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sometimes a video is worth a 1,000 posts; Knot Square - Furred Wall set as default - Watch Video

@stager386 - There are "defaults"...but these can be over-ridden by the user for specific wall(s) or room structures. Say for example you want all your walls to be 16" on center...except one wall you need it to be 12" on center because of the load that wall is expected to carry. You can open the wall dialogue and change just that wall to 12" on center...but all your other walls will remain "default". You can do the same for rooms...maybe one room needs the floor joists at a tighter spacing than your default...you can specify that in the room dialogue...just for that room. Hope that makes sense...

@Ed_Orum - all you needed to do in the beginning was open “defaults” >Floors and Rooms>2nd floor. Change the joist size… As long as each room is set to use defaults the model will update. You may have to rebuild the floor framing…but that’s it. If you have already built the roof and had turned off auto rebuild roofs you will have to manually move the roof up/down depending on the difference in the joist size.

@MN_JohnH - made you a quick video; MN_JohnH - roof fix - Watch Video

Cad tools. Save to library so you can use it again when needed.

Terry - I made some basic changes...which I noted on the floor plan. Seems to have fixed things... High Octane Dallas plan - fixed.zip

Eric...the idea on the brick ledge is that I want the slab to be an even number past the main layer. The brick veneer + air space + OSB sheathing is 5 7/16. I offset the slab 1-7/16 to make the extended ledge an even 4". I probably would not do this typically...it was a test. I'd probably have to make the ledge at least 5".

I'm not an expert on mono-slabs...but, can someone tell me why the wall intersections leave these "remnants". It's like the software does not know that that just because an interior wall intersects with an exterior wall with a brick ledge that the ledge should continue through. Is this user error...or, some sort of software glitch? Plan attached...X15 using Chiefs OOB template Thanks! Mono Slab Example Plan.plan

Those are "ceiling break" lines...you cannot select them. Just go to the layer set and turn this layer off. Your roof is clipping the ceiling...

Yes...there is sound. Check you computer speakers. I just clicked on the video and I had sound.

You can create the beams using the solid tool...and solids can be shaped like a polyline. Draw them in plan view...set desired width, depth. Rotate the solid to 45 degrees. The pull the end into the corner from the middle of the beam. Then, using the #3 key, put a break in the end of the solid and pull the sides to align with the ceiling.

The simplest fix is as "TeaTime" has posted..."use the soffit for surface" that is provided in the room specification. However, this will reduce the size of your rafters. Another method is to increase the size of the gable sub fascia to that of the rafter size and accordingly increase the size of the gable fascia. You should also increase the thickness of the soffit to match that of the ceiling...or, vice versa...change the room ceiling to match the thickness of the soffit.

Use the #2 key to join roof planes... CA15 - Joining roof planes for Jeremy - Watch Video

See the attached...hope it helps

@BigTicket - made you a quick video; You should also go to Chiefs website and look for training videos...you should be able to find a good video on this topic there. CA15 - Creating a Pony Wall - Watch Video

You should upload the plan...or an example plan. Thanks.

Made you a quick video showing you how easy this is; CA15 - Creating a Custom Stacked Molding - Watch Video

It appears your roof defaults were set to use "trusses"...not "rafters" - Open the build roof dialogue and check to use "rafters". - Then rebuild the roof framing. It should change automatically. Make sure you have "rafters" turned on in your layer set.

The reason you don't have a frieze on the front elevation is the roof over the front entry (left side) is not extended to the surface of the brick on the two story section. The area that isn't a room is due to the fact that some of the walls that surround the space are designated "no room definition"...just uncheck this for the walls that surround the space and it will become a room with a floor and ceiling.

Tired of struggling along with Chief and want to supercharge your skills...well, maybe some 1:1 training will help. Most all of us on this forum have at one time or another paid for some help learning Chief. I have trained more than a hundred different users...some just once, others many times. I use zoom and record the sessions. I share my screen and go through the processes needed showing you how to accomplish specific tasks. You can learn more by visiting my website here; https://www.mychiefskills.com

@mattivester - Excellent!

Glad it helped!

made you a quick video... mattivester @ Chief Talk - dual roof pitch - Watch Video

Glad it helped! Dormers seem to be the bane of all who dive into Chief.

I made you a video to show you how. I'd say doing something like this is somewhat of an advanced roof topic. Custom Dormers for Jarenand on Chief Talk - Watch Video