JiAngelo

I forgot to add once the top of the window is set below the roof rafter line so that it can frame the opening square, then that is what Chief does automatically. It only frames angles when it cant be framed square.

I can't figure it out. I copied my walls/windows into your plan and my auto framing is still 45 degrees. My windows are on the main level, then elevated to be transom height in the gable. I copied my window to opposite attic wall in my room and lowered it and the framing angles were off. I copied my window to opposite main level wall in my room and the framing angles were 45 degrees. I copied my window to your opposite attic wall and the framing is off. I copied my window to your opposite main level wall, raised it, and the framing was off. when my framing is off it is at 44.750238 degrees. Your window is at 44.800364 degrees. It is maddening. 1912990190_trianglewindow2.plan

In your second post, first image, you are measuring a point to a point and while the points on the window may be on the window, the other points aren't on the same edge of the framing. (See my image below. I can't seem to avoid points on the window, unless I select the corner, but I have no points on framing, the measurement is to the member.) In your second post, second image, your measuring from a point on the window to a corner of the window framing. If you zoom in the plane of your dimension extensions do not match the framing member's edges. The top dimension extension is inside the rough opening (away from the framing member), the lower dimension extension is outside the rough opening (inside the framing member.) I've used both dog-eared and tudor to create a 12' x 6' window. With auto framing on, and the dimensions pulled correctly, my spacing remains identical on the angle. FWIW, whatever spacing you set the rough openings to be, Chief cuts them in half, centering the window top/bottom and left/right. On angles the RO spacing is the altitude of the RO W:H triangle. If you squared (**2) the angled RO that you want, multiply x 2, then take the square root of the result, it will equal half your window RO value, √((4.25**2)*2) = 6.01 - this also shows you chief was rounding the 4-1/4" measurement to the closest 16th. Here my rough openings are set to W:12" and H:12". Top/Bottom is 6" (1/2 of 12) and Angled sides are 4-1/4" (the altitude of a 6"/6" right triangle.) Notice the √(6^2/2)=4.2426, which Chief rounded to 4-1/4". Changing rough openings to 8" for both W & H, auto framing changes to bottom: 4", and angled sides are 2-13/16" (the altitude of a 4"/4" right triangle.) Notice the √(4^2/2)=2.8284, which Chief rounded to 2-13/16" Hope this helps.

Third way is to reference the garage plan in the house plan. You can drag and rotate the reference plan to get it where you want it located, then set the z-axis so the garage doors are at ground level. Drawing the drive pad location in the house plan helps with alignment.

In the Window DBX last line under "Sash" allows you to inset the windows. Your picture looks nice.

16" wall, windows set back 1'. I added (2) 2' square windows between the arched units, 0 separation, no framing and mulled them together. I colored the glass in the 2 square windows stucco and added the 4" columns 10"x10". Here's another view with the 3 arched windows as passthroughs. After I changed all units to pass-throughs, I added a wall 1" behind the one above with arched windows 4" smaller that the arched passthroughs and cased them. Pretty close. Hope this helps.

Very nice.

Draw a horizontal cad line connected to the window, connect the story pole to the cad line, then raise the cad line 1/4" - would be my trick of last resort. A marker works too.

Yes. Create a text macro called "heightadu" for example. Under Value define "d=(height + 24)" (no quotes) and set Context to "Owner Object" Next, open your marker dbx and under Text select user macro heightadu or simply type %heightadu% in the text line. These markers should now add 24" to every height reported (i.e. report 0 for -24 and if you copy the marker +10' on the z-axis it will say 120 for 96, etc.... This works for elevation views, not plan views. And if you prefer the height to be reported in decimal feet, in the macro add a second line "z=d.to_ft.round(2)" Hope this helps..

Most likely you have 2 electrical connections attached to the switch. CA automatically labels that a 3-way.

That's his actual title, Gene.

Use a regular 3D view and turn off roof planes, gutters, ridge caps, and ceiling planes.

We've used this Deer Valley sink in the past. Home Depot. <<link. Stock photo.

Thanks for the responses. I created the paint layer 1/8" thick on both sides of my interior walls and interior side of the exterior walls, using SW 7524. In my test plan I created (4) interior rooms that are 10x10 each with various windows and doors. The (4) rooms x 40lf perimeter x 9ft wall height = 1440 and the program calculates 1147.51, so Chief is subtracting the windows and doors.. But when I changed the color in each room to a different SW color, the material list remains counting only SW7524, the material list ignores the presence of SW6185 & SW9136, for example. When I open the wall specification dbx, Materials shows the correct interior color under "Materials" But the Components is still reporting the default SW7524. It occurs to me I was having this same trouble using siding layer on exterior walls, coloring it a different type of siding changes the view in 3D but didn't update the material lists correctly. I had to create duplicate wall types that had different default siding colors or styles - This wasn't that big of a deal, we generally only have two or three siding materials on a home, but on interior walls, we are coloring two sides of the same wall in different colors as it spans across multiple rooms. My problem today is I have a client that wants to use 9 colors throughout their home and my painters want a calculation by color of the amount of area they are painting to determine pricing. I also noticed the Room Specification DBX has the same problem. Materials shows the walls correct color. But the Components shows nothing regarding the walls, only the Drywall, and it shows the ceiling, which has Drywall named Color-White. Also the base molding = 40ft means it doesn't subtract for the (2) doors in this room. . I've attached the test plan file, in X16 format. PaintColors.plan

Is there a way to determine the wall areas of each room, less doors and windows, and to create a schedule that shows the total wall areas of each paint color? The material list doesn't show the paint colors. The room finish schedule shows the paint, but not the net wall surface area.