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sound like you just choose the wrong wall type for the lower part of the pony wall ...try Brick-6 and change the brick to the Grey Ledgestone.... select the terrain and open it and uncheck automatic height and set your own say 28" since floor is -26 in the garage ... the terrain DBX assumes automatically a negative value since the main floor height is 0"...

might be worth watching to if manual roof planes are new to you.... https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/25/drawing-roofs-manually.html https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/724/joining-roof-planes.html

Sounds like you have the X8-2017 Library , I may have the X9-2018 one? both are free , Maybe Buechel updated their catalogue to currently sold products?...... https://3dlibrary.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?r=site/detail/1020 actually it maybe related to the fact you "painted" the stone on instead of changing the material to that stone in the Pony Walls Definition ? as it says it should be red brick ...once I changed the ponywall to the correct material it turned up okay in 3D views , but you will also need to change the ponywall to the 6" type , as there is a 6" wall above a 4" wall now and you can see the issue that causes in the garage by the door. one other small quirk in CA you likely don't know is you MUST have an interior Casing , even of garage doors in the DBX (dialog box) normally if you don't want a casing set all the sizes to 1/16th inch or the Door Jamb and Casing don't show properly in 3D.....(looks like it flickers or is too thin/see through) BTW either the garage floor is set too low at -26" or the Terrain is too high as your Drive way is cutting into the Garage doors about 6" up the door... easily seen from inside the garage if you set the main door to show open in 3D M.

Looks like you got it I agree with Eric , the Roof looks a bit strange.... looking from the Front or Curb view ......the added advantage of the "Cricket" he shows is that it will help slow the water down during heavy rainfall , so the small gutter at the bottom is not overwhelmed ...that is a large piece of Roof, coming down into a small 2' foot Gutter and it is right at the front door , so you don't want it overflowing. you will likely need to use manual roof planes to change it around..... you seem to be using a old Buechel Stone library I don't have that in my Library.... or maybe i have the old one? M.

it is a gutter ...... turn off roof planes in the 3D view to see it ....see below.... and you need to re-join the roof planes on the RH side of the round..... I Need to dig a bit deeper to find out which roof plane it is that is causing it.... ***EDIT.....OK I found that you have maybe 10-12 little Roof planes at the Apex which you need to delete.... I would make both the Dutch Gables the same size as well , ie match the house one to the garage one....

close the Plan in CA X9 1st and then you can just drag and drop the Plan file right into the bottom of the Reply window where it is light grey. saving a copy to your desktop 1st ,with a slightly different name , is maybe the easiest way to do that....

It maybe a Fascia Board if all the Roof Planes are not Connected properly at each facet of the round , letting it "pop out" best idea is to post a copy of the plan though in these cases....

Would be interesting to see what you come up with and of course pics of the Final Product too when done. M.

You can find a STL File Format Converter online Sherry , eg Autodesk has the free MeshMixer , it will import STL and can then "fix a file" and then export it in a number of other Formats apparently check this page .... https://www.mmmanual.com/export/ The program download http://www.meshmixer.com/ ** word of caution ...I know nothing about 3D Printing I have just read about MM in the past.... M.

Eric is right Help question should be on the Q&A forum really... But a 17" thick material Region (in Concrete I assume ?) will do it and raise the Rooms Molding by the same thickness If you need to Show structure that is another Story...... but you can raise the floor 17" and turn off monoslab ...see the drawing below. . . . . Peterek.Bala Da Platt Development_MHD.plan

Nice solution Mike... useful for other items too I'd think. M

Don't dimensions lock to the Wall dimension Layer OR the Surface automatically? which means you need to change the wall definition to dimension to the Sheathing or the Dimension string just ignores the Sheathing. @Alaskan_Son personally I was referring to the outer surface of the Sheathing ...the back of the sheathing would be the same as measuring to the Framing.... M.

You can change the Dimension Defaults to make it do it , but that would cause CA to dimension that way all the Time ...though you could change it back after working on a particular area if needed I guess but it's not usual as Chopsaw alluded to , as it would be physically hard to actually do this Onsite, unless you are talking about a Deck joist? - you need to change the the Wall definition Dimension Layer to the Sheathing (OSB/PLY) - and set your Dimension Default to the Wall Dimension Layer ( in each Scale eg 1/4", 1/2" 1/8" etc as needed.) -and possibly do the same for your Temporary Dimension Defaults depending how they are set up.

Click on any layout box border and in the ALDO ( Active Layer Display Options) uncheck their display just like any other Layer you don't want to see in a particular view. sounds like you need/want to use the Backclipped elevation for the Island , you can also limit the width of the view and get it close ... in the view , instead of doing it with the Layout Bounding Box in the layout , by opening the Backclipped View DBX and Checking "Clip to Sides" so you get the two Handles appear in the p[plan view , so you can set the width of the View. this does not work for Height wise though

Try zipping the file , it has to be under 25mb to post here ..... delete interior item like furniture or cabinets if needed in a copy of your main plan 1st if needed. M.

Considering the survey was done nearly 50 yrs ago , you don't think they just swung an Arc off the Southern PL? my best guess-i-mate would be they took a 200ft tape (or 250 ft with 50' wide road ) and swung an Arc , the same size as the southern PL up till it hit the northern PL , seems to look about right....assuming I didn't mess it up somehow....been a while since I did one of these... but I see points labelled IP and PI etc you would think the local city would have an updated Survey after 50 yrs though... they would make a Client get one here just cos of that fact before issuing a Permit, so add a few grand for that privilege PLOT PLAN_LITTON_RES.plan

Did this work for you? I don't use Ramps unless I need a Ramp , so I'm not much help with that method..... seems to work on exterior stairs too... here is the auto rail and then one I drew.... M.

Basically..... Save your As built drawing as "plan-name_As-Built" immediately re-save it as "plan-name_Proposed_1" now Draw up then Addition / Reno Changes on this plan...... Once done click "Send to layout" , say yes to creating a layout if needed ... it will be named as plan-name_Proposed_1.layout automatically Send the Plan view to whichever page in your layout you use for Proposed Drawings eg page 10 , while in the Layout move to the page you want the As-Built Plan on eg. page 5 so when we send the next page it will automatically pick that page next , in this case page 5. Now Re-Open the As-Built Plan (Recent Files List) , and again choose send to layout . Because the Proposed Layout is already Open, and only one Layout can be open at a time the As-Built Drawing will use it too without asking, the DBX should have Page 5 from above already selected , so just click OK . M.

Best to remove the auto railings ( uncheck left / right railings in dbx) and the draw your own railing as needed and make sure the Follow Stairs box is checked... here it is done inside.... but would assume same outside....

I can see a roof plane in your plan view , but do you have Ceiling over this room checked in the Room DBX ? you need both for a Truss to generate.... make the ceiling structure the height of the needed truss. Always best in these situations to post the plan ...you would likely of had an answer just after you 1st posted... M..

Prefereneces>Reset Options ....at the very bottom.... but not sure that is going to help a lost Library though ...unless you just mean you can't see the library window anymore? ie more info would help...maybe

Moved what file location in Chief ? you need to provide more information or call Tech Support and get them to step you back through what you did ... No 1-800 no# anymore unfortunately.... https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/#contact

I think I am missing it too, unless it some sort of specialised Truss ? check out this thread for Michael's Energy Heel fix....

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X9 changes the way Graphics work , so I suggest checking the system requirements for X9 and Filling in your Signature ( see mine for how) with your system specs and hopefully someone with a similar system can help out. I am assuming this issue is with ALL plans , not a particular plan.....