rockyshepheard

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  1. You cannot stop CA wackamole.

    Example: Locking ALL layers will not prevent CA wall materials from changing.

    If all layers are locked you should be unable to change anything.
    I always lock all layers except what I'm working on (like roofs) and still mateirials change and windows and treatments move, floors disappear, on and on.

    Looking for positive feedback.
     

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  2. I stupidly creates of windows and related treatments not looking to see what floor I am on. (I place them in 3D usually).
    I might be on floor 1 and place a window on floor 2 wall and vice versa. The consequence is these jump all over when seemingly unrelated objects are manipulated.

    I need to correct these. Is there a way to 
    select a window
    find out what floor it is referenced to
    If good leave alone
    If wrong floor select correct floor
    ?

    shit.plan

  3. You are aptly named. You solved it! Thank you.

    What I have learned.
    The baseline needs to be the same height AND aligned on the outside edge of the wall.
    I just wish I know how a baseline moves up on down without me specifically changing its height it in the roof plane specification DB.
    I actually could not even do it there without it modifying one of the two inputs that I demand not change...the fascia top height and the pitch.
    If such a differential in the baseline height occurs again, I will simply move it up or down in the Transform/Replicate Object DB.
    Thanks again. Happy SuperBowl!

    R

  4. I am attempting to make a perfect roof by making one plane and saving that file. When perfect I save the file as roof1 and do next plane and save file as roof2.

     

    As usual it seems impossible to even get 2 planes to work both in 2D and 3D simultaneously. So consequently much fudging happens. Not a fan of fudging. I triple checked all of these...
    1. Walls have correct dimensions and angles.
    2. Roof baselines are in correct position.
    3. Roof pitches and fascia heights match.
    4. Left-most plane is aligned with vent, window  and front of garage.

    Can someone please show me how get these two simple planes to align perfectly in 2D and in 3D (such that my planes do not cross over each other in 2D )?
    I have watched all videos on manual roofs and spent hundreds of dollars on CA training but I have never learned hot to successfully do this.
    Admittedly, I have not read all of the manual...but some of it.
    Thank you for looking.

    why these do not meet.jpg

    ROOFPLANE2.plan

  5. On 1/24/2020 at 5:01 PM, DzinEye said:

    Appears like you want the window not AT floor level, but between floor levels... correct?  
    If you use invisible walls/room divider walls to make a room behind the window the size of the floor hole you want and assign it the 'open below' room type you should be able to put the window there.

    Thanks. I did that but there is still ceiling artifacts in staircase windows. I think the problem is CA is not cutting away all the way to the windows. It is not possible to run the room divider wall all the way around the inside of the staircase. If it were, that should get rid of the artifacts. Can you see any fix to this issue, even if it is not ideal?
    Thanks

    open below.jpg

    cupola on fixed garage caps.plan