Drew-PRH

With the Porch Barrel Roof made and saved as a Symbol into my Library, here is the next question. I did not think about this part prior - when the Porch Barrel Roof Symbol is placed into a Plan with a structure (home), and when connecting to or placing against the home....is there a way to drag the roof only onto the home to tie into (over frame) onto the roof of the home? I understand this probably needs to be an Architectural Block instead of a Symbol. However you can not include walls into an Architectural Block. Might there be a way to do this is suppose without the walls? Was looking for an easy way to use this when needed and then just drag the roof into position onto the structure of the home, Thank you. - Drew Porch Barrel Roof.plan

Well Scott.....that was pretty easy as I was trying to focus on the tool bar selection in the lower left. Wonderful! Good job! Thank you

Good day, I made a Porch Barreld Roof I would like to Convert to Symbol. Have I made one of the items incorrectly and it won't allow me to Convert to Symbol for later use? Not sure - how to correct Thanks in advance for any assistance... - Drew Porch Barrel Roof.plan

Good day, I'm not able to get these grout lines to be Horizontal - Camara View, Not Elevation View. It wants to do some offsetting. I've tried resizing the applied material to no avail - so I must be doing something wrong (UGH) Who might know how to remedy? I suspect it's easy, I'm just missing it. Thanks - Drew

Happy New Year Rich. Yes, I suppose with the vastly available architecture and design, everyone can have a flavor they can enjoy. It's nice, but not my first choice. It is unique. I was told the original builder/homeowner was from Europe and, from what I understand, imported much interior materials such as 1-1/2" thick black polished stone from Romania for some flooring, repurposed solid oak hand hewn floors from a salvaged barn somewhere for flooring also, and two bathtubs carved from stone which needed a crane to install, interior walls are all plaster, exterior stucco and stone. As well as an interesting AGA cast iron gas range with 4 oven doors. Different tastes for all I suppose.

I'll keep it easy and just make the living 15' ceiling with single story to the left and two story on the right.

Good day, I need to do a renovation on an existing home which I have the PDF prints of to place into Chief to draw. The home has varying interior ceiling heights. Most of the home has 10' ceilings. The living has 15' a ceiling - which is lower than the adjacent Master Bedroom wall it joins to. The question is: is it best to just make the living have a 15' ceiling, or do a second story with a shorter ceiling? Not sure which may be best? Thanks - Drew

Hey Jim, Well that was pretty quick and easy!! Yes, and Thank You. I was just missing that element of the equation. Good job - thanks again. - Drew

Good day, I am looking to make the deck board surface semi-transparent, to allow a slight visibility of the joist location below. This is a vector view with the material as Azek Sandy Birch (I know the color does not matter) Choosing a deck board, then 'Open object' and changing fill to anything renders no change. Is there a way to do this properly? Thank you - Drew

Of Course!!! That was the one thing I was missing in my searches - A NEW LAYER SET Worked Great!! Thanks again - Drew

Good day all, Is there a way to 'unlink' an item sent to Layout? I would like to unlink a 'to scale' deck framing image on layout page, and now add the surface material to it as an additional item sent to layout. When I add the surface material in Plan View, it automatically adds it to the deck framing on Layout. Even if I uncheck "Linked Saved Plan View". I would prefer to keep both 'to scale'. This happens to be done in X15. I suppose I could do as image and try to get to scale. Hmmmm Thanks for the help! - Drew

Yes to all the questions - I can go with that if I can not figure out something else. Thank you for taking the time. Have a great day! - Drew

Good day, I've created a privacy wall for a hot tub area using the railing tool. It is needed to have the wall off the ground, and a mid support post within the wall showing at the exposed area. Might there be a way to have the post to be coved both sides with the siding? I am currently not figuring that out. Thanks so much !! - Drew

Wonderful Mark - Thank you!! I was trying something similar, but not getting the proper result. Good job! Thanks Again!!

Good day folks! When I have the cabinets made for a specific project, I just specify my needs and they are done. Is the a way for CA to display or show this..... How can the bottom of an upper cabinet be moved up 1-1/4" into the cabinet? With the door fronts maintaining their specified height, not moving up with the cabinet bottom. This would in effect give the upper cabinet an area below to 'mount' a physical light bar with electrical plug. I know this may not work for every situation, however for this one, let's run with that. Yes LED tape could be applied to the underside of the cabinets. For this task, we are looking to 'mount' from the underside for electrical also as an all-in-one bar. Keeping in mind the cabinet door will give the look of going to the bottom of the upper. And when you open the cabinet door, you will then see the raised bottom and the horizontal molding piece covering the open gap to the underside. Thanks for you insight if this can be accomplished. I've not tried yet in 16. - Drew