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Good suggestions Michael...but, how does this help when you want to create a building or wall section?

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Larry here is the plan...I played around with it, created unique layers for each plan view. However, plan views do not control the wall you see in a pony wall. I'm not sure how to accomplish this...so, if someone knows...please post an explanation. Thanks. Foundation Pony Wall Plan.plan

The gap under the brick sill molding can be fixed easily. Just use a "stack molding". You can assign unique materials to each molding in a "stack" molding profile. Assign the "course brick" material to the sill (molding #1 in pic)...and assign the "standard" brick texture to the molding you used to "fill the gap" (molding #2 in pic). You can then assign this "sill" molding to your window default if you are doing a design where the windows are mostly in brick walls...then every window will come into your plan with the sill just the way you want it...

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Yea...I realized after posting that I had not created a unique layer set. I’m still not sure that you can control the pony wall display with a layer set. More exploration required...

I don't think plan views control how pony walls are displayed...if someone thinks they do...please post something we can learn from. I think my video shows/explains what the OP wants to accomplish...

You should watch the two videos I posted about brick sill. Might help...see this post.

I experimented with this to see if it could be controlled by "plan views". I don't think you can. Also, can someone explain to me why when I have selected "upper wall"...the upper wall does not show. I get this dashed line showing the inner line of the upper pony wall.

I've been messing around in my toolbars and must have deleted something the wrong way? I get this warning now every time I try to "customize toolbars"... Can someone tell me what I need to do to get rid of this warning...thanks!

You can use the "place library object" button...and assign some hatches and put them on a custom toolbar...or just put them on a toolbar you always use. I do have to agree with Larry on this one...this "new" feature does not advance the ball. It's cumbersome...and not intuitive. When you go to the hatch pattern and your looking for an angle hatch (standard...use every day)...and there isn't anything there you think to yourself...what the hell? Where did it go....

Here is a video "correction" that shows how to use "stacked moldings" and assign different materials to each component. Thanks Eric...and Glenn. Stacked Moldings are a powerful tool...that I wish I had know about a little sooner. Not sure how I missed that one...

I did not know this...thanks Eric and Glenn. Amazing...5 years using this crazy software and learning knew stuff every day.

Eric...you can't "stack" moldings in the "Sill" DBX...so no way to paint them different colors. If you use a molding line you can stack moldings and also have the benefit of being able to paint each component a unique color...but, not in the window "sill" DBX which only allows a single molding component.

Yep...that works. But...talk about time consuming. What if you had 10 windows to do...different widths and heights. You'd be a molding expert by the time your we're done. It would be better if Chief just "fixed" this little mistake...

@solver thanks for your expert tips. Didn’t know you could paint stacked molding with different materials. Learning continues...

How to make brick sill moldings in Chief X11...

Don't move on yet...I did a video. Also, attached a plan. Maybe it will help you...not sure I did exactly what you were looking for...but, I did get the shelf ceiling to work. But...it takes effort. If I was getting paid to to this...I'd reach for the P-Solid tool. Heres is a video related to the attached plan...Scott Hall Shelf Ceiling .plan

Why? What is the benefit to modeling like you "build it" if it takes all day to accomplish the task? Obviously, Chief isn't helping you out with this one... Is there something you are giving your client from this process...like a list of materials or something. I'm not trying to be a smart ass...I'm asking for my own benefit and to learn. Is this something your clients expect from you?

You will have to post the plan to get an answer...

Scott - Just wondering...why are you building the fireplace and hearth the way you are? I would have just used P-Solids and called it a day. Is this an experiment?

Use a CAD polyline with a fill for your foundation plan view and put this CAD polyline on a unique layer that you can turn on/off depending on the view you are sending to Layout. I think this is the only way to accomplish this task until Chief gives us a solution. There is a set of plans that Joey Martin did that Chief has on their "examples" page...Joey does a lot of basements. You might be able to see what he did by looking at this plan set.

Video that shows one method of creating a stair railing that meets the end of a stud wall...something we wish Chief had fixed for X11 Experts may have some other solutions...but this works well enough until Chief gives us a stair tool that works...

If it were me...I'd adjust my Layer Set first, copy a set that is similar and give it a new name; Then create the unique annotations that are needed for the new plan view...I'd get the plan looking and working exactly the way I want it to, color, fonts, text etc...then, click the "save plan view as" icon. Say you are using your "Floor Plan" plan view. It's working just fine....but, you create a foundation from the floor plan. Now you are looking at a foundation view...using your "Floor Plan" plan view set. Open the "active defaults" and create a new layer set called "foundation plan layer set"...change any other item such as rich text, text, line color and weight, etc.. You may have to experiment to get exactly what you want. Then, click the "save as" plan view button. I think that's all you need to do. The one thing that always gets me is that Chief warns that the view has changed..."do you want to save it". This is weird...because you just created and "saved as" a new view. So...maybe it's a bit quirky. I'm not an expert on Plan Views...still learning like the rest of you. But, this is how I think it works...

I updated my Mac system software and all seems good.