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My advice would of been to do the CAD in Chief , as Chief Walls LOVE to snap to CAD Lines , but I guess you've got it now since it appears you haven't been back to the Thread. M.

You haven't provided enough info for anyone to really help and you haven't done you Forum Signature either , so we don't have a clue what version you are using, camera type, or the hardware you are running it on. See Chopsaw's or My Signature to add some info to yours, so people don't need to ask every time you post ( I see you are new here ) https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/topic/18908-signature-here-at-chief-talk/?tab=comments#comment-155662 M.

Try making the Layout Box Border's color Orange and make sure it is displayed in the ALDO and then just go page by page and see if you have an empty one ( or 2 ) delete any found and save the LO and close it, then re-open it and check again in the PB..... repeat till gone if needed.... M.

I have to say I am not a great fan of the new Library system either ( old wasn't ideal either though ) and am surprised this current system made it through Beta Test as is..... M.

Yes that has always been my understanding, as they are built on the same Branch. M.

Personally I have never noticed any difference in Game Ready Or Studio Drivers , ie I've never had the Studio Version work , when the GR Driver didn't for any particular Driver. For me , other than the afore mentioned Bad Drivers , the crashes have been associated with older Plan brought forward , eg a Plan originally started in X11 or X12, opened in X13 or X14, but I've never been able to track it to a certain action, though as you mentioned, I had crashes after trying to move the camera once open too. M.

There are known issues with the 525.xx series of Drivers , and Chief confirmed about a month ago that 528.24 or 528.49 are good, and are the current Drivers they recommend, The 531.xx Series has/had other Issues such as there Telemetry Data using 10-14% of the CPU after using a 3D App , though that has been fixed hopefully , I am back on 528.49 myself. https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/topic/16205-nvidia-driver-updates/?do=findComment&comment=290350 Mick.

Do you Run Macrium Reflect Full Version by chance? It is a known incompatibility for me , confirmed by both Chief and Macrium IF a Backup of C:\ Drive is run While Chief is open, Macrium stops Chief writing to Disk, which it does all the time for Undo Plans , AutoSaves, Archive Saves etc, for periods from 3 - 22 mins ( the longest I waited as a test ) . Took me quite a long time to figure out what was causing the Chief Lockups , but now I know , If needed I pause the Macrium Backup and Chief is instantly working again. Mick.

Hi, Not sure what version you are using as you haven't done your Forum Signature , but if this is in X15 ? please report the Issue with the Ceiling Level etc to Tech Support. M. for your Sig. : https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/topic/18908-signature-here-at-chief-talk/?tab=comments#comment-155662

Did you try Ballooning the Gable Wall Up ( Wall's Structure Tab ) M.

Power is all 240v there AFAIK, which will easily kill you unlike 110v which may or may not, if a hazard is touched.... hence heavier duty wiring etc. Might also be about the age of the places stayed in too? ie the Razor only outlet , I do seem to remember those but haven't been there in many years now. M.

I'd think , making a small room with invisible Walls and making the Room Type Open Below should work. M.

Since you are in X12 ( X15 has new features for this ) search the Forum for Fascia Mounted Railings, there are even a few Samples plans included, and different methods to use. M.

It appears there is a small return wall perhaps 1"-2" long? which is set as a hip roof Is the floor of the porch at the correct level ? if so the Porch R.Plane and the main house R.Plane will not be the same height if that was the intention? M.

I'd like this one myself for As-Builts and Proposed Plans.... M.

This may help https://www.homedesignersoftware.com/support/article/KB-00667/drawing-an-octagonal-structure-with-railings.html M.

No, As it wouldn't meet the ManF. Warranty min. pitch of 3 in 12 (in most cases) but I've used 2 or 3ply Roll Roofing ( Torch-Down) plenty of times for something low pitched like this. Try building it in a New Plan , since the main plan is so slow and use Edit Area to copy paste it later to the Main Plan or even bring it in as a Symbol , made in the other Plan. * Val's , (VHampton) idea should work too with the Polygon Shaped Deck with 8' Sides and negative slope roof ....as a starting point to get the Roof Planes etc too. Mick.

The Full plan is a bear for sure , you have a ton of "Geometric Shapes" , and some at least could be done differently eg all the timber framing on the pavilion could be true roof or floor beams , the roof beams should find their own pitch for example once the roof is built and the posts and beams could be done Auto with the Railing Tools. One a Plan this advanced in development you could "break" the Roofs on existing structures if you turn Auto Build Roofs back on , but that would still mean having walls and the Wall Directives setup before hand too , so manual maybe just as quick.... Chief LOVES to snap things to CAD lines , be it walls or Roof Plane edges , so set up some CAD reference Centers Lines ( orange below ) , I just picked the Center of the Chimney and then set up Radial CAD Lines every 20° for example and so they swing the full 180° , these can then be used to get the Walls and Roof Planes all intersect where they should. Then draw the Middle Roof Plane , setting the correct (fascia) height so it joins to the Cricket RP and use copy reflect, to flip the planes about themselves around the Half Circle, pulling the corner diamonds to the CAD Lines as needed ,roughly done below in 2nd pic, though I haven't fix overhangs or angles on the outer edge as I'm out of time, but another CAD Line would work for that, for precise angles and length , eg use the Regular Polygon Tool to make a 18 sided ( 18 x 20° = 360 ) polygon with 8' sides (Or as calculated) and centre and rotate it to the orange CLs with the center tool once placed. (green in Pic below) Then snap the outer corners of the RPs to the corner of the Reg. Polygon. *** Actually it would be easier to do the REG. Polygon 1st and then snap your Radial CAD lines to it's points.....

Have not downloaded your Plan ...mostly because I can tell from your Pics that the Roof Planes are ALL backwards...... note the Slope arrows pointing UP the Roof and the fact that you need a negative Roof Pitch and the Ridge (86") is lower than the Fascia ( 116" ) .... , spin them 180° ( with triangle ) , make the slope positive 1 1/2 / 12 and try re joining them with the Join Tool/ Mick.

You can also try drawing 3D Solid ( drawn in Elevation > Parallel Tool to bottom of Stringer ) if for example a 2x4 on the flat is to be the Grip - able Rail, as 3D Molding Lines can get tricky at times if you need it to follow more that one flight.... M.

Good Attitude but unfortunately frustration in CA is 2nd nature... it the most frustration piece of SW I have ever used but you have to learn to "let go" or it will drive you crazy Shoot an elevation camera at the Wall and pull the top of the Wall up to the Ceiling manually ...and then it shouldn't move or change as once you do that Chief takes it hands off that Wall from that point on ( no auto build enabled ) ....this you need to remember as you may change something in the future and the wall will need manually updating as well or you'll need to switch it back to "Default Wall Top" on the Structure Tab to get it to re-generate. Mick.

Ok , best to always just copy System Layers and rename as needed , as CA won't allow you to delete (renamed) System Layers if the need arises. M.

Haven't downloaded your plan but it sounds like the common occurrence of having 2 walls in the same place , which shouldn't happen but does , eg a attic wall chief has "Forgotten" is still there but the windows don't recognise it. M.

"Deck is over a non deck room. Framing may not be correct" this doesn't have anything to do with your Dormer , it is the Room on the side of the house you have named as a Porch ( but is a Deck Room Type) as part of it is over the Room you have set as a Court Type on the basement level. KB Article : <<< Click for link I think you may have just been working on the plan for a few hours and had not resaved it recently, so Chief was still holding onto the things you had changed / deleted temporarily, as if I unzip your plan it is 99mb and if I open it in X12 and immediately save it, it drops to only 8.6mb. You can Purge Materials any time you are in the Materials Selection Tab under PLAN MATERIALS...on the left , before you do anything else is best , with the button on the right , it removes any material no longer used in the Plan ie anything that doesn't have a blue check mark, but you can also use the Plan Materials Dialog to do it too and any time via 3D > Materials > Plan Materials

The Default Layer , not Layerset, is just called Windows , it appears you have made new layer for each Level ? which I've never done, so I'm not sure what is happening but in the case of Mulling Units , that returns the Mulled Unit to the Default Layer automatically called Windows , so you'll need to change it's layer back to the appropriate (Window) Floor Layer. M.