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Yea this is a weird one. The max height is 30 feet above flood and a 7 foot vent stack would break that by 4 feet. Great suggestions though. I may have to do some roof area just for the vent.

Working on a house where the entire roof of the main house is a roof terrace. Can you suggest a code approved location for the single 3" vent stack? I have looked at the code but nothing but a vent 7 feet tall above the roof deck works. And it can not be in the Daylight plane for the local restrictions.

That was the trick I was looking for. Thanks I now have a new Dens-Glass material & made some new wall types. AmberBock time here.

Thanks for the info. I need drywall on the other 2 floors so I will rename backer board, I think.

On the 1st floor I want to use "Dens-Glass" in place of Drywall for room schedule. How do I add that to the plan or rename Green board so mu schedule display correctly? Thanks

I typically just trace over the CAD lines when creating a Chief Model. It's very fast as long as you have Chief set up with the wall types, doors & windows a you want them.

First place I'd look is the wall DBX

I think so. https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-01019/managing-and-creating-line-styles.html

This may be useful for load calcs. https://www.daftlogic.com/information-appliance-power-consumption.htm

Thanks for sharing

I think you have to use sketch-up to do it.

Got a reply from tech support on the pony walls. This seems to work as desired except i don;t see the glass edges. Hello, Thanks for contacting Chief Architect Technical Support! After reviewing your case, it looks like the layers don’t cover the floor platform where we are using an upper wall type that doesn’t have any exterior layers. To resolve this: 1. Select one of the pony walls on the second floor with the gap below it 2. Click Open Object 3. Go to the Wall Types panel and click Define next to Glass Shower 4. Select the main glass layer and click the Insert Above button 5. Use the Move Up button to move that layer into the Exterior layers 6. Change the material to Insulation Air Gap and the thickness to 0” 7. Confirm all dialogs – you should now see the stucco covering the floor platform Please let me know if this helps! Best Regards, Roy

Nice job Robert....

That looks great. I did have the window issue in the last house. The corner connection has a mind of it's own. Later..

Thank you Robert! I'll see if I can implement those method.

Same house the railing does not work properly. Using Glass panels from the core catalog I get additional vertical lines @ about 42" oc.

Anyone know what is causing the missing exterior wall? Plan file attached Main House Issues.zip

Thanks folks. I should have remembered it needed to be a global variable. Sorry. Yes Eric, Mtext is an Autocad Term & Rtext is my short hand for Rich Text. You can't beat the Autocad out of me after 22 years of use.

I have a macro ffe_data with this: [Evaluate / None] ffe_house = "24.0' FFE NAVD88" ffe_2nd_Floor = "23.5' FFE NAVD88" ffe_garage = "23.9' FFE NAVD88" ffe_porch_1 = "23.5' FFE NAVD88" ffe_porch_2 = "23.5' FFE NAVD88" ffe_stoop = "23.5' FFE NAVD88" ffe_grade_1 = "22.5' FFE NAVD88" ffe_grade_2 = "22.5' FFE NAVD88" "" I want to use rtext to display th value of ffe_garage. What is the syntax to display the value of that variable? Thanks PS I think someone already told me how years ago but I must have forgotten.

Copying text from a pdf & pasting into Rtext the "Auto Width" turns itself OFF. https://youtu.be/ZDuaByj02Vg

Well looks like we are in the target zone. I have 2 cases of beer, should be OK. Keep you head down.

Thanks, I've been through many a hurricane in my 70+ years in Florida. I'm at 97' MSL & have hurricane shutters.

I have been adding this decal to my foundation plan. Just thought you may be interested. What is 811? 811 is the national call-before-you-dig phone number. Anyone who plans to dig should call 811 or go to their state 811 center’s website a few business days before digging to request that the approximate location of buried utilities be marked with paint or flags so that you don’t unintentionally dig into an underground utility line. 811 protects you and your community! Hitting a buried line while digging can disrupt utility service, cost money to repair, or cause serious injury or death. Always contact your 811 center, wait the required time for utilities to respond to your request, and ensure that all utilities have responded to your request before putting a shovel in the ground. https://call811.com/811-In-Your-State Call 811.calibz

First welcome to the forum. Second take a few minutes to update your forum signature to display what version of Chief you are using. Third, there are several folks her that do one on one training.. It will go a long way getting you started. Fourth as the software evolves some of the video's & help info may be a little behind theses changes. Fifth post a plan file when seeking specific answers. Make sure to close the plan file before posting or it will be an empty file. That said the learning curve is a bit steep at first but you will reap rewards from you study. Read read read. I prefer the videos as they revel all sorts of good technique if you pay attention. Good luck..