braneks

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  1. 4 hours ago, Chopsaw said:

    I will let you test this so you know if it works for your exact situation but try placing the sink into the plan and then moving it to the cabinet rather than placing it directly into the cabinet.

     

    This works for me - thank  you!    This is my first experience putting together a schedule and I had a feeling there was an easier way but wasn't sure how. 

  2. I used a Chief manufacturer catalog symbol in my plan, but symbol showed up on furniture schedule (F01).   Exported/imported as 3DS symbol so I could assign it to cabinet category.  That worked in so far as symbol now shows up in cabinet schedule (C01) which is what I want.  I then added a drop in sink which showed up in the correct fixture schedule (A01) but is using the object information from the base cabinet object.  I figured out a work around (custom countertop w/ hole, then add sink w/ special placement option set to "none" rather than "insert into countertop") but I'm new to Chief and still learning so I'm wondering  if there is a way to do this differently so the sink/fixture object data is automatically used in the schedule, like it is with a 'regular' base cabinet?


     

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  3. 24 minutes ago, decorators3 said:

    ok  I did what you said but my  corner  is not as smooth as yours...mine still has a middle seam.  I tried using the corner cabinet but it was flat iron look

     

    Here is the one I created.  I used a Kraftmaid front for the drawer style.

    BaseCorner.calibz

  4. Apologize for bump this up but I thought everything was OK after starting over and using the Build Roof functionality but they aren't.   I may still be doing something wrong but after much trial and error I think CA has some problem with certain combination of pitches.

     

    Attached is a simple plan, from scratch plan this time, and pictures of the issue (which is the same as before).   I tried all combinations of pitches and found the only one where rafters extend below eaves is when the breezeway (laundry/pantry)  hip walls are set to  8 while the garage walls are set to 10.   All other combinations produce expected results.

     

    Pitch:

    Breezeway     Garage       Results 

    8                       8                  :-)

    10                     8                  :-)

    10                     10                :-)

    8                       10                :-(

     

    The steps I followed are:

    1. Turn on auto build framing  

    2.  Set pitch of walls

    3. 'Delete all objects'  -> Roof Planes &  Roof Baseline Polylines 

    4.  Use Build Roof to build roof planes

     

    Also in the Build Roof's Roof panel I tried different combinations of  the 'Roof Height' check boxes but they didn't help.

     

    Questions I have:

    1.   Can someone else confirm they see the same behavior

    2.   Do I still have something wrong

    3.  Assuming this is a problem w/ Chief, is creating a custom rafter tail on the offending rafters the best way to work around this?

     

    I really want to move on from this but only if it's Chief and not me.

    ExampleEaveRafters.plan

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    8-10.jpg

  5. 50 minutes ago, Kbird1 said:

     

    And old Checklist of mine: CA Drawing Order Checklist.pdf

     

     

    ***Every Wall on the Structure Tab as the 1st Item also has two Check-boxes for Default Wall top and Bottom , but the wall in question is often had to find , which is when the Edit>Reset Default Option is handy.

     

    M.

    Thanks for the list and I never noticed the default checks were there either (probably because they are normally grayed out). 

     

    I've already made some good progress using only auto roof.   I'm not done but it certainly isn't the hot mess I started with.  Thanks again for the help - much appreciated.

  6. 1 hour ago, CJSpud said:

    The screened porch floor is down 8" .... ??? 

     

    Thanks for taking a look - agree lots of things wrong with the plan I posted and it didn't help I tried to gut my plan to create a simple example. I've only been using CA for ~2 months so I am going to start over knowing what I know now. 

     

    The reason the porch floor is down 8" is because I want the brick band on the outside to be even.  Otherwise the siding and brick don't align where the porch meets the house frame.   The only way I could think to "fix" this is by lowering the porch floor, and effectively creating a step into the house, is there some other way to do this?   Note: 8" doesn't get it exactly even but close enough that visually one doesn't notice the difference as much.

  7. 1 hour ago, Kbird1 said:

     

    Also forgot to mention you have a few Walls with non-default wall top and bottom heights, ( you will see the warning when rebuilding the Roof) , it is best not to play with Walls in 3D unless you REALLY need too , to fix something CA just won't do Auto , as if these walls are not at defaults the won't rebuild Automatically to reach new Roof planes of the Foundation etc, the fast fix is to use Edit>Reset to defaults....

     

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    Thank you!!   Sometime I accidentally move things when looking in 3D and could never figure out how to reset them.  Up till now I just start redrawing things until the error goes away.  Also I'm aware of the 'no room' definition and how to fix but wasn't aware of the issues with attic definition - could have been one of my original problems.

     

    Yes please don't spend more time on this plan as it's not the final, and the one I have has changed so much from where I started I'm literally going reset and start over.   Normally wouldn't do that but in this case I have so much of the interior done (so my wife could visualize everything) that I think it makes more sense to start over knowing what I know now and making sure each step in the build process is correct before moving on.  

  8. 15 minutes ago, Kbird1 said:

     

    I ran into a few of them , this one I found while clicking over the LH laundry wall, maybe a Polyline you converted to a Solid perhaps?

     

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    Thanks - I had to pull down the plan I posted to see this as it wasn't in my local plan.  I don't know what it is but probably left over from trying to take the actual plan and creating one to post.   I see a few other issues w/ the plan I posted like there should be no holes in the kitchen/master bath ceilings.  Lesson learned - next time I will take a closer look at the example plan before posting, or better yet create new plan  - sorry about that.

     

    As for the auto roof build settings  - all I can say is !@#$.  I've been so focused on the object specifications that I failed to thoroughly read the auto build settings.  Time for another lesson/deep dive.   Thanks for pointing it out.

  9. Chopsaw and Kbird1,

     

    Thanks for taking the time to look at it.  I'm sure there is more weirdness in the plan :-( - in fact I ran into this trying to clean things up, plus I had just watched nsestor's videos on porch wall/columns and thought crap I didn't do that "right".   I do tend to use auto roofs but the roofs  for the main house were a hot mess when I did that initially (the ones in the posted plan aren't setup correct) and figured it would be easier to just draw them manually.   Also I was trying to get all the roof eaves the same length and AFAIK auto roofs won't do that (?).   Anyway kbird1's comment got me to take a step back and I went back to using auto roof for the garage/breezeway section to see what CA would generate, then manually redrew the roofs with the same values CA calculated.  That worked so I then adjusted to make eaves the same and that also worked (the valleys aren't over the wall intersections but w/ different pitches I don't see how they can be).   I don't yet understand what  was wrong but I've got a better understanding of things and how to debug them - thanks!

     

    kbird1,

    Can you tell me about where you clicked to get these 'shapes'?   Good chance it's left over from some other edit/change that didn't get fully cleaned up.

     

     

  10. Eric,

    Not sure what you want to see but here are a few showing one valley exhibiting the issue - note the valley on the other side of the porch is fine.    It could just be how CA works but I only have 3 valleys like this and the rest are as expected.  There was a fourth valley with this issue but somehow the combination of adjusting overhangs, aligning roof planes/walls to the 1/100th of an inch etc. resulted in the problem going away - and doing the same for these three hasn't work.  I could create a custom rafter tail but given the others are fine I would like to know for sure it's CA and not me - my bet is on me.

    BC 1.jpg

    Vector 1.jpg

    Vector 2.jpg

  11. Any idea why CA won't cut the valley rafters which are hanging below the fascia?   Admittedly I'm new to CA, have 0 CAD background, and little construction experience but I spent the night at a Holiday Inn :-), examined/tweaked every roofing setting I can find, watched as many videos as possible in my free time,  and read as much help as I can w/o much luck.  I am sure it's me but no idea how to fix.   Also I know if I box the eaves the rafters are cut but I don't want to box them.

     

    BTW I also want to say thanks to everyone who posts here.  I can't tell you how helpful/insightful reading your posts and answers have been.

     

     

    ValleyTroubles.plan