LotzCC

I'm have trouble with getting a roof to finish and close the joints at the frieze, soffit, and gutter. See attachments.

Donnelly 1.0.plan

I missed the comment about the door having a bug, but now I understand.

The screen shots of the pattern settings are also very helpful.

Thanks to all!

Thanks Kbird1,

I am using X15 and can open your file. You are correct in pointing out my screen material is using a fabric texture. I was not able to find a screen material in any of the Chief catalogs and created my own screen using a fabric texture as directed by a one of the how to make a screened patio videos. It appears that your screen material that uses the mesh texture is scaling the same when applied to the door and the screen panels. This is not the case for the screen material that I was using. Seems like if the same material is applied to any objects in the plan, it should display the same no matter where it is used.

I am adding a screened patio with screen panel windows and a screen door and have selected the same screen material for both. As you can see on the attached image, the screen material shows differently on the door with the material image texture showing much larger. I am also attaching my CA file.

Thompson 1.1.plan

See attached screenshot of the garage doors in my model and a photo of the existing garage doors and my CA file. I used the modern steel door with windows but don't see a way to mirror the door like other objects. I want the windThompson 1.1.planows to the outside on both right and left doors. Also want to modify the size of the windows. Also want to add windows to top of the center door.

Thompson 1.1.plan

I can't find the door I want in any of the catalogs, but see one that is close. Is it possible to make a copy of a door and then modify and save it to my user catalog?

Thanks Renerabbitt. I'm hoping Chief can automate the process of creating arched brick details, but your video demonstration is very helpful.

The other part of my question was about how to create the portico/porch structure of the house. See additional attached image. Do you or anyone else have a video or direction on how to best draw it in CA?

Please see my attached images of the existing house I am currently drawing. I am looking for tutorials on how to create the arched entry porch and brick details around the doors and windows.

Deck rim and end joists are automatically sized at 1 1/8". I am assuming whoever set the default in the app design is assuming the rim and end joists would just match the default decking. My company uses the same 2X pt lumber as the joists and then fishes the ends and rims with 1/2" PVC/Composite fascia/cladding. This seems to be the norm for the new matenance free deck materials. I previously found that Chief does not have automatic deck fascia settings.

Is there a setting to size deck end and rim joists?

Has Chief added deck fascia settings that I am not seeing?

 I have uploaded the file with the wall issues. Also having trouble getting the roof planes to join. Any help would be appreciated.

Roscher 2.1.plan

I created an as built of an existing house, and have now drawn an addition. On the exterior, a second story wall corner is not closing. In plan view, the walls are snapping together and appear to have no gap.

In addition, the same wall corner that is not displaying correctly on the exterior is exposed and visible on the interior finished wall.

See attached images.

Please advise.

That worked. Thanks Steve.

Thanks for all responses.

See attached plan as requested by Robert.

I have checked the alignment and re-snapped the the ridge points, but still same result.

I did tried auto roof, but could not get proper results for some of the front side roof components. If auto roof if is possible, please send links on how to make it work for this application.

Hecht-Existing 2023-05-24.plan

After adding shadow boards to a gable roof the perspective view shows them extending past the peak and into infinity. See attached image. I have checked the roof edge and peak alignment and this is only occurring at one location. Please advise.

thanks all

Thanks to all responses.

The "Dimension to" setting is exactly what I was looking for.

I am setting wall defaults, and that is not my issue. If I have structure with more than one wall type such as some walls with brick facing and others with siding, the requires a thicker foundation wall than the siding wall. I see I can set the foundation wall default thickness, but for only one thickness. When I use the build a foundation tool, all foundation walls are built using the default foundation thickness. Is there a setting to automatically increase the foundation thickness to match the 1st floor wall type?

My use of Chief always involves creating an as built drawing of an existing house. The starting point is almost always a plat of survey in which the the footprint of a house is dimensioned to the face of the exterior foundation walls, or from my measurement of the face of the foundation wall. It looks like Chief builds walls from the exterior side of the framing dimension. Since this almost always aligns with the face of the foundation, this is not a problem with some walls. With brick, the foundation face is aligned with the the face of the brick, but Chief is still building the wall to the face of the framing. I can adjust my drawing's actual dimension of an existing structure by doing the math of the brick facing, or creating a point to point dimension to the brick face corners/ends and adjusting the wall location by entering the actual dimension on the point to point. This is an extra step I would prefer not to spend time on. 

Is there a setting that applies wall length drawing or temporary dimensions to the face of the brick?

Also, is there a setting to automatically build the brick foundation wall with the correct wall type and not what is defaulted for a standard siding wall? Seems like auto foundation build would automatically increase the the thickness of a brick foundation wall and it's corresponding footer dimension. I'm have to manually adjust this also.

That is definitely the problem. When I created the pony walls for the foundation step downs, it must have created the upper wall all all the way up to the roof. I'm not sure why that happened, but I do recall selecting an alignment setting to get the face of the brick flush with the face of the foundation wall. I will mess around with adjusting the pony walls and wall alignment.

Thanks!

Hi Eric,

Thanks for your quick response.

I have attached my Chief Plan file and an image of the issue I am having with the box window.

While waiting for your response, I deleted the box window and the manually created roof planes, re-added the box window, and then tried the roof builder tool. By doing so, the roof builder tool added a roof over the box window and without the setback of the second floor wall. Even though I had boxes checked not to modify manually adjusted and built roof plans, the roof builder tool created unwanted roof planes and created more work. I would prefer to just add manual roof planes for certain situations like adding a box window. Please advise

Smith, Mandy 1.0.plan

I am drawing an as built of a house with brick on both the first and second floor exterior walls. When I add a box window with manually placed roof plans (I have auto roof off because I had to modify other roof portions), the second floor brick wall appears setback in perspective view (not setback in second level plan view). Please advise.