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Perfect. This I what I'm trying to do but I did not use soffits I used doorways with no casing or jamb. The first time I used soffits. I will remove it all and redo the soffits.

As I am doing the partition wall it does the same thing as if I use a half wall. It removes the portion of the wall that I am using with my door opening to create the soffit look. It is like CA is refusing to allow me to put any version of a half-wall directly in line with, in a doorway, or under soffit to create this look. I had it perfect earlier only using soffits, but two soffits had crown only on one side. Then I started messing with it and now it is all screwed up I guess.

yep, I noticed that too earlier so I deleted one. helped a little

Hmmm. It has for me in many situations in the past. As a matter of fact, it did automatically put the crown in one area on the soffit without my doing. CA seems to have a mind of its own. Anyway, If I use the partition wall will it allow me to add base molding? (not manually with 3d polyline hopefully:)

Okay it worked but see the attachment, please

Okay... and then remove jamb and casing if I want it drywall corners and edges?

here is the plan.file 2275.plan

Hello, I am not sure why this is happening. I placed soffits in three different spots which divide a large area into three areas. When I added crown this is what happened. I have tried invisible walls to force the room definitions (I have never had to do this before in the past when I placed a soffit CA knew to put the crown on the soffit) But still, the invisible wall idea did nothing. Also, if you notice the half walls behind the sink the invisible wall destroys that idea (it overrides the half wall) attached are two images of my issue.

THANKYOU Solver!!!!

can someone help me out here? I used to be able to see the items in my browser in color. I do not know what I changed in settings to make it only appear in a line form. Ideas? See attachment

Got it Thanks!

How do you copy the curtain to your user library? I need step by step because it's not working for me. Please help

Yep that was it

I keep getting this error in the middle of ray tracing! It's driving me crazy because I have done absolutely nothing different on this project than any of my past ones. And I have gotten pretty good results in ray tracing. This error occurs every time I try to RT this drawing only. It can be varying passes before it stops but it usually stops mid-second pass. Help please, there should be no reason why this plan.file is corrupt. It is a small file and fresh but I don't want to start over. Attached is a screenshot

Ok great idea Thanks

PROBLEM SOLVED...I seemed to have figured out what is going on! I needed to toggle blend/replace at the bottom left corner of the screen by checking the box. Somehow it got unchecked. So as long as this is checked you can use any color from any folder in your library browser (even stains from Minwax) to any texture and it will ONLY change the color to that texture! This is way better in my opinion than using the blend feature in the Adjust Material Definition dialog box. Your options are unlimited for colors.

Oh yeah, I do use the Adjust Material Def tool. And it is part of my problem. I want more options on blending a color to an existing texture. This was not a problem until last week on my laptop. Like, if I eyedrop a specific color onto my "James Hardy Siding"...it deletes the siding and makes my exterior wall that solid color "siding is gone". This is a change on my laptop and I can't figure out what is going on. (does not do this on my PC version which both are current versions) I would encourage you to read this thread in full because it explains in more detail my issue. I find it strange that no one has ever just eye dropped colors to textures before without utilizing Adjust Material Definition tool. It worked amazingly with ease and I could change ANY texture color at ANY time with the eyedrop tool with ANY color from ANY folder in my library browser.

Well I've heard once you go MAC you never go Back! I have never made the jump LOL! What exactly is the RAINBOW TOOL again?

Yeah, so I have Chief on both my PC and my Laptop. I just checked my PC and no problems. Does exactly what I always did. If I open the same project up on my laptop...Problem! The reason I did not use the material blend option by default is that it will not let me use any color I want only basic colors from a color chart/wheel. If I want a specific color let's say from Behr Paints in the Manufacturer folder, I can't. Is there any other place to mess with material blend without using the Adjust Material Definition tool? Attached are the only options it seems Material Blend offers me to choose from. This is not what I want to see. Again, works the way I want on my PC. Used to work the way I wanted on my laptop last week but does not now. That is why I thought I might have turned off a setting. Weird Also attached are two examples of using the eyedropper tool only from my Laptop and PC.

I must be doing that. But I never had to "blend" anything before last week. I could literally just take a color and eyedrop it onto... let's say a marble countertop and I eyedrop pink color onto it in Full Camera screen and it would remain a marble countertop but turn pink. easy as pie

Can any tell me what I must have turned off or on that changes how my "material eyedropper" And "Adjust material Definition" tool? For example, I used to be able to pick a wood grain material or a roofing material from Core, bonus, or Manufacture catalogs, and if I wanted to change the color ONLY to that material I could for instance go to Sherwin Williams folder or Minwax folder and just pick a color and eyedrop it onto my material ( in full camera mode). I wish to change Only the color and it would do so without removing the shingles or wood grain material I have chosen. Now it completely removes and relaces the material altogether with a solid color. Frustrating and I do not know what setting I have changed. Because I used to be able to change material color at any time while in Full Camera mode and Only the color would change, not replace the material. Please help this has massively limited my ability to customize material colors. Thanks

How do I get the casing to be added to the rest of the opening? I need one side all the way to the floor and the other side to land on the counter at half-wall height

I guess I could do that. I already thought of that but I end up with no jamb and casing. I HATE trying to work with molding Polylines and Molding Lines. they are annoying to me. I really was hoping there was a way to do this and the trim casing is automatic.

Anybody know the best way to do this (see attached image) Plan is attached as well. I am only working on an interior kitchen design for an existing project. I will not need any more exterior walls or interior walls as I have what I need to build and make renderings of it when I am done. Thought I would start with this opening first since it is the only alteration to construction. Can't figure it out. Any suggestions? Schwantz.plan

I figured it out. If I put frieze on the main roof the dormer sets on it works. I thought the dormer would be it's own entity