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It is correct in that the symbol attaches flush to the roof and maintains its correct sizing. Super simple to place and resize. It is not correct in Plan, however, as you pointed out. But that's the CAD Block's fault, not the symbol. Edit CAD Block is a great tool I'm not a fan of she skylight cutting away my roof either, but since it does it automatically for you the Skylight tool can be super handy to math the projected size for you so you know what size to make the CAD Block

I've not seen an option like this - would post it to Suggestions.

There really isn't a way to do this, just don't jump into working on your basement if you're not at or near 100% on the main floor footprint. Keeping Auto Foundation on is only really good for monopours, IMO. Once you start doing your own thing, it'll get turned off and then making sure your foundation walls align with the first floor walls becomes a manual chore. Though using the Reference Display and Align w/ Above/Below tools make it fairly easy.

This specifically happens if you have two of the exact same note schedules set to include the same Notes. What DB is talking about is something like this first schedule starts numbering at 2 the second one stars numbering at 1 But since those note's Type is "General", and the schedules are both including General notes, the notes exist in both, with different numbers. Setting the both to start at 1, you'll get the original bottom line: you have two Schedules pulling info from the same set of notes. Notes get their numbers from the schedule, thus, two numbers. Delete a schedule, or set one to pull different Note Types and create different types of notes.

Might be wrong but I don't think there is an option or preference for that -- I've only ever seen it simplify. Draw a straight line and it'll show N90E, rather than N90 0' 0"E.

Strange. I don't think there's any reason that should happen. Each Note is a separate thing with its own text. The only way I know to change two notes at once is to either select them together and open them both, or by using Open Row Objects from the schedule.

I'm pretty sure Box windows have always been like that. Dormers too. Not a fan. I just draw them manually.

This ^ absolutely. It's probably a good idea to turn off layers for auto stuffs first, too - dimensions, roofs, etc.

There used to be a special hard-coded "NKBA Dimension" tool but it was removed a version or so ago. I don't do a lot of NKBA stuff myself, but if I recall correctly the Kitchen and Bath defaults are set to operate like the old NKBA dimension defaults did -- its just that you can customize it, where we couldn't do much of anything to the old NKBA Default. Be sure to use the Kitchen and Bath Plan View so you'll be using those defaults, selecting your kitchen there's a "Auto Room Dimension" button in the bottom toolbar, similarly when you create a Wall Elevation while in that Kitchen and Bath Plan View your defaults will stay on the Kitchen and Bath set, so the Auto Elevation should give good NKBA-ish dimensions, too.

They can also be found in the Edit menu under Snap Settings - much easier than going into Preferences. To add to this though, having On Object snaps off can mess you up at times. If you toggle this often, set a hotkey:

This is the only concern I have since it's not a GeForce, the RTX A's are the newer Quadro cards. It may work fine, just GeForce are more geared for 3D/gaming where quadro are more for Workstations. Support has always steered away from Quadro cards. Maybe that distinction is/has blurred to where it doesn't matter anymore, but one thing to consider is that a lot more GeForce cards are used than Quadro, so they tend to get driver updates more often.

Probably 'cause no one can agree on what to call them!! Weird hill to die on, there are multiple terms for the same thing so what's the point in arguing especially when we all know what we're talking about!

Huh?! Yeah I thought about setting the whole wall partition - problem is that's an entire wall type setting so it's a little more involved, but it should work too, I'd think.

Try breaking the wall and setting just the portion where the door is as a full Glass Shower, so the lower wall stops at/before the door.

I think that mostly checks the Wall Type the wall its using -- it's not accidentally using a Glass Shower wall type is it?

I've had this happen before specifically when two overhangs are overtop one another - it's like the program isn't sure which roof plane needs lookouts/outlookers/whateveryouwannacall'ems and only builds them on one. I wonder if you pulled the smaller roof plane above back so that they didn't overlap, if they'd build. If that works you might be able to expose the lower roof planes and use Build Framing for Selected Object to build each plane individually, pull the upper ones back out and do the same.

Only "Foundation", it's special.

Reduce Rafter depth or increase Fascia. This is a really common issue for roofs over outside rooms. It's expecting a normal room with normal walls and roof rafters that reduce in size after their birdsmouth Alternatively on the Room spec, Structure panel is an option to Use Soffit Surface for Ceiling. This forces a reduced rafter throughout that room.

I wouldn't think that would be possible to have them facing different ways, even if the plan view was rotated. Are your kitchen cabinets are on a separate schedule from the rest? I'd probably check the schedule's Label panel and check the text angle, see if it's set to some automatic behavior or if it can be set to a specific angle.

I don't think there's a setting, if I were to guess it's the casing you used. You'll notice that the ones in the Casings folders are thicker on top but the ones in other folders, like the Base moldings, are all thick on bottom Very bottom of the General panel -- Interior doors don't have an "interior" vs "exterior" side, they're only interior since both sides open to rooms, so the Exterior section is greyed out and the interior is used for both. Checking Separate Trim and Materials on Each Side allows the "exterior" casing to be specified so each side can be different if needed.

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Add to Library and you can avoid needing to retroactively add it to existing walls - but if its too late for that then no, not really. You can use the All Layers OFF layer set to make group selecting specific walls easier, though!

I think we should be asking "Why does building roof not bring in outriggers?" What's the roof situation? Rafters? Trusses? If Trusses, did you Build Framing after? Is Lookouts checked on the Build Roof dialog?

Just a guess but I'm assuming it just doesn't know what else to do -- if you use General Framing in a Wall Detail, they come in as Studs / ID = Framing. But when you just draw freely into a plan view it could be Floor, Ceiling, or Roof, so they just decided Floor makes the most sense, I guess. Ultimately it's on us to tell generic things what to be. What's always bugged me though is that the layer and components don't change when a different Role is selected - it really feels like that should be tied together.

Thanks and ditto -- it just goes to show there are various ways to accomplish something, it just all depends on how much time you want to devote, or how much detail is needed.