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How do you control the floor location when the gable end needs to build in another location? Also do you typically frame it like I show in the right side detail?

See attached X10 plan. How would you address the gable end location relative to the porch floor edge? Note that the gable end truss needs support so I usually align it with the beam below which is set back from the porch edge. The porch edge is usually determined by the column footprint. If the gable end truss is beyond the beam, it will need perpendicular members to hold it up. In Chief, the gable end is positioned by the floor below. I can do a section view if you need clarification. Thanks New.zip

I envy your talent & you could probably play the piano. But I'm a right dominate hand player and want the program to help me, not me help the program. So I want Chief to change not me.

You may have Michael but I like to stir the pot. Also at 69 I forget a lot of what I was told yesterday. Just seems to me that such a common frequently repeated operation should not require finger gymnastics or two mice or any other such nonsense. Zooming & Panning during a command should be a no-brainer and help the workflow.

Thanks Mark, seems to work, although crossing with the left hand is awkward. Wonder why Chief did not use + - It would be sooo nice if you had the option to pick - pick rather that Click - drag Then you could use the wheel to zoom & Pan. Realy a much better method.

So in this example, I start the 2nd arrow & want to snap to the vertex of the existing arrow (2 segments). I start the command but realize the snap will not snap to the vertex unless I zoom in. How do I zoom while holding down the mouse button dragging the arrow? Happy New Year.

I don't use sketchFab much except to share details with contractors. https://sketchfab.com/ab2draft/models Looks like you did not get the materials loaded in the zip file you uploaded or exceeded the limit for free users.

EXPORT TO DAE FILE TYPE. I Create a sub folder, 3D, then export while in the camera view. I then zip the dae file & folder Chief created. Sketchfab will upload the zip file. I post process the 3D settings for lighting & tome mapping.

That turned out pretty good. https://skfb.ly/6v9tS I used grey glass to mimic the block wall but made it more transparent. Cranked up the contrast & sharpness to make clear clean lines. Thanks

So draw a psolid over the CMU wall & make it glass? I'll give that a try.

I do these for the contractor & framer https://sketchfab.com/models/dbc6c399f0114a79a15549b540d6c65e But I would like to add a semi transparent wall in the form of a p-solid on the long wall that separated this unit from the others. How would you go about making it transparent like the 85% fill on plan view closed poly lines? I would like to create a psolid that occupied the same space as the CMU wall but on a layer that is visible in 3D Framing view. Thanks

OK I figured it out and it does display properly in the Schedule. I'll have to see how they want the walls to terminate. Sometimes above the ceiling line which is a problem actual construction precess.

And what is a shelf ceiling? For the wall finishes, they want all 4 walls listed (N S E W) or maybe 1 2 3 4 How would you do that in a Room Schedule?

Nothing in the Schedule seems to pick up the ceiling plane for height. I did not want to build a separate floor at this time but looks like I may have too.

The building has a 14' tall structural ceiling & metal framing at 8' in most rooms but not all. I used the ceiling plane to get the 8' ceiling in a room but the Room Schedule still shows the higher ceiling. What is the attribute I need to use for the drop ceiling in the Schedule? Or do I need to use a different procedure for room ceilings?

What a shame. You Ruby guys are handcuffed by Chief's cooperate policies. Turns out the government has a room numbering policy that says a room opening to another room will be number 101A and not a new room number. So my 3 character idea will not work. You would need a delimiter to catch the room number in the string. Later

I applaud your persistance Michael. What is the ruby code to return the first 3 characters of %room.name% I'll live with the prefix in the schedule but I want a callout to have the prefix only.

Joe, I added the 100- , 102-, 10n- to all room numbers manually. I want the call out to contain the room name but only the first 3 characters of the room name In other words a macro that uses %room.name% and returns only the first 3 characters. This is a quick fix to the Schedule problems.

Only one floor on this project. 24 rooms & 5 Hallways, not sure yet if the hallways will need numbers but I bet yes. Government building interior remodel & they are very picky. I have a preliminary plan due tomorrow so I added 101- as a prefix to the Room Name. But I will need Callouts and turn the Room Name off for other sheets. My wife is calling me for dinner so that's it for today. Thanks Michael I'll take that up in the AM.

Making my room numbers 100-Bath, can someone show me a macro that will work in a call out to display 100? Numbers will always be 3 characters, and the dash may or may not be used. This is a qick fix for a current plan due tomorrow by noon & I have bother Michael too much already. Thanks

Thanks Ben, that allowed me to see the offending layout. It was an area table from plan file.

I reused a layout for a new project but the layout shows attachment of the old plan. I can not find anywhere the plan is used in the layout file. How can I purge this PLAN? Thanks

I see but it also occurs on the CMU wall left of the porch. So i want the concrete porch (wall defining it) to be larger than the beam above that carries the roof trusses. That means the soffit needs to be slightly wider than the normal 24" on typical walls. This situation is typical when you have wide column bases. Most porches need to be larger than the beam outline above.

Thanks Shane for pointing that out.

That did the trick Eric, Thanks While we are at it the front hip soffit is not building correctly. Both front hips it looks like.