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As Eric suggested above...you might consider using molding lines to create the lattice panel under the porch... You may also want to watch my video on building porches with columns...the columns on your front porch are hanging over the front edge of the Porch. The fix is fairly simple.

Genius! Fantastic and creative solution.

Yea...I tried moving the roof plane but it "auto" adjusts to what you see. I'll fiddle around some more and see if it's a plan issue or it's just the way CA works.

Rene...if you get some time to look at the plan you fixed for Kevin...can you tell me why there is a gap in the ceiling in the living area where the roof plane hits the wall above it. There is about a 1.5" gap...looks like there is a "fascia" on the rafter at the wall...but, I really can't figure out how to get rid of this "gap". See pics...

Thanks...glad you found it helpful.

Actually...you don’t want to think in “rooms”. You should set floor defaults and start drawing. Somehow you accidentally changed the default setting for this floor. Understanding defaults is the basic building block you should try to learn first. Check out the training videos Chief has on their website.

Just click in the room...then CTRL+E to open the dialogue box. Somehow you changed the default.

Like Dermot stated above...you have no room definition. Open the room dialogue box....click the little wrench icon...rooms will appear. Current room settings are "ZERO"... Change by clicking on wrench icon...

OK...Cranked out a video. Should help you...

It's not a "glitch"... The corner not joining is due to the fact that the front porch room is 144" tall...but on either side of this room you have an "attic room". You need to build a 2nd floor...give your attic walls "room definition". This will create a room above the front porch. You need to set the front porch room to the "default" elevations...then the room created above the front porch room...make that room an "open below" room and set the rough ceiling height to 22 1/4". Make the front wall of this "room" invisible. Done.... I may make you a video...but it'll take a bit to get that done.

Scott...love this molding idea for the pickets. I would make one modification to the picket symbol...I'd make the top piece something like 1/4" or 1/2" thick x 2" wide (or same width as picket)...then, you can bury this "connector" piece of the symbol in the bottom surface of the top rail. Then...in Vector View you won't see the molding repeat lines. Just an option to an otherwise fantastic idea for railings.

I’ve got a few deck videos on my YouTube page you might find interesting...

Not sure my video is 100% correct...but it may help you..or others. It helped me to do it...Plan Views and Pony Wall Defaults are interesting.

William gave you the answer...there are all sorts of fences in the "bonus catalog" too...

Open the camera specific to each view...change the shadow setting. See below...

You can use a "Fence"...which will follow the terrain. Select "no post"...and select "Panels". You will need to create your own custom panel. Use a 6" p-solid...draw it about 96" long and maybe 24" tall. Add a P-solid cap...say 8" wide and 3" tall. Save this assembly as a "symbol"...save it as "millwork". Now...open the fence DBX and go to the panels section and find the panel you just created. Assign the panel to the "fence". One caveat...it won't work for curved walls...only straight. Best I can do... Here is the result... Process... Process...

BOB...open the elevation view, change the layerset to "ALL LAYERS ON"....magically the windows come back on. The windows are on the wrong layer...see attached. It looks like you have multiple windows in the same space...or something. Can't really tell... But...the windows are there!

You and Michael are 100% correct. Saved Plan Views store "active defaults" for pony walls...so, if you change the pony wall default, then save the view as a specific "plan view"...the walls will appear as defined. My video works...but I think I got ahead of myself thinking it was the layerset specification controlling the display of the pony walls...when in reality it was the "pony wall default" that was being saved by the plan view. One thing though..If you have other walls in the basement (or lower level) that you want to see with your foundation walls, such as load bearing walls...but not partition walls, then you will need to assign a specific layerset to each plan view so those walls turn on/off with the plan view.

My video I think clearly shows how to use saved plan views to accomplish what you are trying to do.

Yes...I know about Revit. AC is not Revit. I think my original comment was about AC...which I hadn’t realized had become a 3D program. For 2D drafting...AC is just great. For 3D residential design...it’s a dinosaur. They should give up now...

You are right...never had to draw plans for architects. And...happy I was able to avoid that possibility. You have to do what you need to in order to pay the bills. There is no shame in becoming expert in AutoCad. It’s a ubiquitous piece of software and if your career is drafting you almost have no choice but to become proficient with AC.

I have to admit that I did not realize that AC had morphed into a 3D program. However...while scouring YouTube for videos I felt watching these videos as if 3D design software had gone back to 1991. How can anyone compare AC3d to Chief...and even state that they wish Chief would do things that AC can do? I mean come on... example video:

My only experience with AC was with “AutoCad LT”. I’m not even close to being even a novice when it comes to AC. My only point is that it seems we see a lot of posts that wish CA did something that AC does...but it seems to me that AC users probably wish AC did 50% of what you can do with Chief. I’ve owned CA since X7 and I’ve never wished or thought I needed another piece of software to complete a set of plans.

I think there are some AutoCad users who might have a similar complaint that goes like this..."There are some BIG nit picking things that if AC would focus on that would be great". If you think about what you can do with Chief...and what you can do with a 2D program like AC...well, is there really any comparison?

No...I don't know either.