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@stevenyhof - quick example of your plan...

@stevenyhof - if you could create a "simple" view you could try using the surface delete tool, save the camera. But - it's a time consuming process on a large complex view.

@cajunland - You should build and new "blank" floor. Chief does not like it when you try to construct rooms on an attic floor. I always have at least one floor more than I need in most every plan.

Just wondering...is this normal behavior for Chief. In the attached plan I've drawn a simple post to beam railing wall. The roof overhang is sloped with a plumb cut gutter board. Why does the sloped piece of soffit pierce through the railing wall beam? Maybe this has always been the case...or, maybe I've got a setting screwed up? Here is a sample plan: Railing Wall Ex-1.plan

@stevenyhof For your “roof plan view” turn on “main layer only” in the roof plan layerset. This way your roof plane will only find the main layer...and you won’t be aligning the roof baseline above the siding surface.

@cajunland - Here's one Chief Video...there are others on their YouTube page...

Do you need a little help with a plan or maybe some in-depth targeted Chief training...I can help! Using ZOOM I can share my screen...or see your screen and advise you how to achieve things in Chief. It's easy...and you will learn quickly. Over 40 years in the residential design/construction business. If you need to learn how to set up rooms, floors, plan views, annotation sets, layer sets, wall types, roof design, foundations...I can help. Drop me an email at; steve@mychiefskills.com Website: www.mychiefskills.com

Kevin - you don't have "invisible walls" turned on in your camera view layerset...

Yep...it's the way you had the wall definition for the 13.5" thick wall.

@cajunland - attached is a fix. I made two of the hips 10/12...the other 8/12. This allows the ridge to get longer. You have a multitude of issues that I fixed... - Changed all the porch walls to use the same type "Deck/Railing Fence". This type is a single layer...but the same width as your main walls. - Changed your brick walls...I didn't see a need for a pony wall...maybe I missed something? But...changed brick walls to use "Brick-6" wall type. - I used a roof polyline baseline...and aligned all right over main layer and made sure they were all the correct pitch. - I opened each exterior wall and on the roof tab changed the pitch to either 8/12 or 10/12 as required. - When I built roof I told chief to "Ignore Top, 2nd floor" The roof rafters on the plan you attached were not seated directly on top of the walls. Maybe you built them manually? Also...the roof baselines were out over the brick in some places...and aligned with the main layer in other places. I have a YouTube page with many videos...you might check it out. (see my signature) Fixed plan attached: AS-BUILTCURRENTv5.0roof - Nestor Fix1.plan

Very nice...

@jmsisco - thank you!

Thank you for watching!

Building on the videos Eric (Solver) made recently...I did this video to show how you can construct a tapered paneled column in plan view, using p-solids and a molding polyline. It's a fast method...and the best part is you don't have to use a 3D molding polyline. Check it out....

Mark - excellent work!

Yea....I see the problem you are having. Can't say I have a solution...seems to me it could be something related to the bounding box of the symbol...but I'm just guessing. Does it have to be perfect? You are talking about 1/32" or so... It looks pretty good to me...

Create a Cad Detail from view...In the CDFV draw a line between the two points you want to connect...copy the line - go back to plan - paste and hold position. You should be able to move your symbol using point to point.

1. Just remove the invisible wall between the two railings...all fixed. 2. EDIT: I also found that the two rooms on either side of this same invisible wall are not set to "default". If you leave the invisible wall...and then, open each room and set the floors...both structure and finish...to use "default" the floor system corrects itself. And, you still can use the invisible wall to delineate each room. Maybe you have a different flooring in each room? Not sure...but, setting the floor structure and finish to default corrects the floor system.

@mgianzero - I have a YouTube page also...might be a few videos to help you get going. Here: Chief Skills My webpage: mychiefskills.com

@kwhitt - generally speaking you have to work from top down.

@sweethomedesign - thanks for watching!

Thats because somedays I don't know what I'm doing...forgot to select a microphone. So...here it is with sound https://www.loom.com/share/0fb9d570bdd7420a8af12410732aa210

It's government...they just love metric and want us all to "COMPLY".

@robdyck gave excellent instructions... @Ronniesha - I made you a video with sound... https://www.loom.com/share/fc0b172dddd24f49b7b639dbe32c0792

@BelfastCNC - I made a video on this topic a while back using X11. It’s still relevant...