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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.

As you mentioned Earlier it is now called Reflect Geometry now instead though...... which is why people aren't "seeing" it I assume M.

Sorry didn't see you reply earlier today about Following the link above, I have updated the Post and the PDF to include the Fix as well now, I thought it was in there so I didn't need to retype it...... I am not sure what is up with your other issues as it didn't happen here, there was a gap on the Triangle side but I just pulled the top of the wall up a couple of inches to fix it , I wouldn't recommend that in most cases but occasionally it is needed especially if Balloon Through Ceiling doesn't work ( in the Wall's Structure Tab) and it didn't in this case..... I am not sure why your plan was so big previously ( 91mb ) but after purging Materials and resaving it the Plan file is only 9mb - unzipped.... attached below.... MHD_X12_B_dormer_issues.plan M.

No but there is a thread in the Symbols Forum with Parts etc IIRC M. * found a really old post of my own from 2014 with one..... https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/topic/627-stairs-with-a-volute-at-the-bottom/?do=findComment&comment=4518 and another from 2014 https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/topic/2610-one-way-to-add-volutes-to-stairs/?tab=comments#comment-21152

Follow the link above , I have updated the Post and the PDF to include the Fix as well now...... Or Chief has a KB Article as well....... https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00586/restoring-wall-materials-changed-using-the-material-painter.html M.

You've been using the Paint Can Tool on Exterior Walls, which isn't a good idea , see my link below about that... all I did here was set the Walls back to Siding 6 and the Material's back to default.... other than that you have it good

If you want a framed Cabinet , why aren't you using a framed Cabinet ? with an Opening not a Door ?

Pull it a few inches at a time and see what happens , do you by chance have a invisible wall ( Room Break) on the inside defining the Dormer "Room" try moving it back if so. M.

your on a mac it appears and you have iCloud , is it full ? 22mb is pretty small, it is unfortunate CA lowered the limit to 14mb ( used to be 25mb) during Covid as a cost cutting measure. I thought Mac's came with Dropbox too which is a free 2GB.... M.

The missing part of the side wall is common , depends on a number of factors but generally you can select it while in 3D and pull it across manually to fill in the Hole. Mick.

True , personally I missed the Original Post but currently am not a SP User , so can't share back but Thanks for the Libraries. * might be an Idea to add the Ver. eg X14 , to the Files names, so future Users know what Version the .calibz Files were made in. FYI : SP1 and SP2 seem to be the same Library..... thx. M.

These are Actually Chopsaw's Instructions , I just re-posted to the Tips Sections @Chopsaw I've been using Pixplant for a couple of years now , Ver.5 also does PBR Materials and Texture Maps, so I figured for the $39 Single User Price it was worthwhile. https://www.pixplant.com/index.php Mick.

If you don't use a lot of custom textures , just zipping the plan file itself should suffice , though you may run into issues for example if you use something from a Bonus Library the other User doesn't have installed, as everyone has the Core Library stuff. M.

Probably not if you are that organized M.

It's a Permissions Issues , Chief isn't being allowed to write (update) to the Folder the CA .ini file is in..... DB's KB Article should help sort it out. M.