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I have an Architect that I do a lot of drafting for & he is complaining about the furniture. He only likes modern furniture & today said don't put any more grandma's furniture in the model, it's got to be modern looking. 3DWarehoue doesn't seem to have a lot, searching modern furniture. Do the symbols found outside Chief use more drawing space? Thanks

I think what Mick offered will work for me. If all else fails I will have a backup on disk.

Mick, Sorry for the late reply. Search "subway" in the catalog. The "White Tile"

Thanks for the tips I forgot to mention that i already have a Samsung 850 PRO 500GB in my existing computer & it helps but it is SATA II so the new mother board will help there. The Disk shown above will be the DATA storage & the SSD will have Windows & CA & Autocad on it, along with their critical files. I am running Windows 7 Pro currently. I don't have the original disk as the computer was a Dell and I would like a clean install to clean the crap out of the registry. Maybe I don't need to worry about that, just plug the SSD with Windows 7 in it and start the new computer. Will definitely max out the RAM & look into the VID card.

OH, didn't think about doing that. Do you have a special "Raining Wall Definition" with this setback as an "AirGap"? I guess I need to dig into the No Material Invisible layer. I'll try to do it in the morning as it's 8:30 PM and that is Beer Time, Thanks

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OK with this simple railing i found it simpler to create using short columns a p-solid for rail. I deleted the 2nd floor railings & room but kept the roof. I need to study decks and see of that is a better way to handle balconies when the railing is set back from the edge. Wish I had more time to study but as you can see I'm working on Saturday & Sunday for the past three weeks. Thanks

Actually the deck is there only because the railing create it. The roof is what I want but if you lower the roof an inch or two the railing disappears. If you select the railing & say No Room the railing disappears.

Typically I want the columns set back from the edge of a porch. Then on the Balcony above the railings also need to be set back away from the edge. In the case of my current project, plan attached, the balcony is a flat roof with railings on top. Therefore I want plenty of overhang. I like using railings as the are quite versatile but they restrict the room perimeter too much for overhangs. I tried to have a room with a room integrated within it but it's not working well. Anyway what method best suite you in the case you need on overhang? I'll be away for the computer for a few hours. Thanks Edgewood.plan

I've got a cheat sheet file I started for all the things I forget before I need then again.

Oh that's the trick. Even unchecked the Casing need to be ZERO. Thanks for your time.

Yes those are unchecked. File attached. Pass through in the kitchen 46th Ave Townhouse.plan

What controls how close to the end of the wall you may place a door or window? Some times I can turn off the casing & nudge the door closer & the turn the casing back on. But I want a Pass through pushed to the end of a wall & have no return on the main wall. i.e. pushed all the way to the T Now that I thing about it I only want a drywall opening in the wall, not a pass through with trim. I am going to set a counter top in the opening. I did this before but have forgotten how I did it.

Now why is that not the default setting for plan rotations? Rotating the layout makes my neck hurt.

Working on a plan & decided it did not fit well on the layout sheet. So i use the plan rotation tool to rotate the plan, sweet. BUT now CA still thinks the plan is in the original rotation. When i add text it is rotated to the original rotation. When I added Front & back elevation they are orientated to the original rotation. Did I do something wrong or is this a half baked function?

Wow, that turned out great.

Thanks for the video David. Good find Larry lot's of methods. So i guess it depends on how elaborate the porch structure is.

Oh, that looks promising. Thanks

Trying to create a screen room on the back of this house. Problems are the curved house wall won't let me tie in at the corner. The screen room is more that one floor tall. Tried to use railing but that is fighting me. I saw a Scott video months ago about screen room or deck but can't find it now. I guess I could use invisible wall / room divider to create the room (-4 floor & 193 ceiling height) Looks like the doors will stay out. Then use p solids for all the columns & rails. 3D molding is a PITA for me to work with but I can see how to make the horizontal elements with it. What is the easy way to deal with this? River House.plan

Talking about the other end, see my picture.

SO YOU HAVE TO BUILD YOUR OWN ARROW AND SECTION LINE?

trying to add a section symbol to a section view. I seem to remember seeing it in the catalog but can't find it again.

Curt, Strange that my end to end will not work but the manual dim will. That plan is not the one I was working on floor trusses and I was not the originator of the roof truss question. Just jumped in there & hijacked the thread. PS that's strange. I changed the dim arrow type & now working, changed it back to original & it's working too. Now I can't repeat the failure in this plan.

I posted the plan file here if that helps. https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?/topic/5980-wall-junction-problem/#entry52498

I change anno sets to 1/2" which are much smaller. When I drag I can see the arrows & text for dim and plenty of room. When I release, the dim dispersal. No more time today so I'll check back tonight. Thanks