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This software allows me to design badass homes and make a a lot of money doing it. I can only pray I stay busy and it carry me thru the next 20 years until retirement. What you don't understand about CA can be answered here by the intelligent forum members.

Hey guys, how do I get rid of this railing wall bottom when a carport is attached to the home and rear porch/deck? Hope the screenshots help...... Rear porch was made with railing walls and named "deck". I like to use railing walls to form a carport and remove the railing then manually input the posts and beams. Home subfloor is 36" above grade and carport space was formed with -35" floor height so the slab sits slightly above grade.

I tried doing that last pic a few years and it looked pretty good. I took a google maps screenshot of the lot and use it as a backdrop in CA. You know, before AI was coming out.

Well I've used chat gpt to change exterior wall materials and colors and it seemed to work fine. I even deleted a curved stairwell in one of my plan files and asked AI to make a better curved staircase and it worked nicely. Today I put it to the test and I wouldn't say it is to scale but it did a great job when I told it to merge these two screen shots of the floor plan my client wants. I searched everywhere but failed to find the web link. AI couldn't even find it with all the info put in.

Good feedback guys, I usually do 3:16 with the front elevation at bottom of D size sheet and 1/4" rotated on D size sheet when it fits so they have both but will take into consideration all these suggestions. I will be honest I have never used match lines and interested in learning more now.

What does the match lines do?

Yeah, I was thinking plumbers scale it to place the pipe inside the fdn forms before pouring the slab too.

Thanks guys, I need to set up E size in my templates for this purpose. I know a lot of the builders out here so If they want it to 1/4" bad enough they won't hesitate to ask. I look at my architectural scale and feel I could build by it but I am no pro. What do they scale the drawings for anyway if the dimensions are right in front of them?

I also ask because I have heard E size sheets can be a pain on site if it is windy. Those sheets are the size of a blanket almost lol

Hey guys, Architecture 101 here and wanted to get input on how you remedy this. When a home won't fit on D size sheets @ 1/4"=1'-0" normal orientation or rotated to fit, do you go to an E size sheet? Or do you add a note on each plan/elevation view saying "1/4"=1'-0" available upon request"? Do framers absolutely despise 3/16"=1'-0" when 1/8"=1'-0" is too small? Thoughts? I typically can rotate the floor plan 90 degrees and it fits but this current monster of a home won't fit at all. Happens very rarely with me.

I checked "build fdn below" and it went away but will keep your idea in mind for the next time I have to troubleshoot.

Hey guys, this gets me every now and then. I don't know how it happens, but how do I get rid of the concrete below the main slab?

copy and paste in place roof plane. Slide the two planes to connect at the pitch break and then manipulate the lower portion to the pitch desired. If I am understanding you right. Kind of similar to how I do a flared eave but opposite.

Thanks guys.

How many of you guys use all 4-6" LED ceiling lights everywhere in the house instead of the cheap dome lights? How about garages, are the fluorescent tubes an out of date type of thing and do you use LED's in there as well? Just trying to keep up with the times and get feedback. I personally use the round LED's everywhere, maybe some chandelier's and pendants in special areas.

Hey guys, I found this from a while back and it worked pretty good. Posted August 29, 2016 Draw your 3 stair sections all separate from each other, but at the correct angles. Don't worry about the overall heights, just get the goings and risers for each section correct. Use point to point move to join them up. You can then use the Landing tool to click between the stairs and the landing will auto build to join the 2 stair sections. You can then edit the stairs and landings as needed for fine tuning.

Hey guys, what the easiest way to make a set of stairs like this in X17? I keep getting crappy railing transitions and weird winders. Thanks

My change order fees cover 100% cleanup work on mirrored homes. Huge mess on elevations and cross sections.

Projects I started in X15 and then continued in X17 went nuts with electrical. All wiring detached from the switches.

I have found with roofs that if anything happens like you have listed there is an error somewhere. Once that gets fixed everything falls into place. From making sure all roof plans are joined to wall placement CA roofs are very sensitive. Might even be a box needing checked or unchecked. I fixed a boxed eave this morning after a search and found a 10 year old thread that showed me what to do. It worked great.

10 years later and this really help my situation today.

100%

I am thinking the same thing as yall. Take out the colors and render in clay or technical lines. Use colored renderings for my portfolio on website, google and IG. Thanks! I may scrap the interior videos all together but keep doing the exterior walk arounds. Now I just gotta hope my returning builders and clients don't get too disappointed with one less file. Or maybe even have a video file charge for the headache they bring.

Sounds like we work the same. The interior videos are black and white BUT on special areas, like this current home I am working, I wanted a shot of the kitchen, dining and loft space (open concept) rendered and I use physically based. Looks cool with my video card I have. That's where the problems begin, visuals on the interior video and colors on the renderings.