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With Custom Rails you place yourself you must be very careful to place the Rail on the Staircase or you will see what is happening in your Pics. the Rail will literally fall off and onto the Ground, Looking at your Plan Views it appears the radius of the handrail and stairs do not quite match , ie the curve of the rail at the top end it "almost" touching the staircase edge whereas at the bottom it is an inch ( a guess) inside the staircase which is probably why it hasn't "fallen down" . To confirm my suspicion's just drag the rail in 6" and see if it "pops up" onto the staircase as expected. M.

It's a relatively new option I think (July 1st?) , I saw Dan Park mention it in a thread about a month ago which was the 1st time I had heard of it. It is Rent to Own $199 month for 15 months , ($2985 total) if you pay 15 months in a row ,but miss a month and your 15 months start again..... there is also a monthly Rental Fee of $19.33 which I thought was additional but looking at the Agreement I believe it is included in the Rent to Own agreement. SSA is included and continues at $45 month after you own the Software , not sure if the monthly SSA is offered normally of not? though you can outright buy SSA as normal too at $445 yr. More info here http://www.chiefarchitect.com/software-rental/ Rental agreement here https://www.google.com/url?q=http://cloud.chiefarchitect.com/1/pdf/sales/chief-software-rental-agreement.pdf&sa=U&ei=01UCVNelNMG1iwLusoHoDA&ved=0CAYQFjAB&client=internal-uds-cse&usg=AFQjCNHA9_HfEQR_V8mcFNK4r0P70ULR4g Normally Chief needs the Internet to activate/deactivate (eg switching computers) , download libraries and it needs to call home every 10-14 days to re-register ( same with HD Pro) I believe but I am unsure whether the Rent to own version is different or not in that regard.

is "follow stairs" checked for that section of the staircase still ? another thought would be, is top section still connected properly to the top floor/landing ? M.

Use a retaining wall with an elev. line either side , not a terrain wall which will follow the terrain as Tommy noted..... M.

Sounds like you found a bug . you should report it.... there is already a known bug I think with brick walls and how the Casings are generated. just checked and you are right , the 1/2 gap around the windows is there in 6" brick walls but not the siding one I just drew.... in elevations M.

via the import DBX in any of the formats listed , ie the same way you import .skp files but maybe 3DS/DAE/DWG/DXF etc. M.

Trusses are auto generated between a roof plane and ceiling plane , so pretty easy to draw once the Roof is built , they build to the presets in the Build Framing dialog >Trusses , you can make all members 6" ( or as desired). You may need to turn on Roof Trusses in the Display Options if you are not seeing them ..you need to do this in each view eg plan, elevation,3D , once on , they stay on till you turn them off. check the Knowledge base (KB) there are tutorials there I used .... videos are only if you have SSA I think? but Scott Hall has some on ChiefTutor too I think.... yes he does ...http://www.chieftutor.com/scotthall2/

I'm trying X6 too and some libraries are free , some not , they appear to be updating and adding libraries now X6 is released and the initial flurry of needed tech support is over. at the moment it seem the free libraries are the older ones which ,when on the download site appear to have a white background , grey are the ones that require SSA to download. EDIT: I am finding I need to open/use download button each Library to confirm SSA or not as not all the Library Icons are translucent /appear white to tell that way. http://3dlibrary.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?r=site%2Flibrary&search=&x=true&hid_cpca=0&hid_cpu=0&hid_ctm=0&hid_ctnm=0&hid_order=&hid_norotator=false&hid_soft_family_1=1&hid_soft_family_2=0&hid_soft_1=1&hid_soft_2=0&hid_soft_3=0&hid_soft_4=0&hid_soft_5=0&hid_soft_6=0&hid_soft_7=0&hid_soft_8=0&hid_soft_9=0&hid_version_1=0&hid_version_2=0&hid_version_3=1&soft_family_1=1&soft_1=1&version_3=on&x=0&y=0 It would be nice if there was an option to automatically download , at least categories of the library same as the Core , this is time consuming....

I usually just draw over the Auto Attic walls where needed and it seems to work fine... , not sure that is how it's "done" so hopefully someone can enlighten us further... M.

if you need the end panel , open an old plan and add it to the library so you can use in your new plans. I usually do it like Greg (Electromen) does it... M.

Thanks Barry , now I see why it wasn't working like I thought..... Changing all the floor heights should be fairly quick with the Select Same Tool> select floor elevation in the DBX then change the height in the open DBX. M.

But what about in the future ? X7 perhaps ? no plans for GPU usage outside OpenGL ? ever ? ....bit surprised considering the power of GPU's there days... that sounds like a substantial investment by Mealexemail , so he may need to think further out than just CA X6 versions.... M.

The template you made from your old plan should have the Floor heights set as default for that template .....(at least I thought so..haven't tried it) so if you paste into it , the Template defaults should rule the heights.... I am not sure how you made your new template from your description though.... M.

Could you just save the old plan with all the Defaults you want as a template ? open the template, Delete everything, and resave as a blank template plan with all the correct/wanted Defaults ? and then use it as the Default Plan for New Plans? M.

Thx Jon.... think I saw flags in a Bonus Library didn't I ? only US though.... M.

Do a search here on H.Locks , I think one of the other users on CA 10 had to send his Lock into the Maker and have it "reflashed" 1st. M.

not sure if doable on an upgrade ...ask Sales ....but there is now a Rent to Own Option offered at about $220 month x 15 months....so upgrading should be cheaper.... M.

Strange ...I have my Edit bar on the bottom see the attached pic for break line tool as in my pic , open a new plan and draw a single cad line , select it , and you should see it on the edit toolbar assuming this is a feature of X1 ? which I never had , so can't confirm for you. I am not sure if you can add it too a toolbar as it ONLY SHOWS IF SOMETHING IS SELECTED and the break tool can edit it..... M.

I was thinking the same thing Curt, when I read this thread , I have hit the Tab's X a number of times , so now need to be more careful too. M.

those look like Markers to me not dimension line ticks , they can be sized too though in the Dimension Text DBX I think....

Right Click to get the Edit Context Menu , only way I know of...... (also opens toolbar) otherwise LC will open the toolbar wherever you have it Docked/Floating M.

put a break then grab the corner and swing it around to the other line to get a triangle .......... but you got it now The Break line icon will ONLY show once you have selected something ( line based) , which is why you don't see it normally. X6 would do this automatically BTW.....

You need the Break LINE Tool on the Edit toolbar , not the break wall tool. or usually the shortcut is '3' on the keyboard for the Break tool , click to select he roof plane ,then hit 3 , then click either side of the corner and pull the "point" back in towards the house..... Can't download your plan it is "locked" ??? I don't have permission apparently......

it's a bit strange Joe cos I found the same thing if I didn't use Floor Supplied by Room below " I got 2 slabs It seems to work if you set the C measurement to minus -2.25" ie the thickness of the sill plate and the subflooring , then the garage area foundation stays at the house foundation height. with -2 1/4 " @ © ( removed floor from basement room) *** I was thinking it was a bug cos instead of the foundation jumping up 2.25" when you designate it a garage the Wall framing should drop and become longer with the bottom plate on top of the stem wall. M.

no attachment D1 , you need to "add to Post" after you browse to your file and hit attach , so 3 steps.... M.