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I have done several flat roofs as accents on designs and simply change the pitch to 1/4" and away we go. Not sure of any additional issues created.

I designed a TI for my wife's Barber shop and there are several additional factors such as ventilation and hygiene maintenance issue that you may want to check into.

I am assuming that the drawings will need to be stamped by an engineer? Member sizing and connection specs will need to be shown and documented? Not sure if this project is one that would be better left to an engineering firm with in an in house draftsman for the cd work.

You need to open copy the material and rename it first. Then you can open it and edit the pattern and texture size as needed. When done save to library for future use

Agreed Michael- an accurate thread title that describes a subject that I can help with or have interest in is always a great start in getting my help.

I only use it for rough design to keep an eye on the overall size of the structure as I am working on the early versions. Love the living area poly line to confirm actual sq.ft.

Sorry- don't help anyone.

Ditto to the above- and DRAW DRAW DRAW !!!! Anything - just keep experimenting with all the features of CA. One more suggestion that may or may not be important- depending on how much actual building or construction experience you have you may want to enlist the help of a more experienced designer or architect to help you understand what you are really drawing. Pretty pictures that can't be built do help anyone.

As Michael said- Must be done on each floor to regenerate the label for each.

This forum is one of the most valuable CA resources available and the members that frequent it have invested a lot of time helping each other here. It is not the job of this forum to teach the basics of CA that should be learned by proper training and hard work. CA is a great program that can rapidly produce amazing results in that hands of an experienced user but it appears that as it grows in popularity more new users feel like a quick post here will get answers that will take the place of real education. I find the OP attitude offensive and disrespectful to the regular contributors to this forum that have always been professional and helpful. Good riddance.

I do similar to Scott and Java - send my main floor plan to it's layout page and then send subsequent plan views to that page and point to point move to align. then move the new view to it's proper page.

Gonna need a big cricket there or something.

Any chance the camera is locked?

Larry and Lewis- While I agree that the way CA's structure tab can be confusing the fact is that the changes made in room "A" most often have great effect on room "B" if they are located on adjacent floors and at least partially aligned- which is a very common condition in residential construction. IMO CA is just offering the "reaction to the action" in most cases.

Glenn- Thanks for the tip on adjusting floor and ceiling heights in section- never knew and can't wait to implement that technique.

Larry- I actually think that the real way to look at it is that the ceiling below and the floor above are essentially one and the same. The joists that create that structure are providing both the upper floor and lower ceiling framing so CA is seeing it in the real world application IMO. (We may be saying the same thing but just in a different way.)

Generally when I download online CA catalogs I save as to a specific folder not a random folder chosen by CA. Then easy to locate and import.

I like that look Eric- a style of exterior attachment that is getting popular here in central Oregon. Gary, As Eric said you need to build the new cover in the main plan so that you can adjust the existing components to match the new cover. That is the only way to get the full model to work right.

As long as they are 1/2" over in any direction and not under

To piggyback on Richard's comments you need to research what the local codes will require and verify that the way you plan to frame the structure is consistent with them. It appears that the turret style roof you are showing will be vaulted on the ceiling but the material you are showing is run parallel to the roof framing, I doubt that is what you area really intending to do. Also the wall that will be above the French doors will need to frame up to close off the existing roof above in some fashion. Just a couple of things I noticed. My biggest suggestion I would offer is to use CA to get the general design down and then make sure that YOU fully understand how this will be built and what YOU want the end result to be. Your project and experience will be much more positive in the end.

Not at my computer to check for sure but you should be able to add to the ro in the framing dialog. Won't auto adjust for each opening based on the number of units though- it will have to be done manually for each one.

Spell check really dropped the ball on that one.

Glad to hear I am doing it the right way. Well ,one of the right ways.... I am sure there are many.

Actually this is the premis I use for all my drawing and layout association. I keep my layout templte in a separate file and bring a copy over to the plan folder I want to work on. This layout file is linked to the plan files that contain my details and notes. As I move forward in the desing with new revisions I just copy both plan and layout files to the new revision folder then rename and relink.

Not sure but I think this belongs in the seeking servers forum...