HumbleChief

This is super easy and will experiment with this for a couple plan sets and see where it goes. Thanks for the help and feedback.

I see that now that you point that out. I like the flexibility of different wall layers but not sure where the benefits stop and start.

Yeah I had changed my Exterior Wall defaults to other than Walls, Normal.

Alrighty then, that explains it and that might be a very good strategy? Keep the exterior walls on Walls, Normal so the attic walls generate on the Walls, Attic Layer then assign interior walls etc. to various layers to display/not display?

Unless that default Exterior Wall Layer is Walls, Normal in which case attic walls build, not to Walls, Normal, but to Walls, Attic.

Yeah they generate fine but end up on another layer unless the Exterior Wall Default is Walls, Normal.

Unless the attic walls are built over a different layer than Walls, Normal? This is what I'm seeing but really don't quite get how you might be getting attic walls on Walls, Attic over something other than Walls,Normal? Or are you? THANKS.

Except in Perry's case above where it seems to build attic walls on the Walls, Attic layer using different wall defs below?

It seems as if the Walls, Normal Layer is not used then the attic walls build to the lower walls' definition.

If I reset my default exterior walls to Walls, Normal then the attic walls auto to the Attic, Walls Layer. If I set the default exterior wall to Walls Exterior, the attic walls auto build to the Walls, Exterior Layer, not the Walls Attic layer. Is there a way to get the auto generated attic walls to build to the Walls, Attic Layer like yours apparently do Perry?

Hmmm, my attic walls end up on Walls Exterior and have to manually change them to attic walls. Must be missing something.

In that same camp I would say but curious P, what layers do your attic walls end up on? Walls, Attic? Or another layer. Thanks

Curious about how your wall def's are handled. In a stock Residential Template both Interiors and Exterior walls are on the same layer 'Walls, Normal'. I prefer having 2 layers 'Walls, Normal INTERIOR' and 'Walls, Normal EXTERIOR' so I can turn the different layers off/on to display either INTERIOR or EXTERIOR walls separately or together. Nice for ref sets but not sure it's the best for all walls. Curious, do you all use just the single layer 'Walls, Normal' or have Interior and Exterior Walls on separate layers?

Nothing more than I just find the approach interesting.

Very interesting approach Robert.

Same stair tool for the landing. With the stair tool selected just click between the stairs.

Ya think?

I think you just need to align them properly. Assuming this is the look you want?

No truer words. I don't do much PBR and don't use RTRT so those non-improvements don't really affect my daily work flow. And as with every new release there's features I'll never use, features I didn't know I needed, and features that I've wanted for a while.

I am seeing that X14 has many new wall framing detail tools. Headers, king and trimmer counts, and more, all sent to layout for a framer to reference. I don't think a framer in the filed would kill a designer if there were wall framing details in the plan but he would certainly ignore most of them and frame the wall properly. And if you do use wall framing details to direct the framer, who checks on the framing in the field? Would you check against the framing details? Or check it against standard and competent framing standards and practices?

From Tech Support, Hello, Thank you for the heads up here, I was able to replicate the issue and it appears as though those lookout framing sections are being dropped from the roof plane above. Much appreciate the heads up, unfortunately the only solution right now is to manually adjust those joists, in this case, I group selected them and unchecked Automatic Height and then Raised the height by 24" see attached image for result But I have filed with with the folk upstairs here, so hopefully we can get this addressed before too long. Again, thank you for the heads up and also for the kind words about the X14 release. In a separate notice I have passed your words onto the development team and the rest of the company. Regards, Kristopher Chief Architect Technical Consultant

Thanks Steve. When I change the wall to an attic wall, delete all framing, then reframe everything, the lookouts still intrude into the adjacent room. Maybe not a bug on your system but I have to turn off roof rafters in the floor overview so those lookouts don't show in the kitchen wall. Again, maybe not a bug but it certainly bugs me. Here's, pic below, the framing after changing the wall, deleting and rebuilding all framing.

Thanks Steve. I'll play around but your solution looks good.

Here's X14 adding lookouts into the adjacent room and no large ridge but some weird roof framing.

See the pic above. Never seen it before and X13 doesn't (apparently) use the Ridge Size as the Wall Ledger at least from my experience.