type correctly. Big Rob - Brick Ledge with mono-slabs - Watch Video

@GeneDavis - Not sure why you got what you got...but the fix is simple. Watch the video...very short Gene Davis - Slab Floor at Walkout Basement - Watch Video

Glenn said it...with X14 solids now have default settings. Very nice!

@LeRoyWells - All I did was delete all the trusses...and inserted a new truss, used multiple copy. Worked perfectly. I also created new wall types for the attic wall and the gable end wall to not frame...so as to not interfere with the trusses. You'd probably want to make the gable end truss an "end truss" Plan attached; 1468702259_JayandShellleyJefsen - Fixed.plan

You won't get a plate on top of the masonry wall. You could create a pony wall...with the top section a frame wall 1.5" tall. The thing is...this little section is below the ceiling...so, you may have to adjust the ceiling definition with an "air space" to push it down to hide this wall section. Or...just use a cad box and add the plate...but, it won't show up in 3D if that is important. You could always manually place a plate on top of the CMU wall if it's important to show in 3D. See screen clip;

Fantastic...

@mulligan - Nice job Pat!

Wall heights are determined by the "room". Open the room dialogue and set the ceiling height. This will set your wall height. You can also leave the room at the default height...and use transform replicated to move the roof plane down. Enter the value to lower in the "Z" axis. So...if the room is 97 1/8...and you want the wall to be 60"...just lower the roof 37 1/8".

Set your 2nd floor room height to 60"...build the roof, make sure auto rebuild roofs is turned off, then, open defaults and change your 2nd floor room height to 9'. You will get a ceiling break line showing where the sloping ceiling intersects the flat 9' ceiling.

@Bob_Johnston - It's a simple fix. Watch the video; Bob-Johnston - Roof Framing coming through drywall - Watch Video

To create this you will need (2) separate rooms. One to have the vaulted ceiling...the other room to have a flat ceiling. You should use railing walls, no balusters, "Open", "post to beam", no top or bottom rail. Use a single layer wall type...with the only layer being "fir framing" and designate a width for the wall. Then set the beam to be the width of the wall. Designate a depth for the beam. This is an older video I created a while back...using X11...but the methods shown still work and I think will help you.

@HumbleChief Larry - watch the video. Your roof framing issue is not a bug...it's just a simple fix. HumbleChief - X14 Roof framing. Not a bug! - Watch Video

@HumbleChief - Yea, no idea what is causing your trouble with the framing. I did download the plan and I can see the problem. However, I've created a plan from scratch in X14 using my template (not a SAM)....and my framing works as it is supposed to work. I don't get the same framing condition. Could it be a room definition? Or..possibly a framing or roof group issue?

Don't you use the SAM method? I'm just guessing about the problem but seems to me the SAM can eventually carry over things that you really don't want or know about. But - I'm just guessing. So take my comment for what it's worth.

Larry - I think your template could be the problem. I just opened X14 and quickly recreated a similar plan. My template has auto framing turned on...and the screen clip below shows the result. Worked as expected...

Here's one method... I use stem walls and joist floor system as my default...which is typical here in Indiana. Then, I switch the floor of the one area to a monoslab. Have to mess a bit a few of the foundation walls...but it does seem to work. HumbleChief (Larry) - Mono Slab with 18" Raised floors - Watch Video

@AndrewSopher - Yes, to make it look as if there is a ledge, just auto detail and move the "fill" into position. That's all you can do.

@Doug_N - No problem...I didn't read your post thoroughly enough. I understand your point...and you are correct. I never noticed that when you place a framed pony wall with masonry veneer over a concrete stem wall (foundation)...that Chief does not auto create a brick ledge.

@Doug_N if you look at my wall definitions I set them all to have a zero depth brick ledge.