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    Attached is a quick video lesson...hope it helps
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    Made a quick video on how I'd make the door...I'm not an expert so someone may chime in with a better method...
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    Fairly quick video on how to create a screened porch with a cathedral ceiling and screen in the gable.
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    I made a quick video about the pony walls in your building. Not sure if you want the walls the way they are drawn...but the walls don't align. Hope it helps...
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    I didn't have any problem lowering your ceilings to 9'. You may have missed one or two of the "chase" areas on your plan. I've attached the corrected plan and a couple pics. There are some walls that extend to 12'...I didn't mess with those. MPD Plan - fixed.plan
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    Here is a follow up video to explain how to handle the fact that the screen does not appear on top of the door. Hope it helps!
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    Also...if you are using “plan views”...after you turn the layer off you should “save” the view. You can create a new view that just shows “wall framing”. Just copy any plan view, then turn on/off the layers you do or don’t want to see...then save that view with a unique name...such as “Wall Framing Plan”
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    Thanks Scott...sure means a lot coming for the "King" of training videos! Thanks all...I was happy to finally give back just a "little" to this fantastic forum.
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    Attached is a video I created to show how I use "railing walls" and "panels" to create Screen Porches. This is the first video I've ever created and I used "QuickTime" which is an app that comes with a MAC computer. No editing features with QuickTime (at least that I could find)...so, you get what you get. Feels good to "give back" to this forum. Hopefully it helps some of you...even if it's not a porch you are creating..."panels" in railing walls can be very powerful.
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    Joe is 100% right...change Patio to Porch. Thanks Joe!
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    I fell your pain! If I had some recording software I would do a video... Maybe one of our resident gurus will chime in... Have a great day...I'm on eastern daylight time...so, it's just about time for a cold brew.
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    Take a look at the attached...it's not perfect but it may help to lead you in the right direction. I didn't make it perfect...you may try using P-Solids to fill in the gaps between the roof and the rail panels. Screen Porch - Using Rail Walls 2 - With Patio.plan
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    Eric - I cannot begin to thank you enough for all the help you have provided to us all on this forum. You have helped me often when I didn't even ask a question. My point about the "secret" is that an attic wall should behave the same whether it's located above a flat room ceiling plane....or a manual ceiling plane...or an arched ceiling plane. It's the inconsistent behavior that drives me a bit crazy that's all. I had tried just about everything to fix that attic wall but with no success. Dragging the ceiling plane out beyond the attic wall...and then back to the drywall surface of the attic wall seems so unnecessary. Am I the only one that has difficulty with this? I doubt it....
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    Attached is a symbol plan...shows a basic screen panel. You can modify to your needs. Instructions for creating the symbol are in the plan. Easy-peasy! Screen Panel Symbol Plan.plan
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    I use a "railing wall" with "Panels". - The railing wall has a "beam"...in the picture it is 4" wide x 12" tall but you can specify any size you want...or none. I also used a bottom rail...in the picture it is 4" wide and 2" tall. I created my own rail panel symbols. I've attached a plan so you can see what I've done... If you make a bunch of rail panel symbols you can just drag them on to the wall and change them so you can see how different designs look. With wood panel on bottom.... With Arch at top and fully screened... Here is a vector view of pic above... Here is a sample plan... Screen Porch - Using Rail Walls 1.plan
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    Thank you Eric... So I gather the "secret" to success is dragging the ceiling plane beyond the attic wall...then dragging back to align with the edge of the drywall. I don't believe this "secret" editing technique is described anywhere in the "Chief Help Files". Just another task in Chief that should be simple (but isn't)...any attic wall should be able to determine the ceiling shape and automatically adjust to fit the shape. If I had a dime for every time something like this has slowed me down I'd be very wealthy....
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    Help? Is this really as complicated as it appears?
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    Eric thanks...but how is this done? My attic wall did not follow the curved ceiling...
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    Sample as requested.... Curved Ceiling - sample.plan
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    Can someone tell me how to construct the attic wall above a curved ceiling as shown below? I tried placing a wall in the attic (attic wall) but all you get is a standard triangular shaped attic wall...the bottom edge of the attic wall does not follow the curved of the ceiling. Thanks! Here is the curved ceiling...no attic wall. Here is "with" an "attic wall"...
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    Actually that is how it looked when I started, rectangular frame with an arched door. You would think the software in 2018 could be smart enough to detect this but alas we must just want too much.
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    Joe - I agree with your assessment. I tried one of the round top doors...and the radius of the jamb did not match the door radius...leaving a gap. You would think someone at Chief would check these items out thoroughly prior to release.
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    Mark...thanks for taking the time to help me. Very much appreciated. If I'm right...those are "architectural blocks"...not symbols? I was trying to make a symbol I could stretch to fit any size closet. I used the method suggested by Chopsaw...drew individual lines in the block to represent the hidden rod...assigned it to the symbol and it worked well. See symbol in plan attached...Shelf and Rod Plan.plan
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    I'm attempting to make my own shelf and rod symbol. The symbol is easy enough...but, the CAD block is another story. I want line that represents the pole to be a dashed line...representing that it is underneath the shelf. I've tried just about every thing I can thing of...and no matter what I do the line in the CAD block is always solid. When I made the symbol I called it a "Fixture"...is this the problem? When I place the symbol into a plan...does the new plan assign the layer to the symbol...like a CAD block? Or does it retain the layers it was created with? Attached are some pics... this is what I'm trying to achieve...
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    Not arguing with the code...but sometimes I think these code creators just don’t have enough to do so they look hard for things to regulate. I mean there are millions of homes out there that were framed without this requirement and...last I looked they weren’t falling down.