Jambruins

anyone have a solution?

awesome, thank you

Attached are two plans. One with the temporary dimensions settings how I want them and one where they are not right.

I would like it so when I click on an exterior wall it shows me the outside of wood stud to outside of wood stud dimension and when I click on interior walls it shows me the gypsum to gypsum dimension.

I when to default settings and played around with those but I either get the exterior dimensions to be like I want but not the interior or vice versa.

I don't want to revert back to the correct temporary dimension plan because I have updated the one where the temporary dimensions are not correct to be the template I want to use. 

Thanks for the help. 

house with correct temporary dimension settings.zip house with incorrect temporary dimensions settings.zip

Attached is my plan. 

On some of my plans when I create a deck and then either delete it or modify it the framing/planks disappear and when I try and create a new deck the framing/planks won't show up.

Is there something I need to do it I delete a deck to fix this problem?

Thanks for the help. 

house.zip

Attached is my plan. Why are my porch walls creating a break in the house walls? Some corners are not broken but some are. 

Thanks for the help.

plan.zip

Most of the house constructed in my area are built with trusses for the house and rafters for the porch. A 12" energy heel is used on the trusses.

When I create my plans it gives a 12" heel for the porches also which make my elevations not quite right.

Is there a way to keep auto roof on and use trusses for the house and rafters for the porches?

Attached is my plan. I am having some issue with siding/drywall/etc on some walls so I am thinking I may not have set this house up the right way.

11' tall walls on 1st floor.

8' tall walls on 2nd floor for the middle section

on two sides using space under rafters so 0' wall height at exterior wall and increasing in height as you moved toward the center

Thanks for the help. 

house.zip

Attached is my plan.

I am using the lower wall type if split by butting roof but my wall either shows all siding or all drywall.

How do I get the exposed upper part to be siding and the lower part of the wall to be drywall?

Thanks for the help.

house.zip

Is it possible to use roof trusses for a house and rafters for the porch and keep auto roofs on?

Or do I have to manually edit the porch roofs and turn auto roof off?

thank you so much

45 minutes ago, SNestor said:

I downloaded your plan...I'm not seeing the problem. Your porch overhangs...and the roof looks correct.

 

 

I manually edited the roofs. If you rebuild the roof you should see the issue.

here is the plan.

Thanks for the help. 

house.zip

That worked but now it is creating a small roof where there shouldn't be one. Any ideas?

Thanks for the help. 

Is there a way to get a porch slab to overhang the frost wall by a couple inches?

I am not sure how to get it to change to a strip footing so I just uncheck the option to create wall/footing below and draw two lines and chang them to dashed so they match the footing lines.

Not quite what you are looking for but it will work. 

I am interested to see if there is a way to have chief do this automatically.

For some reason in my elevation view the siding is getting removed from under the bay window. 

It looks correct in the floor plan and 3d view.

Anyone know how to fix my elevation view?

Thanks for the help.

plan.zip

I have selected same height eaves and for some reason one gable end has a 24" overhang and the other end is 12" like the hip walls. 
 

I have auto roofs on. Why are some of my roofs showing with a 2' overhang and why are some of the fascia's not aligning?

Thank you for the help. 

house plan.zip

perfect, thank you very much

Attached is my plan and a picture with a red line showing where I would like a retaining wall.

I am playing around with terrain lines but can't get it to look quite right. 

Thanks for the help. 

plan.zip

perfect, thank you

I am trying to design a house that will have 12' tall studs and the floor joists will be installed so the bottom of the floor joist is at the 8' height. The stud wall will extend up 3' above the floor joist to provide a knee wall for the 2nd story loft. 

How do I create this look in chief architect?

Attached is a section of the house showing what I am trying to do.

perfect, thank you

How do I get my stairs to have a railing at the lower part and then a full wall at the upper part?

Like this attached picture.

thanks. can you post the plan here so I can see what you did