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I ran into a few of them , this one I found while clicking over the LH laundry wall, maybe a Polyline you converted to a Solid perhaps? Also forgot to mention you have a few Walls with non-default wall top and bottom heights, ( you will see the warning when rebuilding the Roof) , it is best not to play with Walls in 3D unless you REALLY need too , to fix something CA just won't do Auto , as if these walls are not at defaults the won't rebuild Automatically to reach new Roof planes of the Foundation etc, the fast fix is to use Edit>Reset to defaults.... Don't use the Room Type Attic...Use Storage instead in this plan...Attic is a special Rm designation that will cause the Roof not to build correctly Auto ....ie the room is ignored but the Roof Directives in Autobuild. There are also issues upstairs with other Room Definitions , so the Roof won't build correctly...if you can't select a room a Roof won't build.

Auto Build will build the Roof differently depending on the 4 Options in the Roof Height area of the Roof Tab. ie Same Wall heights, same eave heights etc ....so different overhangs with different pitches , or fixed overhangs and different wall heights should all be possible. F1 Context Help Specify how you would like the eaves of roof planes with different pitches to meet. See Aligning Eaves. • Check Same Roof Height at Exterior Walls to keep bearing walls the same height and change horizontal roof overhang distances as needed so that eaves meet correctly. When checked, this option ignores any overhang values you may have entered in the Wall Specification dialog. See Aligning Eaves. (Below) Uncheck this option to raise or lower some roof planes relative to the wall’s top plate, allowing all horizontal overhangs to be the same unless a non-default value has been entered in the Wall Specification dialog. See Roof Directives in Walls. • Check Same Height Eaves to keep the eave height for all roof planes the same. Roof planes are raised and lowered as needed so that eaves meet correctly. The eave height used when this box is checked is that of a roof plane using the default Pitch and Overhang values. When this box is checked, all roof planes are affected, including those that do not need adjustment in order to align with adjacent planes. When Same Height Eaves is checked, any non-default overhang values specified in the Wall Specification dialog are used. Roof planes are raised or lowered so that the eave height is the same, regardless of the horizontal overhang. • Uncheck Allow Low Roof Planes only when an upper floor overhangs roof planes below. Aligning Eaves It is not uncommon for roof plans to feature more than one pitch. In order for the eaves of roof planes with different pitches to meet correctly at ridges and hips, you must control the roof planes’ heights and their horizontal overhang distances. Two options in the Build Roof dialog allow you to control how the eaves of automatically generated roof planes align. See Roof Panel. (Above) • Same Roof Height at Exterior Walls maintains the default height of roof planes where they bear on exterior walls. The horizontal overhang distances of any non-default roof planes are adjusted so that they continue to join correctly with default roof planes. • Same Eave Heights maintains the default roof plane height at the eaves as well as any non-default horizontal overhang distances . All roof planes are raised or lowered so that they all have the same height at the eaves as default roof planes. Roof planes that do not join other roof planes with different pitches at ridges or hips are referred to as Independent. • When Same Roof Height at Exterior Walls is checked, Independent roof planes are not affected and will maintain any non-default overhang values. • When both Same Roof Height at Exterior Walls and Same Eave Heights are checked, the overhangs of Independent roof planes will be adjusted to preserve their heights at both the exterior walls and the eaves.

Okay,.... can you explain that in english for those of us who aren't members of the rarefied Ruby community NVP ? Collections? Us Script Kiddies need a bit more 'xplaining As much as I like seeing a good Marco actually work, I don't think the average CA User should have to or need to dig this deep, especially when Ruby is obviously part of CA's DNA , it's a pity the average User can't utilise it easier, the TMM is wholly inadequate in the Realm of Users learning anything. M.

Thx, There Is a bit of weirdness in the Plan , in that depending on where you click , something "invisible" selects , the Status Bar says they are a "Shape" but other that the Edit handle nothing is Visible...not sure if whatever they are ? is messing with the plan but I also deleted them as I accidentally selected them... The OP maybe able to explain this part a bit more, as I didn't dig much deeper as it was already late. M.

They do , Had a quick look and noticed the Valleys weren't over the wall intersections , so instead of messing around I delete the Roof planes and Framing and rebuilt the Roofs Auto , setting the Wall Directives up as they should be from the Original roof and the Garage and Breezeway(laundry intersections now look fine. Personally I usually recommend doing as much as possible with Auto Roofs then make manuals changes as and when needed , especially on fairly simple roofs.... Manual Roof skills are good to have but I see a few other miss alignments and I think there are "height" issues with the Manual Roof planes.

Ooops missed that, thanks..... , thought Eric wanted a few Pics at least to help ......

From your description I would suspect that the Roof Planes are not joined Properly, ( ie fiddling around you fixed one by accident) Use the Join Roof Tool and go around and make sure they are joined properly. .....Not in Valleys but on Ridges , if there is no RidgeCap showing it is a good sign that the planes are NOT joined properly. As Eric mentioned, it's always a good idea to post a copy of your Plan file (while Chief is Closed) if possible or at least a Test Plan exhibiting the issue if the Plan is too large for the Forum (25mb max , but plans compress well when zipped too) DONE on OP M.

If you mean in the 1st Library I posted (now Update above) , you are right, saving the Cabinet to My library to include in the .calibz as an example seems to have stripped the CL info from the Cabinet. Thanks for the Sample Macro Mark, helped me make a couple of Others so the Schedules work Pretty well now. It seems that the Drawers Glides in the Component List for Chief's Default Cabinets only report to the ML not the Schedules ? A macro fixed that though.

I was thinking to use the number of "shelves" x2 in a macro for the Cabinet OIP Drawer Guide Value but we don't seem to have a value for Shelf ( or I missed it) eg I was thinking something like %num_shelf% would exist ??? *looks like we have one called "insert" though M.

This is what the Green + is for in the CL Tab Middle Panel @ Top.... Ok Michael may have a point I was thinking Accessory...but I thought we lost Sub.-Cats. in x10 actually...

It seems to Work the Old way for me if the Plan View Dropdown is set to None before I start Sending to Layout , otherwise it uses the Saved Plan View Setup for the Layout Box too , which you then need to set to None. I can't remember if I added the Plan View Dropdown with customise Toolbars or if it was there but here is mine....

It seems as though Chief is stripping the Glides when we Insert the Shelves into the Chief Cabinet.... I made 3 different Rollouts , all have Glides as Components but they don't end up on the Component list for the Cabinet , you still need to add them Manually to the Finished Cabinet's Component List....(CL) Maybe I made the Symbols wrong ? not sure? you'll have to see what Michael says he's the Symbol expert. ( Or MarkMc) ***EDIT ...USE the OIP and make a field called Drawer Glides and the Value 2 Library Updated MHD_Rollout Shelves.calibz Mick. .

For a basic Rollout you don't need a Library Item just check the Rollouts Option. If you want a Tray for the rollout (with sides) you will have to make you own though. It looks like Chief isn't adding the Glides to the Automatic count for the Cabinet when we check the Rollouts Option but it is easily fixed for now but should be reported. Just add +4 (=^ whatever is needed) to the Automatic count in the Components List. To add components hit the green Cross + sign , it will add an accessory , which you can then rename by clicking on it and change the Count...... I am just making a Rollout shelf , when done I'll post it M.

If you were on Previous Betas Use the Reporting Tool , not TS for the Report, as it is seen faster still at this point...

Your Welcome , I thought it might help those of use that think like Builders rather than Engineers (or Lighting Designers) For Others ....If you missed it the Diagram is here : LINK

I am thinking you are right..... I'd have thought with a Monoslab the Foundation level ceiling heights would be 0" , since it's supplying the Floor for the Room above and nothing else.... The Defaults even show the Foundation has a Ceiling of 97" which is just weird.

Just watching FL# 3 vid. ....no problem starting your own thread .... just trying to catch up from yesterday, as the old Structure Tab/Dynamic has always been an issue, so was hoping to pickup a few more Insights... Not sure I have had one as bad as the one you are working on in the CHBarry Video though.

I was just about to look at your other Thread about this ....where should I start ?

Not to me as I just do the above , ie copy the Auto one then turn off the display of the Chief ones and place my own. Symbols wouldn't allow you to change the Rise and Run as needed I don't think which would be an Issue, since I don't use precut Stringers from HD.

Looks like he may have exported the the .calibz in X11 Melissa, assuming you tried with X10 X11 should be in your Digital Locker if your SSA is good through March 30 under the upgrade Button, it doesn't install over X10 so you can have both running.

It can be a pain that's for sure especially with composite Decking where its nice to have them 12" apart not 16". You would think if they can generate 1 stringer spaced evenly that they could space 2 or 3 evenly just as easily.

This post maybe of Interest too you...George just posted a new Material.....

Just a suggestion to change your Thread Title to Spanish Roof Tile Materials...or something similar so Others will find it in the Future too..... M.

No we didn't get that in X11 , so the old workaround of doing a Backclipped Cross section through the Staircase , tracing the Stringer with CAD Lines and converting the Closed Polyline to a Polyline Solid ( and then a Solid if you want to save it) is still the best way as far as I have seen.... Here's a Practice Plan I still have from Last year to look at.... MHD_Stair Stringer Plan.plan

As Glenn said they show in plan View and let you show the tread Overhang and Center Stringer etc. depending on what is drawn they may not show much , eg with a Ramp...