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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

Try repairing the install via Windows Control Panel:

Thanks DBC. Super helpful as always. Jim

Tyler, Super helpful as always. Thanks again - learned something new. Jim

I was messing around with the settings and somehow my auto roof got deleted and now won't regenerate. Probably something simple, but can't figure it out. Plan attached. Any insight greatly appreciated. Thanks again, Jim GRADY - AS-BUILTS.plan

It's not normal. I had problems with my first install of X17. You might consider doing a repair installation:

Thanks Shane for looking into this. It did not have a stretch plane. But, I figured it out. I had based the panel on an original Chief "diamond rail panel," which I just resized to make wider. However, the original Chief square shape carried through even though I had resized it (?). The fix was I (re-)converted the panel to a millwork symbol and that worked. Jim

Hello - I have a deck railing with posts spaced 6 feet on center. I have a Chippendale railing infill panel about 72" x 33" in size. I'd like one panel per post spacing (stretched), but for some reason the Chief makes the panel infill square in size with 2 per post spacing... Any tips to correct this would be appreciated. Thanks again, Jim

There's a Knowledge Base article on solariums. Might be useful for this. https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-00454/creating-a-solarium.html

Discussion between you and your designer. Explain your concerns and have him demonstrate how he calculated these areas. That can be done graphically with a polyline that shows the actual area. He should be able to do that quickly.

My first thought is flip door to other side and do a corner sink. Here's one available at Lowes. They are available and might help in this tight space.

Hard to picture without a photo/image.

Thank you for taking time to explain this. I think I tried the dense hatch pattern trick a few years back but did not like how it made the model sluggish. Jim

Good morning, Is it possible to have a material color show a greyscale solid fill in layout box plot line display? For example, I have black painted exterior trim on the garage door pergola (highlighted below). It'd be great to this appear as dark grey solid fill on my black and white plot line elevations. When I go to edit the material pattern there is no solid fill option. Is there a technical reason for this I wonder? Thanks again, Jim

You could send this into Tech Support and see if they will confirm it as a bug or expected behavior. They are usually very responsive.

I believe it's because you had those balcony walls defined as railings with pony walls: I don't think pony walls are necessary here. The balcony lap siding half-height wall starts at the floor level. (The stucco wall is on floor below). So, I redefined the railing walls as solid rail style with newels/posts as post to beam. The post location seems to work now.

Damon, I just manually edited the floor elevations of the Garage rooms only. In this case as -24". (Also, your house does not have a foundation). Does this help? Jim

Thanks for the insight. Your explanation of how Chief schedules things based on text only really explains this scheduling behavior. Jim

Thanks Michael. That's a good workaround tip. I sent this in to tech support and we'll see what they say. I feel this is a bug or at least a program deficiency. Schedules should automatically report these as different windows. Jim

Brett, Thanks for the reply. I think I'll submit as a suggestion to Chief for them to look in to. Jim

Hi, I have 6 fixed broken-arched clerestory windows (1-6 shown below): These should schedule out as 2 types (left vs right arch) with quantity 3 each. Yet, my window schedule shows them all as 1 type, quantity 6. Chief seems them all as one type and does not recognize the mirrored window type. How do I fix this scheduling error? Thanks again, Jim

If a plan, section, etc. is too big to fit a sheet at a certain scale, you divide the plan into separate parts across separate sheets. Usually two parts across two sheets. The match line is just the graphical symbol that shows the reader where the two halves were divided. Here's a common symbol used for it below. It's similar to a double section arrow but with no arrows. On the side of the circle where the other half of the plan would be if you had enough paper you simply list the sheet number where it resides in the set. This site has a pretty good explanation: https://www.07sketches.co/post/mastering-architecture-graphic-symbols-a-beginner-s-guide-to-reading-architectural-drawings