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When this has happened to me I have used the same method as KilgoreT for the terrain but I am unsure if it will help with the siding issue ,might had to use a slab or soffit there with a stucco material to cover it up ?

We discussed this in Feb. on the Symbols Forum ,the attached file to this post should work in X3 too https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?/topic/137-board-and-batten-siding-texture/page-2#entry2077 I actually messed around with this again a couple of weeks ago and posted a new file here too, 3 sizes now 8" 10" and 12" https://hometalk.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?/topic/499-how-to-draw-board-and-batten-siding/#entry2664

Chief and HD have had their own Shop library for a number of years , check the online library under garages and Shops http://3dlibrary.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?r=site/detail/708

do you have file extensions showing in Windows explorer ? they are off by default in most windows versions as are "hidden" files. Uncheck the box so they show like in the pic below M.

if you mean the Appliances try 3D warehouse https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/search.html?q=dacor&backendClass=entity

if you have a better photo ( or can get one) of the tile , try applying it to any 12"x24" tile in the library as a texture... not sure how you are going to get it for the new Client , if even your supplier can't find it though , looks like a Slate or an imitation of Slate though to me. M.

No problem , I mentioned it cos I had issues with a cloned SSD myself even though everything I used to test / check the alignment said it was good , the issues went away once I did a fresh install. That may not be the issue here of course. If you have the receipt for the computer that is good enough for the PS RMA , most stores only do a warranty for 1 yr but many parts like Ps and HD's have 3 or even 5 yr warranty's but you need to deal directly with the Manufacturer for that.

a lot of (good) PS have a 5 yr warranty so check into it before buying new , Corsair's RMA process is pretty painless ,and they will cross ship with a C.Card No#. worth checking even if you already brought new , process the RMA anyway ,and you'll have a spare to help with diagnosing next time. Sounds like you cloned the SSD from your HD , did you align the SSD 1st ? Win7 and 8 will recognise a SSD on a Clean install and align the drive automatically , if you are cloning you must do it yourself 1st, lots of tuts online about it and how to check it. http://www.acronis.com/en-us/support/documentation/ATIH2013/index.html#21807.html (acronis has a free version if you have western digital drives) http://www.acronis.com/en-us/support/documentation/ATIH2013/index.html#21806.html A PDF from Intel Intel ssd-partition-alignment-tech-brief.pdf M.

John try posting on the HD Forum"s as Chief has different abilities.... https://hometalk.chiefarchitect.com/ M.

There ARE a tonne of cameras in his plan , reshooting would be a major Pita

Ahhh okay I wondered about that Yep it appears that Chief goes back to using the narrowest wall for the height set (109+8") and then gives the other walls a full width Birdsmouth Seat cut ,which varies the plate height and screws up the ceiling lines though the fascia heights appear correct. M.

I use group select > changed the Birdsmouth by 2" per your original experiment..... I just tried it again ,group selected and transform/rep. move 8" on z axis and the original plates stayed as did the ceiling and chief built a short wall above with new plates , so weird yes , if I do the same at 2" it doesn't build the small wall it alters the Birds mouth. Not sure if this is possibly cos of the weird wall arrangement being 6/8/10/12" around the building. M.

It's a bit strange Scott , I played with this tonite again and if I AutoBuild the roof over the square house with .6.8.10.12" walls I don't get these inconsistences , wall plates stay where they should,(109")whether I raise the roof planes individually or, all 4 roof planes together via group select ,so might be a good case for building Auto 1st then Fix if needed, ie the "Perry Method". I did however have different fascia heights etc when building the roof manually over the same different width walls but did not test if the "Same height Eave " button would fix this inconsistency. Something for a Manual Roofer to check out probably. M.

Thanks Scott , I was trying to understand this myself ,as I had done it before ,though not with your particular settings , I'll have a bit more of a look at it so I understand what is happening. I build roofs like Perry , auto then fix the "screw-ups" or weird conditions manually ,reading Lew's Post above, I don't know if that changes things if you do yours all manually ? Mick.

Ok , lost those 31 minutes j.j. , I'm no expert at Chief , but I have been Building for 30+yrs, so I may "see" things a bit different than you, but generally the BM Cut, seat cut is equal to the Wall framing thickness so the ceiling lines in right at intersection of the wall and Roof Framing, which is why Chief tries to automatically set that cut distance depending on the wall framing, note that the DBX is often slow to update ( no apply button) so you may need to close the DBX and reopen it immediately to check it. eg if you change the Auto. BM Cut in the Roof DBX to say 3 1/2" the seat cut will still show 5 1/2" until you close the DBX and reopen it. You are right, in that you can not adjust the Birdsmouth for a individual roof plane , you can however do it for the entire roof in the Roof DBX if that works for your Plan. If you want to Raise the BM Cut on a single Roof Plane , raise the Roof Plane's Baseline via the Wall DBX, with the pitch locked, it has the same effect . But if you have no ceiling (Joists) in the Room, you would need to lower the room height ,by an equal amount so the apex of the Ceiling/Wall joint is still at standard height. ie 109 1/8" (or accept the extra height-- pics below) The Wall plates don't jump up and down on a normal wall ( for me) , but that wall with 3 different thickness you had, is a special condition and different wall plate heights etc would be expected depending on what you are trying to line in as you saw, it's not uncommon to see different Plate heights when trying to plane the rooflines in especially if the Roofline is Complicated and you want the seat cut as wide as possible for bearing. these are some "snips" I took as I was playing with this , I used X6 Trial as I thought from your comments it was doing something different than X5 , and as I said no expert here in Chief ,so maybe I am still doing something wrong or not seeing something? if you play with this more , make sure Auto Roofs is still on ( had this prob. myself tonight) as playing with any roof plane manually forces it off .

what they were try to say was open the Wall DBX (no 1) and then

Buying HD Pro is $500 , so is SSA, but with SSA you will get X7 when it comes out , the option is just to let SSA expire and continue using X6/X7 without SSA, it's not like the Program will stop working or anything . BTW it is $200 each time to upgrade HD Pro too I think? not quite 1/2 of SSA.

Had a play , thanks Jim , seems I was doing something wrong before , you can get rid of the gutter/roofline with Auto Dormers when set over the Exterior wall. M.

After you already built the framing ? yes you can (well I can?), go back into the Build Roof DBX , turn off A.B.C , make the birdsmouth cut -3 1/2 " instead of -5 1/2 " and the roofline pops up 2 " Or make roof height 2" instead of 0" for the same effect. you do have auto rebuild roofs on right ( or rebuilt after trying it?) I will check out the vid tomorrow cos I guess I am obviously missing something in your question , seems to work here....

I see you used trusses to define the ceiling in game room are you sure it is the right size ? Plan is slow for me too in 3D my old videocard is only 1GB too like yours.... Mick

yes Render is standard 3d OPenGL views , you would need to upgrade the videocard to increase it's ram eg to a Nvidia 770 0r 970 card. eg to 2 or 3 GB More computer Ram ie 16 GB would help ALL programs But neither may help much if you have some high poly count items in your plan eg of 3D warehouse. it's slow in plan view or 3d view?

what am I missing ? not understanding ? can't you just alter the birdsmouth cut in the Build Roof DBX by 2" to raise it ? ( turn off auto ABC 1st)

I think you are right about it being a Barrel not an Eyebrow Dormer Jim , but I am not so sure Auto Dormers will work in this case as the Dormer is inline with exterior wall and not located in a single roof plane ie if it was back 12-16" or more back like in your pic. You can drag it down but you are left with the Gutter/fascia. Perhaps I wasn't doing something right in the past ? M.

can you not set the pic above as your texture in the materials def. window ? (you may need a better pic though? a seamless texture ) Re the size......I find a lot of Chief's Pattern scales are way off by about 10X usually , set the scale size to 0.1 instead of 1 and try it , or play with it till it measures right, the Siding I just did I had to scale to .166 to make it measure correctly in an elevation. M.

When you add the 2nd floor DO NOT DERIVE IT FROM THE 1ST FLOOR , add it as a BLANK PLAN , turn on the reference Layer so you can see the 1st floor and then draw the walls over just the rooms you want on the 2nd FLOOR. set the rooms below on the 1st floor to 8ft or 14' as needed