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Thank you. Jim

Thanks Steve for this tip. I tried Mick's suggestion, but might try this next time. Jim

Thanks Mick for the suggestion. I gave it a try this morning with good results: Jim

Gene, Thanks for your insight. Jim

What's the "least painful" way of modeling this elaborate applied pilaster / crown trim around these existing windows? Thanks again for your help. Jim

Huh - go figure. I used your solution and seemed to work quite well as a "true" 3d solution w/o CAD linework. There's just no pleasing people I guess. Jim

If everything flows downhill at least you'll always wake up in the living room!

Thanks for the other option. Yes, I used room dividers. Still trying to understand how Chief does horizontal section (i.e. plan) display/view ranges. From what I can tell it's mainly hard-wired and does not allow user override and sometimes you just need to know the best technique for what you want to show. Jim

Joe, thanks for quick reply. Will do. Just to clarify, Chief will not represent step down in plan view on its own and CAD line needs to be added? Seems a bit strange but now that I know I can live with. Agree it's an "ankle buster", but it's an existing house I'm drawing up. Jim

Good morning, Quick question - I have a 6" sunken living room. I've managed to model it with the step down: . But, shouldn't Chief show the step(s) down in plan view? Do I have a certain layer turned off or should I just draw CAD lines to represent? Thanks again, Jim

Gene, Thanks for the info. Can you quantify the cost difference? I do a lot of additions to older houses where ceiling height is critical and therefore often call out shallow joist size. Actually, I guess I could take a look at Menard's website to get an idea... (Also, I found your input re. room plate height based on drywall sheet size to be good info. too!) Jim

Got it. Thanks for clarifying! Jim

This edit tool is available for a Cad box in plan view, but I'm in a CAD detail view and it does not appear for me... Unsure why. Jim

Getting into using the detailing tools and digging it. Quick questions - possible to convert / explode cad box to polyline? (I believe the answer is no) I read a past post that you can convert the cad box to a 3D solid and then to polyline. But, I can't figure out where the convert to 3D solid tool is when I select the cad box. Thanks once again, Jim

Thanks for looking into this. Jim

Thanks for this tip. I had a similar cricket problem last week and this is helpful. Jim

I'll report this and see what Chief says. Certainly a "small potatoes" item. Jim

Yes, I'm sure too! Thanks for the tip! Jim

Not sure if this is correct behavior or a minor glitch that I could report. I typed in "+/-" as part of a schedule note without any spaces. I noticed paragraph word wrap does not work with this letter combo and push it to the line below. See screen shot with highlight below. I would have expected any letter combo without spaces would be treated as a "word", but maybe punctuation or special character combos are different. Any thoughts? Thanks again, Jim

I typically do not include window and door rough opening dimensions and leave it up to the builder / framer to figure it out. I do this to avoid issues just like the one you described. It's just too easy to make an error and besides, they should be expected to do the calculations. This is not exactly the answer to your question, but it's food for thought for your future projects. Jim

I seem to remember 8" treads / 9" risers being allowable in California up until the 90s? Seems like a distant memory...

Yes, I think your code interpretation is correct. I missed that. Good to know. Thanks! Thanks for your realistic "in the field" input! I will revisit this. You've all convinced me to add a tread. Jim

Good morning, Maybe more of a question directed to builders / framers, but would you have any buildability concerns about a wood framed stair designed w/ maximum allowable riser height? To explain, I designed my stairs on a project with maximum allowable 7-3/4" riser height (California). Code does permit a 3/8" tolerance between min./max. risers. Normally, I'd design in some tolerance wiggle room on my floor-to-floor height, but overlooked this and I'd prefer just to leave as designed as I'm pretty far along. Thoughts? Thanks again, Jim

Thanks Glenn for your help. Jim

Thanks Ryan for your tips. Jim