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To follow up, I got a reply back from Chief about this issue. They were able to re-create it and are going to look into it. Jim

You might consider a landing-sized skylight above with a sloped shaft toward the stair. This gets you the headroom clearance and looks intentional. The truss mfg. can design for the roof opening.

I sent in to support for their review. I'll reply back when they answer. - Jim

Thanks for confirming Dianne. I may send in as bug report. I'll see if others chime in too.

I noticed the outside corner lines of my bay window are not generating in vector view... Plan: Vector view elevation: As a test, I wondered what the result would be with exterior walls. Same result... Shallow angles (1) do not generate the elevation line, but 45 degree walls angles (2) do: Anybody know why? Is this a bug or is there a setting that controls this? Thanks again, Jim

BTW there is an Autocad equivalent, which works very well and solves this visual problem. I'd think Chief could implement something similar.

OK, I think this is a better solution: I created a fixture symbol designed to cut the wall it hangs off of. It is placed on its own dashed layer, so looks graphically acceptable in plan. Credit goes to some past forum posts (Alaskan Son et al). Updated PLAN attached. See clouded area. Jim ADOBE TIMBER LINTEL TEST.plan

Joan, I took a stab at this. I modified a Fixed Door object to serve as a timber lintel that you can manually place above a door or window. Looks good in 3D, but has a big graphical problem in plan display -- the lintel shows up and cuts the wall where it preferably would be hidden or dashed in plan display. I imagine someone smarter than me can figure this out! But, maybe this is a start. PLAN attached. Jim P.S. I was really into adobe architecture in college so this brought me back. ADOBE TIMBER LINTEL TEST.plan

Very helpful. Thank you! - Jim

Hi Shane. I believe a material. PLAN attached if you are able to take a gander. - Jim SCREEN PANEL TEST.plan

Greetings, I've created a porch screen panel millwork symbol with stretch planes. When I resize the panel, my screen infill material "stretches." I would like the grid hatch to not stretch and remain at 1x1. Thanks again for any tips. Jim

You can create a terrain perimeter hole that you can manually edit to follow the stairwell. Select your terrain perimeter object and then click this option:

Glenn, Thanks for the tip. I'll give it a try tomorrow! Have a great day. Jim

Seems like it. See help section:

Thank you!

Anybody having problems loading their models? Jim

Curious how someone would go about modeling these windows below. Window openings in masonry wall with shallow arched lintel, but with rectangular retrofit windows. My first thought is maybe arched pass-through window on top of a standard window, but just a guess. Thanks again, Jim

Ok - idea #2 -- on my porch (below) I offset the shed roof -6 inches in Z direction. Result is the front porch beam drops but side beam stays put. Do you think your roof is lower than the porch room plate height?

One possibility (but kind of doubt it) is you have a vertical offset for the railing beam...

Not sure. I suppose you could turn off for all and then go back and manually add the fillers where you need them? Maybe others know a better way?

I think you need to turn off auto cabinet fillers in cabinet defaults:

Thanks Mark for the input. In the end I wound up making a 3D face as roof infill. Can't say the endpoint snapping was easy though. Jim

Alan, I took a stab at it. Attached. 1) I put a break in the level 2 exterior wall (at corner where the split level occurs). 2) Full height exterior stucco wall here. 3) You had a gap between roof plane edge and stucco wall. I moved roof in. 4) Changed wall type here to be Interior-4 if roof plane abuts (wall with pony wall). Jim RHK DD V1a.zip

Greetings, I'm trying to model an existing roof that has some funky roof plane infills where a bunch of dissimilar roofs come together. You can see it below, sort of sloped triangular roof planes: Here's where I'm at. So far so good... So, I want to fill in at spots (1) and (2) below. I thought I'd use the 3D face tool for the first time and call it a day (seemed easier than trying to do it with roof planes). But, I'm having trouble snapping to the right 3D points in 3D view with the 3D Face tool. Any tips? Is the 3D Face tool the right hammer for this nail? Thanks again, Jim

Very clever - thanks for teaching something new! Jim