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Thanks Jason. Yes, that's my approach too and was my intent. As Chief was spitting out a "silly" roof slope of a 16th of an inch, I just wanted to adjust the automatic output to be reasonable and was looking for alternative to manual text override. To sum up for the audience, I was simply documenting an existing roof condition. I wanted to indicate the existing, approximate and to my best knowledge roof slope. The modeled roof plane had a weird fractional slope because it was driven by the set conditions: a shed dormer on a standard plate height rising up to meet an existing ridge whose height was set by an opposite roof plane with a "normal" roof slope of 12:12. And since it's as-built documentation, there was no proposed new construction (roofs). So, "match existing" note is not relevant. Well, I suppose this topic has been exhausted! Yours wearily, Jim

Strong words. Take it down a notch please.

Thanks Michael for your input. (I'll try to be more precise with my wording). Good and lively discussion above regarding precision in modeling. As an architect (i.e. non-builder) I have no problem fudging things if necessary to move the drawings along. My personal standard is the model doesn't have to be perfect but good enough, and then on to the next project. Jim

Yes. I know this and do this already. But, back to my original question -- can one set (automatic) roof label units to round up or down to nearest 1/4" or 1/2"? Like regular dimensions? From what I can tell the answer is no. Not a deal breaker for me, I was just curious. Wasn't a framing / best practices / permitting question. Simply a drafting output question. Thanks, Jim

Be sure to give us an update on how this gets resolved. It's an interesting circumstance. Jim

Bingo! That's it Jason. I guess I should have been clearer that it is not new construction, but existing. Was just wondering if roof slope dimension had unit rounding control similar to regular dimensions. So far have not found anything. Jim

It's an as-built of an existing house so my model will not be 100% accurate. Just trying for a reasonable representation of existing conditions including roof units. Was asking if there is a way to "clean up" the dimension output so it's more sane. I know I can manually override the dimension with text. I know I can also adjust the roof steepness for the output I want. I was just curious if there was another way through dimensional units setting. Thanks, Jim

Good morning, Is there a way to modify the default roof label units to round to nearest 1/2"? Thanks, Jim

Very interesting post and it made me look at the code section again. It's complicated and I'd be interested if others agree with my take. I try to understand the purpose/spirit of the code instead of just the letter. To me, the primary purpose of the WUI requirement is about preventing / reducing the ignition of exterior walls during wildfires. That's a bit different from the intent of fire rated wall assemblies which is to delay the passage of fire so as to allow for evacuation and first responder response: So, to prevent wall ignition, the focus in on the wall covering, which needs to be non-combustible, "ignition-resistant" or fire-retardant treated wood. So, as long as the exterior wall covering complies, your non-rated wall complies. But, say you decide to have a non-compliant (combustible) exterior wall covering. In that case, you have additional options, including but not limited to 1-hour rated wall assemblies. (This may be where the confusion comes from). Note these options are only triggered if the exterior wall covering is combustible. Options include: You can also stick 5/8" Type X exterior-rated drywall behind the non-compliant combustible siding (common approach but not exactly a tested 1-hour assembly). You can build a (solid wood) log cabin or cross-laminated timber building. You could also have a tested 1-hour rated wall assembly with any kind of combustible siding (e.g. wood shingles). This is one option to comply with the WUI code but only needed in the case the exterior wall covering is non-compliant. In a sense this is overkill for WUI. But, your wall may already need to be 1-hour rated for other reasons such as proximity to property line. So you could just use this to satisfy the WUI requirement. Jim (Excerpts from 2022 California Residential Code)

Almost $3K.

Thanks for the tip - Jim

Thanks Rob and Gene for your input and work. OK, I think I figured out the problem or at least a workaround. My original arched window was a true arch - 6' wide by 3' tall. Robert, here's that window with your custom muntin block applied. However, same problem as before. But, as soon as I add 1/8" to the window height (36.125"), it works. So, my theory -- at least for now -- is adding a bit of straight sides to the bottom of the window seems to help the muntin tool figure things out... Jim

Thanks Rob. I'm stumped. Tried your suggestion. Even tried getting rid of the lower arch and turning it into a segmented line. The rays still shoot through. I might still fiddle with it

Trying to add a custom muntin pattern to an arched window... I drew the linework, blocked it, but when I load it as a custom muntin pattern into the window, the muntins go a little crazy and extend too far. Any tips in getting this to play nice? I suspect there might be some rules of thumb / best practices to drawing the line work "just right" for the muntin tool. Blocked line work (before): Custom muntin result (after): Thanks again, Jim

You can do it yourself. File online with the US Copyright Office. I did one back in 2016. I recall it was pretty easy and the fee was reasonable. Jim

Just do it in Windows Settings. Windows 11 below. Probably similar in 10. Jim

Search for "mulled windows" in Help. Also, look at the online videos Chief has available for Doors / Windows. Jim

Nvidia now has the Nvidia App. You can download from the Microsoft store. It allows you to update to the latest video driver pretty easily. I have Windows 11 with an RTX 3080. Jim

I think you can Copy and Paste them over. Give it a try.

Larry, You might need to download the Bonus Catalog / Exterior Roof Attachments: Jim

You might check out this recent thread with a similar condition. See if there is useful info there. Jim

Brilliant! Worked very well. Thanks, Jim

Great idea. Thanks!

Have you checked out the tutorial videos? I think these are often overlooked. There are many help videos for roofs: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/playlists/95/roofs.html

Today I wanted to select all walls of a certain type (Interior 4 - NEW) in order to change to another type (Interior 4). I thought you could do this with the restrictive selection tool (with certain filters?), but I could not figure it out. I only got so far as selection all walls... Can somebody clue me in on this please? I think I'm missing something important with this tool. Thanks again, Jim