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So you can not modify a floor truss like you can a roof truss? I have a truss that needs to step down to a room with a lower floor level & CA drew the truss equal height on both ends. If I could break the top cord & pull the part down that I need it would work. I wanted to show this truss in section view so the step down was obvious.

Requires some dexterity to use, or short people. Would require a false bottom cabinet else the box would protrude into the cupboard space.

Very realistic. I would rotate the GFI's & lower into the white tile band.

From the notes drawing this is what I got. I did not develop the entire front elevation.

When I mull windows together they display a casing & my window default has no casing displayed. How do you set the default for Mulled Windows to no have casing?

That's a good one jon. I just added that to my CA Tips File.

Clever solution tommy. The font style in my example is a must.

Thanks. I can do it easy in ACAD so I guess I will import an image into CA to keep it all together. Oops the image in the previous post did not attach.

Yes I needed some transparency. I wanted the darker color to bleed through the gray text.

I want to add some transparent text. How is this done in CA. Big And Bold Letters but in a faded gray color with background showing through.

OK Thanks for the conformation. I just had him Backup entire plan and resend. It now opens.

Got a plan from a friend in the industry & I can not open it. Message "Unable to open the file", followed by the file's name. I have Primer x7 so is the plan damaged? Proposed Room Add.plan

I don't think that pipe came form CA. Looks like the real thing.

Yes, indicates a very old structure.

I used dividing walls on the first floor directly under the closet and it worked well in this case.

OK I get a call to day to change the 2nd floor closet floor elevation. Need the closet floor (cross hatched) on the 2nd floor to be lowered 7.5" and NOT change any other rooms! The ceiling above will remain in the same location, not come down 7.5" The entry into the master will have to have a thicker floor by 7.5" to accommodate trusses and make that portion of ceiling in the garage the same in North South direction. The step in the ceiling to the West will remain as is. What is the best method to accomplish this? (before I screw the plan up) 46th Ave Townhouse B.zip

Thanks all for all the interest in the thread. I just thought that with automated software you could do things automatically. Not.

Rod I took from you plan & tried to use in mine but fell short as I needed to extend the plate and add 2 more rafters. But I can not figure out how to edit your objects.

Because this job is an exposed rafter & Beam ceiling. How do you do an interior view without modeling the framing? The portion I am struggling with is out of sight though. I just thought it would be impressive to show that framing view on the plans.

I don't yet have the 3D skills to work with primitives to accomplish this. Way too time consuming. I can convey the intent in a 2D plan & elevation views. Just thought a 3D framing would be nice to include in the plans. Shane, Looks like you are close to having figured it out. The room needs to be conventionally framed exposed rafters for that rustic look. I think GC will use t-111 with the decorative side facing down as the first sheeting layer on the roof & then a 1/2" plywood layer to complete the structural requirements. I just wanted to show the framing technique for the framers & the GC. This picture is as far as I could get. Funny how a seemingly simple construction technique required a very skilled CA operator to pull off. Thanks for all the interest.

Why do I get all the hard ones? Just got back & Wifie is waiting dinner. So I'll try again in the morning.

The attached plan has an existing truss roof that I am attempting to add a conventionally framed addition with open rafters. CA will frame the main part but will not frame the roof over. When I manually replicate rafters over the existing trusses the frame through the trusses. I added a Truss plane but no luck. If I trim to the valley boards CA added the tails penetrate the roof plane. In a real roof over the existing roof remains and the rafters die into a 2x6 laid flat on the existing plywood. http://homebuildingaddition.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/IMG_0028.jpeg Can this be done? Lefeber Addition.plan

Oh you should take Glenn up on his offer. Will save you a ton of headache.

Imagelit this is good place to start http://www.chiefarchitect.com/getting-started/ Start with the House Design. The setup seems like a lot of work but after you do it save the plan file as a template file. The setup is necessary and will save you work & headache down the road. Your set up will change over time & with different houses but you can save the template file again to update your base template and save to non-standard houses if you thing your will build that again. Your template file will mature with you as you learn more tricks & develop your standards. The template file will save you a ton of man hours in the future. But don't worry about getting everything set in the file at first as your knowledge grows the file will change. Just the wall types & some basic settings are enough to get your started. I would share my template file but I use inches You will want to develop your own standards though. Define the ceiling height for the first floor, you can not define other floors until you create them. Wall definitions will give you a fit at first but modifying the default walls is a must if you want them to behave as you want them to. Actually it is easy to draw a box or two and see the 3d views come to life BUT to get what YOU want takes some homework. That's all the time I have to spare this morning. BTW I'm a newbie too. Just a little ahead of you.

Well said Gheppto I use the Sledge hammer approach, just keep pounding on it (CA) until it submits or breaks. Great help from the form folks, Thanks