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Yes very surprised! I guess with your description I was under the impression you were looking for an experienced drafter. But best of luck on your search. Texas is a great place to live and work.

Automatic with using a shadow board...

First time ever hearing that one. Curious now. Please post the plan.

This has indeed been considered at length. A recent search will show this gets discussed usually weekly including in x13. The general consensus is to make your railing wall wider without changing your railing size. So if you want to offset your 4" wide railing by 2" you would make your railing wall 8" wide and your top and bottom rail would be 4"...

The bottom "window" was created from the top window. I created a regular triangle window> I didn't mention but when you create the new symbol you will want to rotate the window in the Y axis 180 degrees so it is pointing down.

Same idea as Michael gives but just used the standard window shaped it to how I wanted the triangle then used the "Convert selected to Symbol" tool and created a fixture that inserts into wall, changed to window layer and include in schedule as a window, and in x13 used the Windows labels layer for the "set custom layer" option.

I created a roof but the light still went through. Chop knows much more about rendering than I do. I just know that lots of times when it is a light bleed it is something that is not placed properly and is reflecting the sun from the outside as its penetrating the roof, there is no roof, or the roof is not placed properly and joined together. I would just say toggle off the sun and see if it persists so you can rule out one of those issues.

I do not have those issues and you can see my system specs below. Both my older desktop which I use primarily and my laptop seem to do find. A little slower with my desktop but no real issues with the laptop.

Just to make sure the obvious is done make sure there is a roof on it.

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As mentioned you made a change to one of your defaults. Change it to the default set you want to use for that view and save that view.

Active defaults means you manually made a change. Change it to the set you want to use and save the view.

Sounds like a ramp...

Didn’t look at your plan but a ramp may also work for your needs there.

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Kudos for the coffee! But what's this about a day off??? Is that even allowed?

Now all that being said, is it only me who is super curious as to what that big red block is on the right side in the attic cavity???? @dshall

Yeah, that is why I think I will stay with the way I am doing it now and just adjust on cross sections. However I am not seeing the hatching across all layers in x13. Perhaps it was like that previously? I hardly ever used it (only for prepping marketing materials for builders) the tool so never noticed on what layers it went across.

Try making that wall a partition wall (wall type>wall definition).

I like this idea the best. However I do believe chief has given us this ability to some degree but it is a little counter-intuitive to how most of us use the program. 1.) Set your wall definition hatch to what you want to see on your sections which may be nothing at all. 2.) Use the wall hatch tool to set the 2d plan view fills you want.

Perpendicular room divider at furthest point.

Pony Wall with solid below and railing above set to follow stairs for first part. Regular wall for last part with the break in the stairs lengthening those stairs over the wall.

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Only thing that I can add as a tip that might help is when you are editing framing manually make good use of cad lines, extend objects, and cut objects tools to trim and lengthen multiple framing members at the same time.