HumbleChief

No idea, does everyone see this in their back clipped CS's?

There's more gray fill at the top of the detail too. I've just been living with and was curious if other are doing so as well, or if I am missing something simple.

Yeah there's a couple of options but it's strange one can't control that fill - from somewhere - don'cha think? Do you just send the colors to Layout?

So does everyone just live with it? Is there a way to turn off the color?

Thanks Perry, you're right it's a wall (and roof planes above in pic?) and sometimes it's near impossible to locate through an area without a wall and can't really turn them off. Is there a setting for the gray color fill that you know about?

...and how to get rid of it?

This is probably the best solution even though the framing will be broken at the roof joins the roofing materials has a chance to be correct.

Simple answer - maybe. But I would rather stick things in my eyes than try and use Chief's very poor 2D tools to try and re-create the look you posted.

Super quick change I had in mind. No details or bedroom configuration but if the back of the house will allow it a nice big deck out the back might be nice. Again no details or complete configuration but if you can marry the kitch/dining/living room it might meet today's modern open floor plan living criteria. For Review Plan 2.plan

Very hard to tell the lay of the land and exposures but it feels like the kitchen is a bit orphaned where it is currently located. I might flip the bedrooms with the kitchen/dining rooms and create an open living/dining/kitchen area along the back wall with a deck along the living room kitchen area. This would pull the kitchen into your living space creating a much more modern feel and living experience.

NICE!!

I began this plan with the second story because that was the important layout bit and then added a floor below. Now when I want to draw a road or driveway those tools are only available on the second floor, the first floor I drew. Any way to get the tools back to the first floor? ROAD_1.plan

DOH, didn't scroll down to that layer, forest for the trees and all that stuff - THANK SO MUCH!!

I am defining a party wall with 5/8" drywall; 3 1/2" stud: 1" air gap: 3 1/2" stud: and 5/8" drywall and the display of the wall is thickened along one edge and I can't figure out how to get it to display with the settings from the wall dbx. The thickened line remains no matter how thick I set the lines in the wall dbx. Weird. wall_ine.plan

OK I know I just broke every forum posting rule in the book and apologize for not being clearer and thank everyone for the great feedback..

Wow what a crappy thread title, so sorry. The topic (or me) seems to be a bit confused by the tile. Live elevations and sections can be used whether or not they are sent to Layout or not. Using live elevations and sections is indeed the best (for me) way I've found to create an accurate model but when sending to Layout I've been sending plot lines, more out of old habits than anything else. Never understood the live views to Layout but maybe better now even though I asked a different, badly worded question.

Thanks for the education, it looks like live views with update on demand is really pretty quick. Always live has a noticeable lag on my system.

Is it possible to use live elevation views and updates set to manual? Don't live views require no updates by definition? Oh I see, that's how little I use the feature, I see 'update on demand' with live views. Seems to defeat the purpose of live views but again, obviously quite ignorant about the subject.

Sorry meant to ask about 'live' elevations, not the update feature. Like the update feature, can't use live elevations - too slow. Anyone using 'live' elevations?

I can see I worded the title wrong and have edited this post (again). I remember a frenzied demand for live elevations (sent to Layout) and after they were included I think in X8 I gave them a try and watched my system grind to a jerky, slow death and never used them again. Tried them (sending live elevations to Layout) the other day to show a colleague and same thing, slowed my system down to a crawl and probably won't use them again. Does anyone have much luck (speed) using them (sending elevations live to Layout)? Or are they a nice feature that simply doesn't work in real world design?

Thanks Glenn, the windows actually have no sash but didn't realize that would kill them in elevation. Thanks again.

If I draw a new plan and I can see the windows in the elevation with a curved wall but not in the plan I'm working in. Any help/advice?I Current plan won't show windows in elevation https://www.dropbox.com/s/uihar17obohi0mf/WINDOW WALL.plan?dl=0 Test plan look OK https://www.dropbox.com/s/o0q7l7vzih7t2y8/window test.plan?dl=0

You forgot add that crap runs down hill, payday is Friday, and don't chew your fingernails.

Missed that....

I think it really was as simple as having the vector view open in his plan instead of standard view. Will wait to hear if he got it fixed.