SNestor

12 hours ago, tcbpremier said:

Hmm i check everything out but i cant seem to get it right. I'll take another crack at it and watch a few more tutorials.

18th st floorplan.plan

Made you a quick video...hope it helps.  

Real quick how to video....
 

If you post your plan you will get the answer you need.  

Style Pallets work well - not sure it’s always the way to go.  I made this video on SP...

You should be able to move the windows into position just by adjusting the height...see the attached pics.  I create a quick 2-story plan.  Made the 2nd floor open below.  Placed a group of windows on the first floor....copied them...placed the same group up on the second floor.  Then...opened the DBX and adjusted the height of both groups until I had just a little gap between each.  I could have made them touch if I wanted to...

1 hour ago, amddrafting said:

I have this situation where I have a 2 story venue with a curtain wall system at the end of the wall.  I can't seem to get the walls to not build over the 2nd row of my windows.  Bottom two rows are on the first floor and the 3 top rows are on the 2nd floor.  Any ideas what can be done to get this to build right?  I tried moving them all to a single floor and it didn't make a difference.  Any thoughts on how to model this accurately?

You need to post an example plan if possible.  That said, you might try balloon framing the wall and then adjust the height/placement of each window group.  Either raise the lower window group up to meet the upper group...or lower the upper group to meet the lower group.  Or change the size/height of either.  

But...just guessing without a plan.  

2 hours ago, LevisL said:

If you send your view to layout using plot lines with color fill, there's another trick you can use. Use the 'Delete Surface' tool in your vector view to delete the screens/glass panels. When you send it to layout, the color fill will remain even though the surface has been deleted. I think it's a bug, but I use it to my advantage!

 

 

Excellent Tip/Trick...whatever works to get the job done!  Thanks!

3 hours ago, DianeP said:

I am using rails with panels with the panels going up to the beam.  Steve Nester did it in his video.  I don't see a way to turn off the panel layer on railings.

 

You cannot turn of the "panel" layer as it is part of the railing "WALL" layer.  You could change the screen material to glass...but even then in Vector View it will not be transparent. 

Even painting the screen "open no material" you won't see through the material in Vector View. 

I made this “balcony” video recently...it’s doesn’t directly answer your issues but you might pick up a tip or two...

Just post your plan and one of the many experts here on the forum will help you.  

On 5/5/2020 at 10:56 AM, StockmanBuilders said:

Thanks you guys. I have made the cheek wall its own wall, breaking it from the knee wall to augment its shape. I'll watch the video, Michael Gia. 

Robdyck, it won't allow me to attached the file as it's larger than 25MB. 

 

But here's an image file. 

I did this video on dormers a while ago but it might help you...dormers can be tricky.  

 

19 hours ago, LeRoyWells said:

 Is it possible to have CA build the foundation wall along with the footer when you go to build foundation walls

 

Thank you

 

LeRoy

Test Porch.plan

Open the dialogue box for each railing wall...go to the structure tab...at the bottom of this tab make sure you check "Bearing Wall" and "Create Wall/Footing Below".  Then build your foundation...the software will create a foundation wall and footing under the railing walls.  

If you always want a foundation under your railing walls...which is probably unlikely...you should open defaults, go to "walls" and open "railing walls"...and check these boxes.  This way each time you draw a railing wall you will always get a foundation. I would suggest you don't do change the default...more than likely you will only need a foundation wall under your railings occasionally.

13 hours ago, joey_martin said:

Not for everyone. I, for one, can make that beam in about 2 minutes in CA, 2 days in Sketchup...if I'm lucky..

I’m with Joey...2 min to make in Chief.  

See attached...not sure I'm doing what you want but the doors shown are 96" tall...your symbol was 80".  (4) different stretch zone scenarios...

I actually don't think you need a vertical stretch zone...or, just one in the upper tall panel.  I would think the "lock rail" would not move?  Just guessing...

12 minutes ago, robdyck said:

@SNestor

It usually means that note is in 2 schedules, however, I just ran into the same problem and I know for a fact, I only had one. I think there's a bug when more than one note schedule for different types of notes are being used. 

That was it...I had placed two schedule.  Thanks @robdyck

7 minutes ago, robdyck said:

@SNestor

It usually means that note is in 2 schedules, however, I just ran into the same problem and I know for a fact, I only had one. I think there's a bug when more than one note schedule for different types of notes are being used. 

I'm working on a new template...so, possibly I am sharing the same note schedule. I'll check that...thank you!

Can someone either point me to the answer in the manual...or tell me why my NOTES callout has two numbers.  See attached picture.  I'm sure it's something simple...but, I give up.

27 minutes ago, Renerabbitt said:

Please do, I like Steve's videos, pleasant speaking voice...his wall fill however, gives me an aneurysm, haha. Maybe when I am "Over 60"

Thanks...yea, over 60 has some advantages...but they are few...and some disappear with each additional year.  Arggggg....

I'm ok without a fill...or a light fill on the final set...but, during design I like to color-code my walls so I can see at a glance what I'm doing.  Just a preference...to each his own. Chief let's each user to choose their personal style.  

2 minutes ago, GinaMc said:

LOL, Steve! I would be embarrassed if I weren't so grateful! Ha! Oh wow, yeah...I had some serious issues.

 

I did take this opportunity to upgrade to 12, BTW.

 

I really, really appreciate everyone's help! My goal is to go front-back on the online training videos, but right now I'm just trying to get out projects...cobbled together as they are.

 

Thanks, CA community! <3

Glad to help...and yes, Chief Talk and the experts on this Forum is how I learned.  Hope you subscribe to my channel...lots of videos.

18 hours ago, GinaMc said:

Hello! I'm new to CA and this kitchen ceiling is KILLING ME! I have tried and tried to open up the end of this room as a cathedral ceiling with a gable end, but flat 8' ceilings over the kitchen area, and I'm not getting the point where it connects to work out right.  Sometimes the wall is there, but I can see the roof trusses, sometimes (like now) there's no wall section there and it's just open.  Now I'm getting this weird wall on the gable end out of nowhere.  Help!!!

 

And yes, I know there's probably a very simple solution and I'm making this WAY harder than I need to. LOL  

Shire Kitchen.plan.zip

I used your plan to make a training video...hope you don't mind.  Check it out...
 

@parkwest - yea, but that doesn’t really address the issue I was confronting.  Railing walls, vaulted ceilings on two levels and a tricky gable end wall.  
 

That said - it’s a good place to start.  

1 minute ago, robdyck said:

@SNestor

4:51 of the video:

One of the things I'd be doing differently is with the lower roof. I'd have it build TO the upper wall, not under the upper wall. Now I realize that probably won't put the ceiling where you'd like, but I'd also be using a ceiling plane for the vaulted ceiling.

I use No Special Snapping, and I draw my roof planes up to the sheathing layer where they butt against a wall. 

I was just trying to accomplish like you normally would do things.  No “super secret” experience processes.  
 

Just FYI...the only reason there is a 2nd floor is because that is how my template is setup. I don’t think a 2nd floor is needed as all the rooms we are working with are on the same level...just one room is raised 36”.  
 

As I’ve shown in the video...you can achieve the design just using the tools Chief gives us...and I didn’t want to have to manually draw in something like a ceiling plane.  
 

No doubt there are multiple ways to achieve this design.  

@HumbleChief   Thanks Larry...split levels are certainly not easy.  

OK...new video.  This should clear things up...well, maybe.  @robdyck-Thanks

In this video...I got this to work.  But - the process is not "intuitive". I guess you just have to experiment and learn.  

@robdyck - Thanks Rob for taking the time to investigate the plan I attached.  It was just a quickie "test plan"...and I did not notice the ceiling height was not the standard 109.125 in the vaulted space that I was designating as the entry to this split level home.  

This ceiling height changed on it's own somewhere in the process of messing with the plan.  Maybe it happened when I built the foundation...I'm really not sure.  However, it isn't the problem either way.  If you open the plan and change the ceiling height to 109.125...the hole in the gable end will still occur.  Maybe once the gable end was "screwed up"...the software won't fix itself when the ceiling height is corrected...that is possible.   

Thanks again for taking the time....why don't you start from scratch and duplicate the plan and see what happens.  I'd be interested....I still don't know what I'm doing wrong or if the software just doesn't behave properly.