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Don - thanks for the suggestion.  I went ahead and built it out of polyline solids.  It took less than 10 minutes. 

1 hour ago, BrownTiger said:

Vs just drawing a slab footing?  Takes only 1 second

 

 

Thanks for the reply.  The slab on the front porch needs to be recessed for the brick pavers and there is no footing connecting the two brick column walls.  I was going to fill this area in with a polyline sold.

Joey - thanks for taking the time to answer.  I think I've got it now, however, I end up with a lip where the two planes of drywall need to attach.  I have tried moving the ceiling plane forward to meet on the outside, but CA pushes it back behind the vertical layer of drywall.  Any work around for this or is this as good as it gets?  Thanks again, Kevin

Also, if you have any idea on how to get rid of the baseboard poking through, I'm listening.  I am unable to select the room and delete the baseboard under the moldings panel (it's grayed out).  If I remove it from the wall by ticking "no room moldings", the baseboard doesn't show up in the adjacent room where I need it.  Any ideas?

Sorry to be blowing up the forum this weekend, but I've got a project due Tueseday and am running into all kinds of things with a 70's as-built.  My latest issue is getting the footings of my slab foundation to align correctly with two projecting brick columns at the entry of the home.  When I auto-build the foundation it does a fairly good job, but ignores these brick column walls.  When I extend the already generated footings to cover these areas I run into all kinds of problems.  I have attached various images including a screen grab of the original plans from the 70's along with the Chief file.  Would someone please tell me how to accomplish this?  

Baker_As-Built_07-26-19.plan

Eric - I appreciate you looking at this.  I tried drawing the ceiling plan myself this morning and can't get it in the proper location nor can I invert is so that drywall is on the top.  How did you do this?  Kevin

Eric & Steve - thanks for the videos.  They were both very helpful.  Kevin

You're amazing.  I'm being made to leave my computer to go out to eat.  I'll take a look at the video when I return.  Thanks again for everything!  Kevin

1 minute ago, solver said:

Draw walls that cover the gaps. Set to Roof Cuts Wall At Bottom.

Again, I don't follow.  How can I draw walls over top of existing walls?  Thanks.

The wall you have in the second image where you state it should NOT be a High Shed Gable, isn't.  It is specified as a Hip Wall.

Thanks again Eric.  Where did that wall come from?  Is it something you drew or by changing the roof setting it will automatically connect?  Sorry, I still don't follow.  I tried to change the roof settings as you show in your images and the results are still the same.  Would you mind sharing the revised file?  Kevin

Thanks Eric.  The dormer walls are already connecting to the interior walls as shown in the second image.  I thought CA would fill this in automatically.  I'm not sure I understand what you mean by drawing walls that cover the gap.  There are already walls drawn in these locations.

I am attempting to model my first dormer.  I can't get the side walls to connect - see attached.  I would greatly appreciate any help with this.  I have attached the plan file too.  Thanks,  Kevin

Baker_As-Built_07-26-19.plan

52 minutes ago, solver said:

I'd try a ceiling plane -- no guarantees. Framing may not be perfect especially with the ceiling below, but it might get you started.

 

And you can do this in Chief, you just give up all the things that make Chief easy.

 

Very cool!

Eric - so you're saying you'd use a ceiling plane to get this?

Yes, exactly.  The surface under the red that I show with red arrows.  I think you just answered my question though.  "Chief only does plumb walls".  So, I'll have to fill in with a polyline solid.  Thanks!

Sorry - I should have been more clear.  In the image attached I have marked the sloping wall.  When viewed from the outside it's a sort of dormer.  The second photo shows another vantage point from the inside.  I guess my question is, can CA draw this parametrically (thereby generating framing) or do I need to fill this in with a polyline solid and manually add the framing?  Can CA generate walls that aren't perpendicular to the floor?  The outside ceiling over the porch is flat.

I have a story and a half as-built that I'm modeling.  There's an angled wall just above the foyer as shown in the first photo.  How should I go about this?  Polyline solid or is there some tool in Ca that will help?  The second photo is an exterior shot.  Thanks, Kevin.

6 minutes ago, solver said:

Good catch Steve.

 

You can use the Object Eyedropper to transfer settings from room to room.

Thanks Eric.  I always forget about that tool.

Steve - that did it.  Thank you for catching that.

Eric - moving the window seems to work too.  Thanks for the suggestion!

24 minutes ago, Alaskan_Son said:

Try checking these settings...

 

Michael - thanks.  That did the job.  I appreciate the help!

I have two box windows that I created using Eric's pony wall/doorway technique.  The one on the front of the house is identical to the one on the back of the house including the window settings.  However, the one on the front is missing it's exterior sill.  I have tried restarting CA among other things and it just won't appear.  Anyone got any ideas?  File is attached.

Baker_As-Built_07-26-19.plan

Tom - thanks for the reply.  That, however, is not working.  It still has a max width that I cannot exceed.

I'm modeling an as-built that requires a box window.  The framers forced the window to fit into the box and butchered the vertical casing as shown in the first photo.  I am unable to recreate this in CA as it won't let me make the window any wider which I was hoping would force the casing into the wall thereby making it appear to be cut.  I changed the rough opening on the sides to zero.  This allowed me to increase the width a bit, but still not wide enough.  Is there any way to override the max window width while using a box window or another workaround?  Much thanks, Kevin

8 hours ago, glennw said:

You could use a very thin rectangular frieze and apply the rotated material.

This method keeps the frieze attached to the roof plane which can makes things a bit easier than having a seperate ceiling plane, psolid, sofffit...etc. 

 

Thanks Glenn.  Clever trick.