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Try saving before you putting in the room also you could try the stair open above tool when you select the stair set on the lower floor it should show up and create an auto stairwell. You can adjust the walls after that point. May help?

Really what everyone is saying regarding separate files is the best approach. With Chief you can have a base file then saved options and you can do a reference file in a layout to show the options together or however you want it. Don’t think about it as two files but rather different sections of the job just like the layout and plan files are two different files as well as all the referenced files you don’t really realize (until you backup save a job.)

I guess I was thinking making the lower pony a 12” wide poured stem wall with a molding making the chamfer section of the wall splitting the pony wall and then setting the wall as a foundation wall to set your footing position and size... just a thought haven’t tried it yet.

Could it be done with a pony wall and molding as well? Setting up the molding to flush out with the lower wall? Was just a thought, not at my computer at the moment.

Thanks for the tip. I have used that method before as I know that is what Dan baumann recommends as well. I have alot of clients who want color on their elevations so I generaly do the other method. But great info for ones who don't know how to use the masks!

This is the way I do my regular elevations below grade. I draw a box over the grade area then trace the foundation lines on a elevations hidden lines layer I created with a dark gray dashed line, then fill the poly line with background solid fill. Send it to layout and crop to size and leaves a nice line for the grade and everything below grade is a nice dashed outline. Works great but as already mentioned it would depend upon what you wanted to do with the dwg file.

Any pointers on how you got it to work?

Steve’s videos on dormers really help out as they are very specific and show the different ways.

Good point Erick. I commented on my phone so didn’t notice. Erick is right and you will learn it will not only help people be more mindful of your posts but if they are in the right spot on the forum you will get more help!

Nice explanation Michael. this is describing better what I said up above. Sometimes with attic walls they will rejoin pretty quickly which is why I mentioned switching the layer side temporarily (and you don’t have to offset as you described as that will show bad in vector mode). material regions are definitely the way to do it if you are just trying to model it. As a lot of my jobs I also do BOQs for them I try to make my model as accurate as possible so I would change the wall type as Michael nicely described in detail. That way all walls will be accounted for accurately especially if you include a wall legend for your plans.

Just drag an image file not a pdf into the window. Or attach an image not a pdf

Chief will always try to help with human error or what it perceives is HE so it tries to rejoin them. you found one way. To keep it from temporarily happening split the wall and flip the direction of the middle wall while you change it to a new wall style or the others in your case for the stone/brick. Then flip the wall back and you should be good.

Some of these are pretty creative. I feel a lil dumb because I just print to a pdf after placing a bunch of measurements in the model then trace over it in chief and make necessary adjustments.

If you did build it then it is probably a layer that is not on. Try turning on all layers.

The program doesn’t add framing till you tell it to do so. You can auto frame everything or do so wall by wall or roof panel by roof panel. In x12 you can now do it by room.

Agree but thought it was worth mentioning what was explained to me years ago by a door manuf rep. He explained since most weather issues refer to wind driven rain the exterior door swing is actually more secure against this type of weather as the door gasket actually gets more compressed and thus more weather tight when being pushed by the wind.

Very true, I often overlook the settings in the fill area as usually I am not using them for anything that needs to be that specific for hatch. If I am doing a layout for materials It is usually a wall elevation and just use the AMD button to adjust a backsplash or shower detail. Of course I have a specialty estimating program that I work with for estimating flooring and tile work in particular as that is a portion of what my business does. So I generally if am doing specifics like that am also doing the take-off and use its layout details as I am already having to set that point and get the BOQ for the shower so can do their 3d rendering or wall elevations details. Not as nice as Chief's but still works quite well as I can layout the tile exactly as wanted and how the installer will need to install it.

That is what I was thinking too but I am thinking maybe he meant in plan view as he is referring to hatches is AutoCAD??? More information is very helpful when looking for pointers. Just as Eric said if you setup your signature so we know which version and what hardware you are using, and give more details it will get you the help you need.

Haha I just watched one of your videos about this last night! Always trying to improve on my dormers as there always seems to be little “glitches” that I am obviously telling it incorrectly how to model it. Not usually with the walls but with the ceiling above when I try to get it to be open to below on the edges. Just extra fiddling around to get it to look good in interior shots and renderings.

You can also click the line and open the dbx and set the angle of the line(s).

Every case is different but I sometimes use something like this to different degrees of finish.

I was referring to the part about the door handles on full height cabinets. That does seem like it was a bug in certain plan templates. What happened was: when adjusting a full height cab face even though both handles are set at x” from edge it will show incorrectly with the top of the handle off of the door in all 3d views. like the center of the handle is at the edge of the door panel on the lower door. So in my case it showed it on the door at the bottom and the built in microwave at the top of the handle. Messing with defaults for all doors did nothing. Until you go in and set that bottom door’s handle to something different, save it, then you can go back and set it default again and it fixes it. As I mentioned this is not in my template but in a plan of a client I work with. Not a current program glitch though.

I noticed this apparent bug yesterday but had not had the time to go back and play with the template to see if it gets fixed. I just adjusted and went with it for then. Now I am looking at it closer and I think it might be something with the template I was using as I was working on a clients plan which was already built and the glitch was there. My own template seems to be fine so it might be just a rogue template that had a glitch that some users happen to have used to build their template at that time? Try Fixing it in your .plan template and resaving to see if it works.

For the door handles as Eric wrote it should be that way oob but if you click on that specific door you can change them door by door.

Glad it worked out. If you were to include those hardware and software details in your signature it will REALLY help someone else so that they know what bug you came across.