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Upon further review...just delete the invisible wall you have between the corner and the wall along the stair. You don't even need a doorway. Also...in camera view...turn on "invisible walls". This will fix things for the most part. Still cannot figure out why the crown in the living area does not seem to work properly. Just use a molding polyline for the crown.

Not sure I'm fixing exactly what how you want the plan to look...but see the comments on my pic below. I replaced the invisible wall you used to create the opening...I used a "doorway". No jamb/casing. Raised it up just taller than the 9' ceiling. The floor just hanging in mid-air seemed weird to me...so, the doorway creates a "header"...which I'd think you would want. Maybe this drawing is of an "AS-Built" condition...if so, I'd have to give this some thought. I think either the invisible wall or the stair railing wall was causing the 4" gap in the drywall on the floor assembly...but, I'm not really sure.

You can change both to green grass...but not at the same time since they are each unique materials. However, once you change both to Grass Green...both now have the same material...and if you change one, you change the other. I started doing this because in a standard Chief Template...they name almost every material "Color - Brite". Everything is this color...the interior trim, the cabinets, the stair balusters, window trim, window sash, interior doors, casing. Also exterior materials are named the same...like the fascia, exterior trim etc. So...I'd be looking at the exterior of a house...and think, I'd like the trim to be brown (or some other color). I'd grab the paint can and select the color...and spray the trim. Well...if you have "P" selected in the scoping tool (bottom left corner of screen)...you now paint every item inside the house with the same brown paint. You may not realize this until a bit later...and wonder how it happened. This happened to me one too many times so I started assigning unique materials to all these items...I just copied the color - white...and renamed it to something specific like "Color - White: Cabinets". Keeps me from painting things I don't want painted. Hope this long winded answer helps.

I don't believe so...but the Style Pallet tool is new so I'm just now digging into it. That said, the main idea behind choosing different colors/materials for different objects is that if you have "plan" as the scope for applying a color/material to what you think is a component...you don't actually change every item in your plan that is "tied" to that exact same material. I've done this a million times myself before I decided to change my template defaults. Hope that helps.

In camera view...open your layerset...turn on "Invisible Walls".

I've been messing around with the new Style Pallet tool in X12 and thought I'd make a video showing just some of the ways this tool could be utilized....I'm just scratching the surface really. It is one of the best things Chief has added to the software in a long time. Feel free to comment as I'm sure others may be utilizing this tool in different ways than what I demonstrate in this video. Style Pallets...amazing!

Holy Cow! @Michael_Gia thank you so very much for the kind words. Thanks for giving my YouTube page a plug and speaking so nicely of the videos I've made. I have made a concerted effort to make videos that are "understandable" and have tried to give them a professional look. I'm always trying to improve. I also try to include an occasional humorous moment...as Chief can provide frustration even for the best of us. Thanks again. I'm humbled by your kind words.

1 - draw your molding 2 - Select all the moldings 3- Add to Library. It should appear in your catalog as "molding". Rename it if you want. (Use the Add to Library or...the Stacked Molding menu button. Either will work) 4 - Open the Window dialog. Go to lintel tab. Choose the lintel you just made. Select extend and wrap as needed. That's really all there is to it.

I made a video about this topic...check it out.

It took a while....but they did improve the point to point tool. It can happen. But, I’m not holding my breath...

+1. Maybe next year? You might want to post this in suggestions.

X12 is an amazing new release...did a quick video showing a few things you can do with the Tray Ceiling Tool. I'm sure as we go along people will discover other more incredible ways to use this tool. This video covers the basics and shows how to use it. Hope you enjoy!

So far for me...it's not behaved as you describe. Maybe because I'm on a Mac?

But...has the "revamped" tool really making anything more difficult in Chief...or, is it just different and we all have to get used to it? Maybe the next tool from Chief will be something that reads our minds and builds the roof we want automatically? Oh...that would be some kind of tool!

Thanks for looking into this. Yes...the tool needs a bit of "tweaking". Still...overall, it's a great new feature.

I made a video about this some time ago...here it is. Hope it helps.

yes...look at the wall definition in my post. Change the definition of your railing wall to match. also...create a room below the “balcony”...just make sure you have room definition. This room can be undefined. Just change the the ceiling material to stucco. The ceiling is the underside of the balcony above.

I'd do a number of things. 1 - Change the deck room to a "BALCONY". Like @DRAWZILLA said above...it gives you a lot of control over the design of the floor system. 2- I'd put a room under the "deck/balcony". I'd copy the deck railing walls...and then move down a floor and "paste and hold position". Uncheck "railing" in the wall specification dialog. Also...make sure you get room definition. Then...open this room dialog and specify a stucco ceiling...in the pics I posted I make the ceiling 1.5" Beige Stucco. 3 - Regarding the Balcony floor system...the structure should be the 9.25" joists and the plywood decking. And make the floor finish however...I just used a brown fiber material and made it 1/8" thick. 4 - I changed the railing wall type also. I made a copy of the stucco-4 wall, called it "stucco-4 @ deck railing". The only change was I removed the wall sheathing and the interior drywall. See the picture below. 5 - Also, open the balcony room dialog (2nd floor) and adjust the floor elevation so that the bottom of the 2x10 joists sit on top of the wall. I think you will need to drop the floor elevation about 2.25" or so...you may have to play with this to get it exact.

@Alaskan_Son Ok...one more little issue with the style pallet tool. If you have a room with "glass walls" (such as a shower)...and you create a room style pallet that changes the color of the room walls...then, this material color will be applied to the glass in the shower. You will have to manually change the material back to tempered glass. The glass in a shower is a "WALL"...and as such all walls get changed. This isn't great...but I can live with it. Hopefully they improve this tool over time... It does not change glass in a door in the room...so, if you have place a glass divided light door say in a Study/Den...using a room style pallet won't change the door glass.

Agreed....I just think the tool is a bit confusing. Seems to me they should tweak how it works. When you choose an object in the style pallet...it should only allow you to edit what can be "changed".

The new Style Pallet tool allows you to add a "window" object...and it appears you can edit this object to your hearts content. However, when you go to paint the object in a room...or maybe directly on the window itself it appears that only cosmetic things change. The casing, sill, lintel, lite pattern and materials change...but, the size/style of the window does not change. Not sure if this is the way it's supposed to work...or, it's a bug?

After using the Style Pallet tool for a bit...I have to agree. Maybe some general pallet styles...and just "tweak" as needed. Much easier than trying to create and name numerous styles.

Yes...it’s a Mac thing

Thanks. I didn't realize you could do that...such as; pressing c and w simultaneously...for cabinet, wall? Instead of pressing C then pressing W for Wall Cabinet.

OK...you lost me. What do you mean by "simultaneous" shortcuts.