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Is there a way to create a corner cabinet that has a concave radius on the inside - see attached? Thanks!

Thanks Mark. I'll check out the file tonight. Appreciate the help.

Steve - you are correct. I am finding I can do it if I work from the second floor first. I am running into something else now. I technically, have three stories in this scenario. The middle story of which is sandwiched between the main floors one and two - see cross section attached. The second image is a photo of the actual space. I was thinking I would use a P-solid to create this ledge (faux floor platform) that projected out onto the first floor; however, I need to have an exterior wall onto which I can place windows. Got any ideas?

Too late now. I have spent 4 or 5 hours laying out the second floor. I am finding that I can get it to work if I switch back and forth between the levels and make changes. As per Steve's suggestion, I am finding it easier to work on the top floor first and then go downstairs with my ceiling changes.

I was looking for a general strategy on how to make this work. I'm assuming everything needs to be aligned perfectly. Should I have changed my ceiling heights on the first floor before building the second floor? The first room I encountered on the second floor (the recreation room) is but one of the rooms that needs to be raised. Attached is an image of it's position on the second floor. It is directly over the living room.

I have a house where the first floor level has 3 different ceiling heights. The second floor rooms have been designed at different elevations over these lower floor ceilings (first image). When I raise the one of the rooms on the second floor, I am no longer able to change any of the ceiling heights on the first floor. I get an message in the DBX that states "ceiling values may not be changed as the floor above this room has varying heights" (second image). I've tried several things and am at this point without a solution. The house is designed this way and I need to be able to present this in 3D as we've been contracted for a complete renovation of the first and second floors. I have been extra careful to define my rooms, so that they align with the walls that define the raised portions on the lower floors. What's the trick here? Is it possible to have varying ceiling heights in a multiple story structure? I'd greatly appreciate any tips. The .plan file has been attached with my progress to date. Thanks. CHF_Cypress Isle_AS-BUILT_09-19-20.zip

Thanks Dermot. Works Great!

I need to create an isometric view of a floating shelf for the cabinet shop. It consists of 5 parts with a hollow core. When I create a vector view it appears as one solid piece as the mitered edge lines don't show. Is there a way to get Chief to show all these lines? Thanks!

Mark -thanks for taking the time to make these corrections - much appreciated. Sorry for the delay in responding. We've had no power for a few days and although we have a generator, it does nothing for the internet. I'll take a look at the file tonight now that I can download. Kevin

Thanks Glenn. I appreciate the input. Unfortunately, this is the wall offset that the architect specifies in his plans. He may want to reconsider and make changes once he sees the roof overhang.

@DzinEye Hi Steve - you're probably right about something being wrong with the plan. I am not having this issue with other areas of the roof though - only this one overhang as there is no full return wall. The reason I moved the roof baseline is that the architect specified the overhang from the exterior finish material. Being that there are three such materials, I thought it would be easier to set my defaults to one common roof spec without having to calculate/change the overhang for each wall type. This may have not been the best decision, but it's done now and building that roof was a challenge on its own. I am going to be trying Mark's "hack" this evening. If I can get this to work, I'm going to call it done. I appreciate all the time you and the others have spent. I'm amazed at how helpful the folks on this forum can be. I hope with enough experience (and when work slows down) I am able to pass along the knowledge I'm gaining on a daily basis. Chief Architect is truly fortunate that it has such a dedicated user base which is rarely the case with other software vendors.

Thanks Mark. I'll give this a go after my meetings today. I appreciate you taking the time to look! Kevin

Certainly. Thanks for taking a look. Attached is the latest version as of this morning with the corrected foundation walls. Kevin CHF_REDACTED Lakeview Drive_08-10-20_AS-BUILT.zip

@DzinEye Thanks Steve. That seems to work too. The easiest solution without making major changes was to put all exterior layers of the wall into the main framing layer as per Mark's discovery. That cleared up a whole host of problems with the roof too.

Thanks Michael. Do you mean by way of marquee selection or shift-clicking? I couldn't find anything online about that.

Thanks Steve. This problem still persists after correcting the foundation walls. It's something I run into all the time when the roof slightly overhangs a return wall (into space). When I have a full return like you do above, I have no problem. I was wondering if there was a way to force Chief into submission in situations like this... Kevin

I've been looking to solve this one for a while. When I have heavy frieze/shadow board moldings, the eve ends of my roof are never correct unless they die into a return wall. When they hang over a bit, it's a problem - see attached. I have tried adding extra breaks and return the moldings beyond the return wall without any luck. Lately, I've been removing the moldings and adding my own. Is there a way to go about this without all the manual work? Thanks. The use of an invisible wall just occurred to me and will try that next, but thought I'd ask the experts. If I pull the roof away from the wall a bit, it seems to work okay, but that has its own problems such as gaps in the wall - last image.

I've been using transform/replicate with good results. Thanks for the input.

Glenn - evidently it does. It just rotates in the wrong direction. Here's the training video that put me onto this technique: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/302/multiple-copy.html.

Mark - that's brilliant. It does indeed work and fixes all the problems with my roof. I appreciate you looking at the file. Thanks, Kevin

Thanks Glenn. I could only find one point in the plan I posted. Anyway, I cleared all and started again. It still won't work with multiple copy. As Eric demonstrated, transform/replicate works fine.

Thank you Eric. This will have to do. I was hoping Chief had a setting like "Stops at Floor Platform" or "Ignore Roof". I have found some success manually pulling the walls down to the foundation level, but not sure how long that will stick. This still messes with the roof, but when I double click on one of the roof planes, it straightens itself out.

Thanks Mark. Yes, that's what Eric suggested above and is probably what I'll do. Any idea on how to prevent the lower level walls from reaching the roof? I am stuck with the offset foundation and 1st floor walls...

I was using the multiple copy tool as outlined in this video: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/302/multiple-copy.html. The roof segments don't appear to work with multiple copy.

Which is exactly what I stated in my original post and how the architect wants it. Is this type of construction possible in Chief?