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As Glen said it is not too hard to set this Up for Auto Roofs to work ...I did notice some of your roof plane joins don't line up with the Upper Roof Planes by a little, but, 1.) missing Caps are the No1 indicator that the Roof Planes are not Joined properly......use the Toolbar Join Tool for that , you need to go around and do it to ALL the Roof Planes, including the two gable sections to the main house Roof. I normally change the Ridge Cap Default Material to the same as the Roofing Material ( Plan Defaults>Materials) but with Metal Roofing I'd at least use the same Colour. *** Valleys DON'T show that is mainly used for Materials List info only. 2.) Looks ok to me, assuming that is the look you want?, though you could match the fascia heights I think ( use longer overhang or widen that deck/roof) 3.) Auto Roofs/AutoFraming is Off so you MUST rebuild the Framing Manually to see it , using the Edit All Roof Planes Tool is one way, see below. ( make sure framing is displayed in the View used too) 1. 2. 3.

What is GBI ? I only looked to see what GBI was What you see at Print and at Raytrace on screen can easily be 2 different things especially if your Monitor is not Colour Calibrated. Don't forget to try PBR View too for much quicker Rendering Times... M.

Haven't heard of them used that way but no reason not too , just don't overwrite the Defaults in your main Client Plan , make a "Save As" Plan and use it so you don't lose YOUR defaults. M.

You can use the Free Version 8 Viewer to "convert" the Files I am surprised this didn't come up in a Search either here or on the KB.... Check the GREEN text box and the link in it , in this KB Article https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00279/opening-legacy-files.html Not sure if SSA is needed though ?

***Updated*** These files are not included in X10 but are in this POST These are the Style Templates and used By the Home Designer Products mainly as a starting Point..... They are in the Chief Data Folder >Templates>CA Templates ........................................ however I am on Windows...... >Documents\Chief Architect Premier X10 Data\Templates\CA Templates The Commercial, Residential and NKBA are the Standard Default Templates in >Documents\Chief Architect Premier X10 Data\Templates The Default Templates ( not Style templates) usually are also backed up at : Your Installation Folder\Chief Architect\Chief Architect Premier X10 (64 bit)\Templates M.

In Paint or Paint 3D, Gimp etc , use a background with the grout colour applied and then copy/paste 8-12-20 copies of the pic above as needed, with a thin line between them (grout), rotating them in different directions and vertically/horizontally and then make a new material (reset the textures size appropriately) so the repeat isn't as noticable and the image size is set to real life sizes depending on number of tiles used above.... What you need to look for online are Seamless Textures , so the repeats are not noticeable...getting a Pattern will be harder especially for that tile but search here for Arabesque and I think you'll find one or two... www.cadhatch.com is one place that has a free Pattern genrator ( excel file) and free patterns and seamless textures. Mick.

I think if you Search you will find some Mark made previously and posted either here or in the Symbols Forum. M.

see 1&2 above...plus..... 1.a) you don't need the Flat under eave setting either ....soffit is likely 3/4" thick.. 2.a) Sub fascia is nearly always 1 size smaller that the Fascia otherwise you can get gaps ie if fascia is 2x12 subfascia will be 2x10 (or 2x8) to allow room for the soffit material. b.) Eave fascia is often one size smaller than the Gable fascia, not sure of your design here though 3.) Shadow-boards are generally only used on the Gable ends ( otherwise they can interfere with the Gutter on the Eave.) 4.) Personally I use 1 1/2" Fascia on all builds as it warps etc less in the Weather in my experience. 5.) the workshop walls are setup incorrectly , you have an 8" ICF wall sitting on a Framed Brick clad wall......no idea what is correct though... this maybe the issue with the frieze not building correctly? the ICF wall also has siding on it which you painted with Stucco , always best to Make a new Wall type by copying the closed one in the DBX than Painting exterior Walls. ( *** just found you do have an ICF-Stone Wall and it works fine below the ICF Wall) 6.) you may have found a bug in that it appears the Frieze dose not want to build over.across the Concrete layer of the ICF wall Type...if I change the Walls to 8" CMU or Concrete the Frieze builds properly. A quick play with the Wall intersection tool didn't help but YMMV. 7.) Not sure why you have given your whole (back)yard a Room definition but it has a monolithic Slab under it ( maybe cause by the fence/wall definition you are using....) There is a number of weird goings on , I had a bit of a play , file is below for you to play with more... Mick. Workshop_Help_MHD.plan

Reversed walls could be it ( ie drawn inside out) but that is harder to do in X10 as it should auto switch (reverse) them..... could be a messed up Setting in the 1st Floor Wall definition, check the Wall Types DBX, in the wall settings area ie Foundation to exterior layer of:

Clopay's 3 Panel Avante is pretty Close....... not sure if that is the one Eric used.... I just changed the Panels to 5 and Glass to tempered.... https://www.chiefarchitect.com/3d-library/index.php?r=site/detail/692

should of quoted here too as I'm not sure what you are referring too.... you don't have to quote a whole post you can select a few lines of text and you should see a popup with quote selection come up....I sometimes have to right click the selection to get the popup though. Mick.

No worries and just reinforces my thoughts.... but with links to good videos.... :)

Thx Steve.... you should add this to your Others in the Tips Forum......and perhaps add your YT Channel to your Sig. M.

Steven made a quick Video a couple of days ago about chamfering Solids which is worth watching too....

PDF is Free , so is the Tutorial Guide I suggested the other Day ...both off the Help Menu Icon but you can also Order hard copies if you want them.... https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/documentation.html Terry Munson also has his Book or PDF available on his website called Chief apprentice.... https://chiefapprentice.com/ I know you are doing this more for "fun" than anything but having the fundamentals down will only let you enjoy it more..... and I can tell from your questions you have jumped to lesson 300 , so to speak , without doing the 1st 100..... CA is a deep , deep program and alot of people never use all the features , and even those of us with a few years in are still learning all the time....it's why the Forum is so helpful.

You really need to start using the Ref.Manual Rocky .....and/or hit F1 all the time........ otherwise you are just driving your own frustration level higher and higher.......

You can edit a Polyline Solid's edge, with the same Tools as you used with the lines...eg convert to Arc....try it , then open it and set the height (depth/thickness) and elevation. PS you can still use Free Sketchup or Even Sketchup WEB now for free too. M.

The Square Mesh Mark shows is in the Bonus Materials Library With Wire and Lattice Materials here: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/3d-library/index.php?r=site/detail/961

You have been playing around with Wall Polylines in 3d haven't you ? ie dragging them up and down etc...........bad boy ..... ..... try to avoid it if possible reset the Default wall Heights (check the box) and it should mend itself...... also might want to make them 1 1/2" thick no 3/4" , 3/4" won't be thick enough for Shakes.

CA shows the Interior Dimensions by default , turn them off in the ALDO so they don't interfere, and then use the Macro in the label for them above the Ceiling height. You don't need the Room type macro as CA adds that automatically...if the Room Name is different than the Type you may want to use it though?

This is how it should be, but isn't always as the OP's pics show in Post 1......I have seen this many times myself also , I see it both ways as above , not sure if it is dictated by whether you have Boxed Eaves>flush Eave checked or not  or on by default in your Template? I have no idea why or where it get Ashpalt Roofing from as it is not a "material" in CA's Library. Many built in default materials do not have textures etc associated with them though on the Material's Properties DBX.

Baselines are drawn automatically for manual Roof planes.... and are always above the Framing Line in green usually (main layer wall line) but I don't normally need them displayed. They will move if for example you force some settings , Same height Eaves with different pitched Roofs can cause this as the overhang will be different.

then change the overhang distance in the Wall DBX otherwise you are also altering the Height above Plate measurement.....and possibly the Baseline Location.

There are a number of Threads about other Programs , like the "gotta jump ship" one in the Chatroom which may help. You could use Draftsight for DWG work, it has a Free version which I use occasionally and even the pro version is not that expensive to buy outright.

Too True , make a Suggestion or Feature Request....I'd be happy to add my Vote to it.....