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COOL VID!

Agreed, I was lazy this time haha. I guess when I think about it, take a 3" brick and add 1" air gap that gives you the 4". I'm just one of those guys who has to ask questions to answer my own questions. Sometimes, I would like to program my brain accurately.

Would it be considered correct the way it is shown? If you look at the 3d model it all falls in line.

I hate brick homes, they do this every time. If the floor plan is saying 104' and the foundation says 104'-4" that's fine if you tell them "edge of brick ledge". But what dictates that extra 4". Brick ledges are 3" correct? What is that 2 1/4" dim below in the pic. I do not want to screw up the very first thing that is done on a home.

well, that cleared that up! It worked. Much appreciated!

hmmm, do half walls create a different type of room?...no options to check that on my end. Also, that is a custom counter top I added on top so I am not sure if that has anything to do with it.

Guys, I am building an island with half walls in the middle to rest the cabinets against as well as adding outlets on them. How can I get rid of the hole in the ceiling plane since it is seeing the space as a room? the space is listed as "unfinished".

done.....thanks

I will look into both methods from you and chop. I have been manually building my porches lately with the beams and columns.

very true....I should have called it an exposed stained/painted beam or something. I knew someone would catch that.

What is the correct way to achieve this? I want the board and batten brought down to hide the LVL. I like exposed beams but the owner doesn't. Attached is a screen shot showing the simple dropper tool and the pattern not orientated right and essentially this is not a "real world" way of doing it but it is quicker to get the point across. Note that I used a ceiling beam and edited the size and type to 12' LVL. Would you..... (a) create a new pattern rotating the board & batten 90 deg? or (b) build a polyline solid, give it the B&B material and attach to the side of the LVL?

Dimension reach sounds like a plan.

2 years later I come across this same situation. Luckily I got a hit on the forum for this and it works by disconnecting the railing. Surely by now there is a fix for this?

BTW, it's going to be a cool Barndo. I do plenty of them down here in Bama.

like this?? and try toggling "sunlight"

Thanks for the help chop!

negative zoomed in close zoomed out

I have an engineer who wants this fixed. Zoomed in it is fine, zoomed out it grows. I have noticed this from day one with CA but overlook it. Why does this happen? zoomed in zoomed out and printed

When all else fails and you don't want to rebuild the custom roof, just manually do the returns.........this home is getting two beds and a bath added to the attic space. Exterior won't change so this will do it.

This is what I thought........I leave it at zero always. If full return is not checked I change the the return length.

The length of 36" is all I have ever messed with. What does the extend do?

What causes roof returns not to come in when they are clearly checked off to do so? 9 times out of 10 with me, they come in on that initial auto roof build but during the design phase if I rebuild it again they never come back in.

Just got my first matterport scan......saved me alot of time. I know a guy who does it and the fee was very cheap and only 2 hours for a complete as built of a 2800 sq foot home scanned every 3 feet. I will only use him for huge renovations involving all the interior walls. I received pdf's and CAD files of the floor plan (dimensioned), elevations and an isometric view to scale. No brainer to me and I include the fee in my charge to the client. There is nothing easier than importing the CAD file into chief and tracing the walls. We double checked the dimensions to the as built and it is damn near perfect.

Good deal Joey. Thanks

How come when we uncheck "no locate" for railing walls (below in brown) used to form porches to get them auto exterior dimensioned, auto dimensions then doesn't include the window and doors? If no locate is kept checked windows and doors are then included but the railing walls aren't in the auto dimensions? I have often wondered this. Apparently there is a setting?