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Thanks again, Robdyck. I am familiar with the standard coordinates. I should have said polar coordinates. For example, in AutoCAD to move in positive degrees you work counterclockwise and North is set at 0 degrees. I think I understand your 90 degree turn now. That was a relative coordinate - not absolute, correct?

I don't know the X,Y,Z coordinates specifically for Chief and cannot find them in the help files. Is there a diagram showing these from a plan view anywhere? I have two applications that set North differently and I'm confused by your use of 90 degrees in the example. Just so I understand, you drew the baseboard beyond the corner and then used the break tool at the corner to create a new segment and then moved the end point of that newly created segment via the DBX? Thanks for your time!

robdyck - thanks again. Is it best to do this after the shape has been extruded or can it be done with the spline from the beginning (before sweeping the profile) or does it matter?

Joe - isn't a 3D molding profile what I want for this application? I didn't realize the outcome was not an extruded shape.

robdyck - thanks for the reply. The baseboard in this case is being used as a casing around the bookcases and is to tie in with the baseboard at the floor level. Not sure how I could draw this casing in the plan view.

I created a 3D molding profile of a baseboard in an elevation view. I am having a difficult time get the molding to return back towards the side of the wall. No extend handle shows up in the plan view for me to move and when I move the end point it goes off in another direction. When I move it in 3D, the molding remains on the same plane and won't return. Any thoughts on what I might be doing wrong? Also, the floor is not running below the door (it's a mulled unit if that matters). Thanks!

Chris - thanks for the tip!

Thanks Rene.

Thanks Eric. Do soffits generate framing?

I have a sunken floor in a great room. Where the lower floor meets the higher one, there is no wall behind the baseboard as can be seen in the attached image. I followed the video "Dropping a Floor and Raising the Ceiling of a Room" and used an invisible wall as instructed. I'm sure it's a setting in the wall properties, but I am unable to find it. I'd appreciate some help with this. Kevin

I've got a large great room opened to the 2nd floor. There's a soffit (probably structural member) that aligns with the floor platform on the 2nd floor. Is the soffit tool the best to use in this case? If so, how do you change the bottom to be white to match the ceiling in adjacent room while the face of it remains the wall color? If this is the wrong tool for this application, I would appreciate a suggestion. Thanks, Kevin

So simple... I didn't realize you could edit a mulled unit. Thanks for pointing this out. Kevin

robdyck & MarkMc - thanks for the input. Copy, deleting, pasting objects in the way is a good tip that I hadn't thought of.

I have two mulled windows with two mulled transoms above. When I mull the lower and upper sections together, I lose the sill and apron on the window. Any work around for this? Thanks.

Is it even possible to get railings to connect when transitioning from landing to stairs? I thought this is what the transition tick was for. I could have modeled these in far less time than it has taken me to fool around with the stair tool! In fact, think I'll do that now.

Eric - I want to get as automated as possible which is my reason for purchasing CA and I rather spend some extra time getting it right if CA is not capable of the task. Attached is what I get with the railing tool. As you can see I have 4 extra posts that aren't needed. I don't see how it's possible to remove the extras without taking all of them out as javatom has suggested. Also, the stairs are a real mess. The railing is to the extreme outside for some reason - perhaps because I got rid of the overhang on the treads to make them brick. I think in this situation, manual is the only possibility unless you have other thoughts. Thanks for the "no room definition" tip. I was looking for this function, but didn't know what to call it. Kevin

Eric - thanks again for the reply. Of course I have tried the railing tools as designed. Remember the staircase you helped me with a couple days ago? My first attempt was with the built-in tools. However, when I assigned the doric columns as the newel posts, the railings will only reach to the outside bounding box of the column; therefore, not meeting the cylindrical part of the column which is set back in from the cap and base that define the bounding box. Would love to use the built-in tools if you can show me a way around this issue. Thanks again, Kevin

I've got a front porch (image attached) that was created using a beam at the top with no rails/balusters. I placed library objects for the columns. Is there any way to use the straight railing tool to insert manual railing over existing invisible walls without the program making changes to the existing structure? In the image I can place railing, but it overrides the beam at the top. Also, I am unable to resize the railing to meet at the column even with the use of the control key. I would appreciate someone explaining to me how to go about this. Thanks.

Got it. Thanks!

I can change it here, but it is no longer "drywall". Doesn't that affect the material calculations?

William - I've tried that. All I get as an option is drywall - no place to change the color. Do I need to add a paint layer below? Kevin

Just finished cutting back the overhangs. The snaps were already built in - very handy! This might seem like a silly question but, how do you change the default color of the drywall? I've looked in various places under default settings and can't find it. I'm sure there must be a simple answer for this. Kevin

Thanks Eric.

Eric - thanks for the explanation. You had me wondering if I was showing the client something that I could not deliver. I've been at this nonstop since 5am - think it's time for a break. Kevin

William - I know how to break the roof edge. Just not sure what tools to use to get the alignment right. I know in AutoCAD I can create a line and extend the length to meet an edge and then snap to the resulting intersection. Does CA do something similar? Thanks again, Kevin.