HumbleChief

Segregate the room with 'bearing lines' then open the joist direction dbx and change the spacing there.

Nice, What if we could do that with Call Out Cross Section Lines?

And PLEASE let us know if you add that M2 drive if it makes any difference in the lag you are experiencing - I for one will be surprised but optimistic for you.

And wouldn't it be nice if we could add segments, as well and many other options (arrows, arrow types etc.) for Call Out Cross Section Lines? Something that would be used in EVERY plan on this desk and something that has been suggested for YEARS.

Jerry, can you post the plan, or a link to same, to see if others experience the same slow downs? I've had a couple plans, and am working on one now, that will just get slow as they get more complicated. More RAM will most likely not help and even more CPU and video card may not help as was the case with a previous file of mine but you've got a lot of computer muscle and the file is not that large so hopefully it's something that can be changed as the frustration with slow downs can be a real pain.

Oddly enough there's an "Italian Manor" sample plan with a turret on the Home Designer web site that loads OK in X12. And again oddly enough it shows the same sort of not quite right framing and gaps as all my current attempts. Maybe there's a clue in that plan that will help. There's also a picture of a Chief model showing that turret from the pic above but can't find that sample plan.

Thanks Michael and yes a low setting in the segment box draws a pretty nice circle and frames OK, only with a second floor from my experience so far. The challenge then gets interesting as we want to frame the upper roof with 45 degree segments to create an octagon roof over the circular walls and am attempting to retain planes and framing for those upper 45 degree segments, but the 45 degree won't work on the lower roofs which need that 6 degree segment and haven't found an auto frame combo that will work. Will most likely manually frame everything as even the circular walls create really wonky so-called 45 degree segments. Needs a rest for now....

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WOW, this is proving to be an absolute nightmare. Maybe I can download the house plans for the image shown above advertising the Home Designer Suite? Clearly it shows that this type of building can be created in the software? Or can it? And mad props to you Mark for getting as far as you did with your design...

Fascinated by this idea as it might solve another challenge but can't find a way to "us(e) a true curved polyline to create a true curve to that roof plane." Is this possible?

Thanks Scott, the second floor option works great and not going to mess with the only one floor option. Have you ever tackled a tall turret like shown?

Funny - but wait it is possible to create the illustrated structure in Chief Home Designer but....

Thanks Glenn, AND the roof frames to inside of the wall above roof plane instead of the outside edge when a single floor is used. A second floor solves that and the roof frames completely differently. Here's a shot of a roof plane framing to the inside wall of the wall above the roof plane. Seems like it simply cannot be done with a single floor. The turret in the background has a second floor.

Thanks Ryan will keep that in mind.

I'm ready for a few niggling issues myself....

THANKS. Second floor seems to be the only real option and got it to work but changed so many things that I don't know what was wrong Now the fun begins....Thanks again.

THANK YOU Steve. VERY interesting. I've messed with wall defs in defaults and other things that might be messing things up in my template. I'll check. Curious did you use a second floor? Are the walls on the first floor invisible or did you check the interior view? Or is that a single floor with a higher ceiling? Does the interior open only to above? Perhaps I could check your plan? Thank you again.

Thank you Joe. I'm getting closer with some searching. Found the "Segment Angle at Curved Wall:" setting and the "Min Alcove Size" setting which has helped in a couple of areas. Still not great and see a lot of work ahead to reproduce something like the attached pics.

Here's the best I can do on the house plan with a second floor. Is this even doable in Chief?

Looks like a second floor is the better option...but? There's a bit of roof interaction that I have not been able to resolve no matter the settings I've chosen. Curious about other and or more accepted practices for a turret roof/entry? Is it even feasible in Chief? Thanks TURRET PLAN 2.plan

Thanks Joe, my skills are 'obviously' lacking in some regards and that worked great. I've attached a simple plan that shows the framing and the 'messed up' framing or roof connection in a turret entry. This plan is with a first floor higher ceiling and am just a bit lost as I've never tackled a turret entry before. TURRET PLAN 1.plan

Is there a way to draw a complete circle with the curved wall tool? I can get close but then have to draw a supplemental wall to complete the circle. Trying to create a turret entry about 20 feet high but am stymied at this point and the 2 walls for the circle seem to be messing me up. Can't post the proprietary plan at this time but thought maybe others had experience with same? EDIT: Changed the title as I am having no luck with a turret entry. Is it doable? Also wondering if you would use a second floor for the higher turret or just raise the ceiling of the first floor within the turret?

THANK YOU Joe, was looking under the wrong terms.

Curious, thanks.

Looking too. Takes a couple days me thinks...