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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? 

16 minutes ago, HumbleChief said:

THANK YOU. How would the template affect the roof framing? 

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. 

3 hours ago, HumbleChief said:

Here's a roof framing bug I THINK I found. User error always suspect and only post to see if others experience the same thing?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/10qkr4knn6vuqp6/ROOF BUG.plan?dl=0

 

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. 

@AndrewSopher - Take a look at the attached plan. It may help you understand how pony walls work to get you what you want. 

You need a pony wall for the main level wall type...and a pony wall for the foundation wall type. You may need to manually align them as Chief doesn't do a great job aligning pony walls on top of pony walls.

Foundation Pony Wall with Brick X13.plan

17 hours ago, para-CAD said:

a NEW crash

 

An internal rendering error has occurred (assertion failure):
mHead-»size == mSize

 

I was in a CAD detail creating this in 2D......all the text vanished.

 

I copied the log that gets generated to send to apple

 

402,415 words

1225 pages

 

This has to get solved.

 

 

Is it "Apple"...or is it "Chief"? No other application that I use on my iMac has this issue. You should send the info to Chief....

I really doubt Apple is going to make changes to their operating system in order to accommodate Chief.

On 3/29/2022 at 7:59 AM, dshall said:

Good vid Steve.

 

I have a question,  suppose you did not have a second pour group,  how would that change the model?

 

 

 

The "pour group" is only relative to the material list. The material list will segregate the materials for each "group". It doesn't change the outcome of the foundation construction. I probably should have mentioned that in the video...oops!  

@Gawdzira - Open the garage room, uncheck flat ceiling over this room. You might get a warning...just ignore it.

@HumbleChief - That would work if the patio didn't extend past the end wall...did I miss this?

I thought he wanted the patio to extend slightly beyond the end wall...as such, the invisible wall didn't work for me.

@LeRoyWells - workaround...but, it's an option and it only takes a couple minutes;

Leroy - Porch Slab Fix/workaround - Watch Video

@para-CAD Thanks so much!  

1 hour ago, para-CAD said:

I have the latest M1 MAX fully spec'd laptop.  Chief Architect randomly crashes.  Everything else works as expected.  

 

The Studio should be pretty amazing for anything you might want to do, especially if you get the M1 ultra.  I can't say I've noticed any performance increase with CA, however.  The daily intermittent crashes have me looking at other design suites.

 

 

Hang on...X14 is coming. I'm hoping Chief has X14 dialed in for the MAC with this release. 

I’ve done a few how-to dormer videos…

@stevenyhof - you are too kind. Thanks!

Just now, kwhitt said:

The symbol does cut the hole, but it's taking the sides with it.  It does not happen with Kohler catalogs - only custom symbols I bring in or convert from Kohler.  Maybe it's time to nudge tech support on this fix!

In my video I use a modified Kohler symbol...and I don't have this issue. I've opened and closed the plan and created new camera views...no problem. Weird. 

So the problem is that the symbol is not cutting a hole in the custom countertop...or, it does, but when you open the plan at a later date the "gap" returns?

I've tested this on my MAC...I've saved the file, opened and closed and created different renders and the sink is always in the correct position...no gap. I wonder if it's a video card issue?

Or...am I not understanding the real problem....admittedly I'm not sure if I do.  

Not really a bug...whomever created the undermount kohler sink symbol did not locate the z-axis correctly. 

Watch the video...

Kevin Whitt - Fix for undermount Kohler Sink (not a bug really) - Watch Video

One idea...build a 2nd floor. You'll have to adjust the framing...and make the great room open below.