DMJRestorations

I would be shocked if this worked, but here is the zipped file.

Scott

screwed up terrain.zip

I’ve already tried that.  Even when it is just the terrain and the elevation splines it is still at 29MB.

surprises me... but it is.

Adding retaining walls seems to be ineffective as well.

I don't exactly know how to ask this question.  Image 3 and 4 show the home I designed sitting in its position on the lot.  I have sculpted the terrain to match the actual lot.  

We will have to do some site preparation to level out the area where the home will sit, and when I try to manipulate my terrain by surrounding the home with elevation splines set at a height of 0", for some reason it creates a hill that devours my structure.  Which is what you see in images 1 and 2.

I am trying to research how to use terrain retaining walls, and how to best manipulate the terrain so that I can do this project correctly, but I don't know what I am doing wrong.

Any help would be appreciated.

Using Chief Architect Premier X11.  I would upload the file but it is over 25 MB even after deleting the structure.

Scott

I don't know why, but I can no longer see a preview of a material or object from my library browser.  I need to see the preview that I used to see, especially when selecting brick and tile.  I'm sure there is a missing check box or something somewhere, but I can't find it.  Any assistance would be GREATLY appreciated.

SUCCESS!!! Thank you Eric and Graeme.

PS: I greatly enjoyed coming to Idaho last September and I am hoping to get to attend another in person training soon.

Would be happy to upload the file, but when I try I get the following error.

I am having to teach myself everything, so I don't always know when I'm doing it as expected, versus how it is supposed to be done.

I'm using Chief Architect Premier X11

I can only change one room (Any of the four I need to change), but then I can't change any others because....

"Ceiling values may not be changed as the floor above this room has varying heights."

Multiple times I have gone into one of my rooms on the first floor only to find that the ceiling height is wrong, and the second floor above has already been built.

In this case I want to lower the room heights ONLY on the portion of the first floor below the second floor.  (We're building the second floor addition.)  The first floor is composed of 4 rooms in that area... but I can't seem to change them all at once, and I can't change them one at a time. 

NOTE:  I do NOT want to change the ceiling heights for the entire 1st floor... We live in the hill country, and the floors are not all on a single plane.

Some of my surfaces, such as wood floors and wood shiplap ceilings are WAY to glossy in 3D.  Is there a way to decrease the sheen?

THANK YOU!  So grateful.  Much better now.

I have my home designed with a walk-out basement.  I have also got the terrain set to match the property perimeter and the topo of the terrain is correct.

BUT... I can't seem to lower the terrain, or raise the home so that the garage doors and walkout basement are not underground.

I've tried modifying the elevations of the topographic lines... but that doesn't seem to do it.  What do I do?