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Hello,

I as able to create Zip Sheathing easily enough by converting OSB and slapping a zip image over it.   Any idea how to make a single material with the layers of Zip-R?    I used zip as one material and then added insulation as the next layer but it would be nice to have a single item to represent 3,6,9 and 12 Zip-R.

I'm happy to export the symbol and post it here but I'm not sure how.  I figure anyone who can tell me how to export it already created their own but i'm happy to learn how to do it.

49 minutes ago, Dermot said:

See if this video helps:

https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/61/controlling-the-drawing-order-of-objects.html?playlist=97

 

This was very helpful thanks!   I love the videos but sometimes it is like taking the SATs again for me to find the right search term - fragrance is to perfume as draw order is to priority...  Once I find the video or someone points out the best one, they are fantastic!

Thanks again - I did make some progress - should I continue in this thread or start a new thread about making a stairwell and hole for the next floor?

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AonCBRorVv74rBXvap8ff392QI_F?e=oDWqpf

Please hold off on spoon feeding me the answer this time - I think I'm actually making progress thanks to your instructions!   I'll let you know when I am ready for the next part - thanks!

Thanks - I'll be honest, I don't know where the layer tab is or what it looks like.   I found an icon for the active layer display options in the top right if that is it?

Thanks!  This is probably what you said.

I click on the object or group of objects- 

then in the bottom click here to put them under another from an overhead view.

Then clicked on this

Hello,

I notice sometimes from a top down representation, an item may appear to be above another while they are not in the 3D view.   E.g. in this hogwart dining hall it appears these chairs are hovering over the table, but in the 3D everything seems correct.

Thanks!   I'm laughing to myself because you already got the crossview where it is needed.  I keep on first find it then putting it in the wrong place before I get it to the right place.

I'll post a little bit at a time so I don't freak you out with too much to fix.  I really appreciate you hanging in there.

I didn't want to do too many things and go in the wrong direction.    Here is the basement - I think correct?    I changed the stairs a bit because there will be 14" trusses holding up the 1st floor.  

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AonCBRorVv74rBXvap8ff392QI_F?e=YEqYsi 

If I line up the wall with the little rectangle I drew which is where it sits on basement drawing, the opening over the stairwell to the basment goes away and the stairs from the basement will hit the flooring of the first floor - is that part of the plan and they go away when I put another staircase over them?

Nice!  The delete object worked!

Sorry for the confusion - so if I don't change them to 42 - they'll go up to high on the flight from the first floor to the attic or is the opening not wide enough on the 1st floor to the attic?

The only reason I'm asking, as a kid, my parents constantly had me hauling chairs and stuff up and down the basement stairs so I'm trying to make them wide - in case the cycle of abuse continues.   

In the mean time I'll call tech support at CA.    Edit - I should have called sooner - their entire support team is in a meeting - not an emergency though.

Since the attic may probably get used at most for xmas decorations the stairs are of a lesser concern at the moment.    I'm not sure if I can get away with stairwells with different slopes but I was hoping for something more like this - https://1drv.ms/u/s!AonCBRorVv74rBM80vIPwuOH5gl3?e=RpRlL8 if possible.

I haven't called support yet, I figure they won't be there for at least an hour but I have started to look at some of your work.   I think I fixed the default wall settings for new walls as well as the existing ones.

I'm going to ask one or two questions at a time to hopefully learn from you.

The stairs went from 46" total width to 42" - is that to accommodate a wall or for another reason?

I've posted the full plan again but I'm also trying to do the trick to strip it.    Is this the object thing you were speaking of?

  If so I'm not sure which items to select.

Good stuff!  Thanks!

I'll contact support - I've been meaning to any ways - since I switched to an RTX video card I get the BSOD but only when I'm in CA and it isn't consistant.   I have other programs that use the RTX but none of them crash my PC just CA.  I turned off the sound functionality of the card but that didn't resolve it.

After I speak with them I'll post again.    Thanks so much!

I got the updated plan - my house got looted!    I guess my taste in bedroom lamps must be really bad because that is the only thing they left - the only thing more insulting than getting robbed is when the robbers have a better sense of home decor than I do!   That is cool - may I ask how you do that to keep the size down?

Thanks very much for looking at this - this is wonderful!   I apologize in advance but I'll have several more questions.    This has stumped me since I first looked at CA. 

You say I should get my basement stairs sized and located first The basement ones look perfect in the drawing you created - I messed up on my wall thickness so I need to adjust that but do I need to do anything else other than adjust their width?   I'll upload a new drawing once I know that, I'll attempt to duplicate your work.

I found this video but when I tried to convert that overhang just to the left of the front entrance to a landing - it seems to drop a floor.   I seem to only manage to put stairs within my stairs on the basement stairs or put stairs that are sticking out of my roof.  

Is the RTX 3080 internal to the laptop or connected through the USB Connector using an external GPU?

You might try doing a full uninstall of your nvidia drivers - and reinstall

1. go to nvidia's web page, make sure you have the correct driver downloaded

1. Remove the drivers using Guru 3d' Display Driver Uninstaller version 18.0.48

2. after removing the drivers reboot

3. install the newest drivers you downloaded

4. try your CA software.

Hello,

I have a stairwell going from my living room down to my basement.   I'd like to stack my stairwell going upstairs over that stairwell.   

I have the opening created for the basement steps - but right now until I get the ones going upstairs to the next floor it is a bit dangerous.  (I don't know for sure if there will be a second floor or just an attic).

basement

1st floor shows the hole with the stairs going to the basement - I need to stack some stairs over that hole.

The plan is linked below

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AonCBRorVv74rBG4y7WfqeZs_1nO?e=mVyq32  

Thanks for looking at my issue.

A

3 hours ago, CharlesVolz said:

Select basement and check "flat ceiling over this room":

 

 

 

 

 

Amazing!   Thanks everyone!  This has been very helpful.   Even when a helpful tip doesn't solve my particular question, it helps me understand more about this program!

1 hour ago, HumbleChief said:

If I open a new plan and draw in a small 'closet' and define as shelf ceiling it works as expected by dropping both the ceiling and the walls. In this plan, not so much. The closet that is drawn is actually an island room as the wall against the foundation wall does not connect but not sure what effect if any that might have. Also in the build wall dbx automatic balloon framing is turned on but doesn't change when turned off. Time to wait for the smart guys again.

Thanks - you are correct - I drew a new closet (just 4 interrior walls in a square -- just default interior walls - no soundproofing) and it seems to have the same issue in this plan.  So my guess it has to do with how I defined the basement walls but I have no idea.

1 hour ago, rgardner said:

Check to make sure these settings are correct:

 

Are the walls set to ballon frame instead of be automatic? (Wall DBX>Structure Panel)  They should be set to automatic.

Are the walls NOT set to default wall top and bottom heights? (Wall DBX>Structure Panel) They should be selected to default.

I'm not sure if this helps you.

Hello,

I tried my first shelf ceiling for a closet in my basement but thought it would make the walls match my ceiling but instead my ceiling is much lower - dropped in on the walls.   I'll try finding more videos but if someone spots something obvious, please let me know.   I'd like the walls to be about 88" high and the ceiling to be about 88" high.   I put the painting there so I can quickly spot if I messed up - which I have    I do not have a ceiling overhead - there is a subfloor for the next floor over the closet.

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AonCBRorVv74rBG4y7WfqeZs_1nO?e=SEchoG 

Thank you so much, both of you!   I still have more to ask so I'll start a new thread so it doesn't become impossible to follow.

Thanks - for hanging in there.   I promise I'm trying but maybe misunderstanding wha you are saying.   

I selected my fir framing from here.

I unchecked the boxes on the other items for framing.

I updated the plan - not sure where mine differs.

16 minutes ago, HumbleChief said:

Not at my computer but in the original plan the layers were all reversed with drywall on top and the remaining layers below that. Maybe those layers are the correct size as the dialog box shows but in that incorrect order? Study that dialog box again in the ceiling structure tab and you should get the 88" you are looking for.

 

Or try a shelf ceiling as 'help' will direct.

Thanks.  I tried doing it using this video - https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/64/using-the-shelf-ceiling-room-structure-setting.html

I ended up getting a room that looks like something heavy got put on top of it.

I'm not sure what step I missed.

Thanks - I

15 minutes ago, HumbleChief said:

Not at my computer but in the original plan the layers were all reversed with drywall on top and the remaining layers below that. Maybe those layers are the correct size as the dialog box shows but in that incorrect order? Study that dialog box again in the ceiling structure tab and you should get the 88" you are looking for.

 

Or try a shelf ceiling as 'help' will direct.

Thanks I'll give that a try.  

    I tried an failed miserably.   I got no roof this time - I've updated the plan and uploaded it.  I really think I followed your instructions but obviously not.

Thanks - I've updated the file - I'm doing something wrong though.  I'm trying to make the height of the little closet 88" but I must not have followed something in your explanation.   If you could take another look I would appreciate it.

I'd like to lower the height of this closet in my basement without it changing the overall height of flooring over it.  I'd like the ceiling height about 88" on the interior under the sound proofing.

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AonCBRorVv74rBCp6bZ_YzT6FOFL?e=Bq3QX8