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Awesome, nice specs too. I was tied to having to buy one locally so was unable to upgrade but it is still a pretty impressive machine. I only use it for travelling whcih with COVID I have not been doing but what I did use it for was so much better than my old MBP 13 where I had to bring an external GPU and if I was going somewhere for a while had to find an external monitor or bring my second monitor. 16" is just big enough that it is doable for a day or so. Let us know your thoughts once you get it!

Glad it worked for you. This and the ALDO (Active Layer Display Options) box are super helpful in finding issues like that. Another hint for your arsenal when things are not working correctly is the glass house 3d rendering technique which helps you find things that are mislocated or placed. Nice looking kitchen btw!

Try selecting it in elevation mode to check which layer it is on and make sure that is turned on in the "3d mode" you use. BTW this would be the answer for Chief Architect Premier and Interiors but it would possibly be different for other softwares. Most answers are dependent on your software and sometimes on your computer hardware so it is highly recommended and you will always get answers quicker if you fill out your Forum signature line to include your software and hardware information. (See mine for an example.) The guys on this forum are extremely helpful and generous of their time. But because the majority answers are tied to which version you are using or even sometimes the hardware you have it running on if they don’t easily see the info in your signature line they either have to ask and wait for you to respond or they just simply pass on to the next person who has filled out their signature line. Here is an article that will help you fill it out: https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/topic/18908-signature-here-at-chief-talk

Looks good. Not sure you are aware that chief is doing a free webinar on site plans and terrains tomorrow Thursday 5-14-20 @12pm pst. You can email them or hit the link on their Facebook or Instagram pages to get invited to it.

Although for me personally I could see this being helpful many others have other formats they do and I could see this being a restriction for others using it that way. It really only takes a little bit of time to setup your layout template as I have done where it auto populates the # and copying and pasting Selecting all on the page and deleting is really only a few seconds. Not sure if this would be something that should get thrown into the suggestions bin that may shove something more crucial such as Stairs or roof tool adjustments out...???? Just a thought.

Glass house view? cross section? 3d as Erick mentions?

If this comes up you can duplicate the page before it and delete any cad work or layout boxes referenced for that sheet. Would have to fix any page naming you have if using macros to auto fill that info like I do, but pretty quick.

Yuppers. I have my layout file setup not only taking into account a large three story home but with all possibilities such as for roof framing if not trusses, m.e.p for all floors, landscaping, grading, etc. if it’s a smaller home or simpler plans then just delete the unwanted pages and it’s quicker to flip through and it autocorrects the sheet index and order.

Yes exactly. You would just replace the a-1# with a-12.1

Part of my goals. I just have it setup in my template with A-0# (9th page) going to A-10 then A-1#

Haha thanks Rene

If you set it up on each page with the # sign it will auto populate based on used oages for example my typical set is G-01 G-02 G-03 A-01 A-02 A-03 S-01 S-02 S-03 etc... put in whatever you want it to preface with I.E. G-0# will auto populate the sheet number .

Still looks like that wall is stopping about 3.5” below the roof which the program sees as a ceiling plane as well. Could be even if you have that ceiling definition clicked off you need to delete it. But again it’s impossible to say without seeing the plan file for sure. If you don’t want to upload that then I would send it to tech department to see if it’s a glitch.

I agree with What Mick is saying above. One thought though is that 1.) may not be a glitch rather you may have a ceiling surface for that "room" defined in which case it shares the same space? Just a thought, hard to tell without the plan file.

Looking for something like this? (warning super rough but just for example). Foundation room with terrain on 1st floor set at heights, front wall drawn as same wall as below with an 18" height railing setting (play with height for actual terrain as this needs to be somewhat of a retaining wall.) Set elevations and breaks around it.

So this must be a glitch with that template. Here is what happens when I tried it this AM with my personal template. Kind of annoying since I used the client's existing template to clean it up to her requested standards and settings and she doesn't do anything with wall schedules as any remodel work, addition work, or permit necessary construction documents I do for her. I guess I should have insisted and started from scratch maybe... Anyone know if the errant line from above is caused by a certain action or is it just a bad template?

Have you tried playing with your terrain level? Maybe have the floor you want on 0 and your terrain on 1? Or vice versa?

Most likely your Original issue with the errant attic walls was because your foundation walls were not lined up with your other walls and it was auto generating the necessary attic walls. Most likely you caught it and fixed it then you were able to delete those walls but may not have realized that is why.

When placing a wall schedule into a cad detail and trying to show a longer sample of the wall 2d symbol (as well as match up size of other schedules that will be on the same sheet, an errant spacer line shows up and will not go away until that column is smaller than it. Anyone else seen this? Am I doing something incorrect?

Of course that would be for both sides of the wall with the siding layer as well. Curious and haven't messed around with this but doesn't roofing work the same way too? (effectively the same type of deal as the wall.)

You may try: actual foundation level below the subfloor of “basement” level aka floor 1, your upper floor would be floor 2 including your garage. on your level 1 you would have the walls that are buried as the same wall definition as the foundation. The floors not over a suspended floor (aka crawl space area.) you would set as concrete floor and foundation and the crawl space would be the opposite.

Like this? You really should designate rooms before you get to the roof building portion though.... Just a friendly tip. As far as getting the roof to autobuild, It is just a matter of telling the program you want a lowered ceiling in that lowered area. Try reading up on shelf ceilings. One click and fixed.

It sounds like you have Home Designer Pro vs Chief Architect Premier ( or Interiors ) so it maybe better to ask on the HomeTalk Forum instead of the Chief Talk forum. https://hometalk.chiefarchitect.com/forum/5-qa/ Many aspects ( basics of CA ) are the same in Pro to Premier but there are many more things that are not available to do in HDP. I would reccomend searching there. Some of our power users such as @solver & @DavidJPotter frequent that forum and hopefully will be able to be more helpful.

Response of the year right there!

If you don’t make a room like Eric is talking about, which will allow Chief to auto build the roof, then you will have to manually draw the roof and set the heights. The way you are drawing it is manual instead of telling Chief what you want and allowing it to build the project. Chief allows manual work to be done but it’s best if you use the manual roofs and posts beams in connection with the auto features. Build a room with invisible railings or room dividers and then try to auto build the roofs.