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The 1st Floor must sit over the foundation ....you don't need to do anything in this situation , you simply end up with a ledge in the Stairwell where the walls change thickness , the only option would be to Fur the upper floor walls if the ledge really bothers someone but that means a tighter stairwell too. If the Stairwll wasn't int he Corner you would ony need to fur one upper wall and some people may prefer that look but in a Corner it maybe more problematic..... M

and one more way...the knowledge-base is always a good place to start if you have questions.... https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00547/creating-stairs-in-sloping-terrain.html

Great ...... be good to tell the Thread how ,so future readers who find it can solve it too though....

If you position the Window Carefully it won't show anything in STD or PBR views but Curved wall Openings where they meet a straight wall even in 3D tend to never look 100% perfect, unlike two straight walls meeting due to the Radial way the curve is done I think. The Wall Layers will always Show in Vector View as seen in your Pic AFAIK. In Plan view I don't think you can get rid of the Main Layer showering at the intersection even though in 3D views it is Siding or Stucco or ?

that sounds like you may not of used the Plot Plan Annotation set as the default text size is 30" , if you used the 1/2" Annotation set your Text maybe only 2" high as an example, and when zoomed out it would be very small , so you may want to adjust the Default Plot Plan Annotation Text size assuming you used that annotation otherwise you'd need to change a different Text Default depend on what was used , in the Plan below they are set to 10" PL Test.plan

If you can post the .plan file ( make sure plan isn't open in CA 1st ) , that is always the best way to get good answers here, I and others are always willing to help if they can thoguh I wouldn't say I am a RT specialist, I am also using PBR more and more in CA X10 as it is usually "good enough" M.

The usual suspects for light bleed are No Roof or no Foundation ( true Floor ) built in the Model , not sure what you have there ? I have also seen in a Forum Plan last week where some had used Interior Walls for exterior Walls light bleeding around Cabinets and at the Fridge. Using the Correct Wall Type fixed that issue.... Post the Plan if you want Others to Help.... Also, it's good to have your Forum Signature filled in, especially with the Software Version, and of course a real Name is nice too ..............see mine below in Blue for how to do that. If you don't see my Signature then you have them turned off for the Forum so you need to Toggle it on in UserName>Account >Signatures...... go to the Upper RH Corner of Forum Window. M.

There is also a Toggle View button at the bottom of the Library Browser ( icon #5) that screwed me up a while back

Did you use CAD lines to do the PL's ? or ? Did you try the All on Set ? As DJP said posting the Files will likely help you the quickest , just make sure they are closed in CA when you attach them. M.

Hi Steve , Yes DBX is short hand for Dialog Box around here sorry. Last night when I tried it in a plan brought forward from X9 , the blank Boxes happened to me and opening and closing fixed it but this morning in the same Plan and in my template Plan it is not happening and I get the New Button Active if I delete the Current Molding as I thought. P. you can't select the Profile when this happens , you need to use the New Button to do that and it's not enabled ( greyed out ) Normally you get this after deleting:

You will see that after you delete the current molding but if you close the DBX and then re-open it the New button should be available again. I can't remember if there was always a need to reopen the DBX or if it updated automatically before though... Also, it's good to have your Forum Signature filled in, especially with the Software Version, and of course a real Name is nice too ..............see mine below in Blue for how to do that. If you don't see my Signature then you have them turned off for the Forum so you need to Toggle it on in UserName>Account >Signatures...... go to the Upper RH Corner of Forum Window. M.

This works for a single window sloped one way but not a Tudor Arch as Eric used above , so some math using Roof Pitch and Run should do it or CAD Lines as Eric showed to get the height.

You have 4 invisible walls right there and a 1 tread staircase you don't need too? , 1 room divider will give you the step down by altering the room Floor Height. Your two windows are different sizes / at different heights ...that is the issue I think... and possibly the Window separation still at 2" in the Defaults. ***Edit ...it appears Scott and I are both correct the Window won't form correctly if the Wall Divider is at the Corner and they aren't the same size.

post the actual .plan file , just make sure the Plan is NOT open in CA when you attach it, as CA locks the File when open and it won't upload and someone will have a look no doubt.. M.

Using the Air Gap just makes the Cantilever Material invisible so you see just concrete ( not sure why your Floor is 2 layer Concrete) when you look up under the Overhangs. M.

It looks like framing the Floor/changing the Floor defaults to Concrete fixed it... do per Rob above to fix the "shimmering material" appearing on the Concrete overhangs, this is autogenerated by CA and would usually be the ceiling Colour.... "no material" doesn't appear to work in this case for the cantilevers but Opening -No Material does...

The actual .plan file , just make sure the Plan is NOT open in CA when you attach it as CA locks the File when open and it won't upload. Did you build the framing yet? Please add you software version at a minimum to your Signature as different versions may require different answers

I didn't look at Greg's Plan , so not sure what the issue is but it seems to work okay in Mine ...sorry should of attached plan but figured you didn't need it earlier... NYSTIE_1c_MHD.plan

Lowering the roughness below about 13% will also add to the Reflections I have found.. M.

Hi Scott , had a minute to have a play , and it is fixable though this shouldn't be needed.... 1.) I added 3 walls and marked them "no room definition" 2.) in Section Views I pulled the bottom of the Walls up and added a P. Solid on the slope to fill in the Bottom 3.) at the top of the stairs I deleted the Railing Wall and Doorway (Auto Stairwell?) and replaced it with an invisible wall to get the Open Below Room instead. you can see in the pic that the Full height walls are still not joining properly with the stairwell walls (see light patch on wall Corner that looks like z-fighting but I am not sure it is ) which are only 1/2 height walls (3D Polyline when selected) but I'm not sure you can do much about that as CA seems to have issues with Walls that meet at different levels eg around Porches etc. M.

Are Are you sure you have the Electrical Layer Displayed in Elevation Views ? On my laptop the Nvidia Card wasn't being recognised but switching the INTEL driver to an older one seemed to fix it , the latest intel Driver was causing the laptop to start with only the "Microsoft Basic Display" and the Nvidia card wasn't being used ......not sure if you have the same issue? M.

Good point , I am not sure what the current limitations are for the Trial Version. I don't remember having these Issues though either....

The easy way is to open YOUR template via the Open plan button and then do a SAVE As Template , it should also ask if you want YOUR Template to now be the Default Template for New Plans and it will update the Preferences too for you. Mick.

when you save as a Template are you then also changing the Preference Setting for the Template for New Plans to Open that new Template? otherwise you would still be Using the default Template (Residental Template.plan) if using the New Plan Button. M.

CA has a video showing some of the Features here https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/2426/physically-based-rendering-technique.html?playlist=139