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Ah I always forget about that setting! Good call!

Point to Point Move can locate the CAD within an Elevation view - but they have to be set to Plot Lines (it looks like yours are, but you might open the Layout Box specification to check). Draw a CAD Line across where you want their floors to align, then for each layout box, select and use Point to Point Move to move the lower corner of each view (Point A) down to the line (Point B).

It's hard to say without seeing the plan, but Dimensions in Chief don't just bug out and show random numbers. They may round a little funny when you get REALLY fine measurements, but not ~20 INCHES like we're seeing here. That's a massive difference. My suspicion is that 79" dimension was manually overridden. Open it and check the Segments panel to see if Suppress Dimension is checked and a Leading/Trailing value was added.

I prefer Plan Reference for this sort of thing. Keeping each plans defaults, materials, etc separate makes things much easier to manage in my opinion. used to be a major pain if they're on a slope or something but X15's made that a breeze.

This is only half-accurate - only Joists need to be specified as Framing, otherwise they won't generate as framing, rather you'll still get a solid slab of that material. The top Planks layer will always generate as planks, regardless of what material is used.

At first skimming this thread I was thinking "this is a wild thing to complain about! "why do I have to enter a heel height?"?? The fact that we CAN now is amazing!" but I totally agree it would be good to have the option to automatically sync to the VSD. Would sure save a lotta time. Though, still, manually transposing a value is so much better than having to do the math myself.

There's just different ways the different dimension tools locate things. Here's a Manual vs Interior vs Centerline, for example: "how did this happen?" is tough to answer since dimensions draw differently when using different tools AND when using different Views/Defaults. So there's several variables, the Plan, the Defaults, the tool, these all affect how these things will behave. Look at your current view's defaults, you can adjust how the dimensions will locate walls in the given plan view. Note that Manual, End to End, Centerline, and Interior tools all have separate settings.

When you open the Deck room, I'd check two things: 1. On the Structure panel what's the Floor Structure, "Planks, Joists" look like? Is it Checked Default? When you press Edit does it seem to be set normally? (should just be two layers, #1 Planks, #2 Joists) 2. On the Deck panel, 'Automatically regenerate deck framing' is checked?

Yep! Open the cabinet, select the Door and change it from Auto Right to just Right Auto Right means that it'll change to a double automatically at 24" (by defualt)

Joey's on point - unless you want them mirrored on a SH, then that won't work. You'll need to use the Custom Muntin process to create two separate CAD Blocks, one per lite.

Same this as this thread: https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/topic/38959-roofs-multi-pitch-intersections-how-to-add-exterior-wall-that-roof-intersects/?tab=comments#comment-294354 Just need to pull that exterior wall in and set just the inner portion to Roof Cuts Wall at Bottom.

Save a copy. Use Edit>Delete Objects to delete everything but walls and framing. If it's still too big use Backup Entire Plan to create a .zip file.

"Sill Plate" only affects the wall if it's set as a Foundation wall - the missing plate in that image isn't a sill but a bottom plate which is specified in the Wall Type, so we need to know more about that wall to make any guesses. I think we'll need to see the plan.

Never never use patterns to fake a fill - you'll cause all sorts of graphical and/or performance issues pushing Chief to draw too many lines. Just set the color of glass via the technique options:

There's no pattern to keep in sync - set a Pattern or generate one from the Texture, then you'll be able to size it and lock it in sync.

Hm. Well, I thought it was a cleverly simple solution to create a 0" thick material layer to the backsplash, set it to calculate Length via the built-in material's Material List options...set the "width" to 109 so as long as it's not taller than 9' it should be fine, EXCEPT... Evidently it calculates "length" by some logic based on the objects sizes - setting width to 109 was not wise. Set it to 48" and it worked a charm. And as a result that works great so long as the polyline isn't less than 4' wide... So I suppose if you know your backsplashes will never be taller or shorter than certain sizes... hm...

You can do this with polylines and custom schedules though I'm sure there's some fancier macro magic that people will offer you, too. *EDIT: goes without saying this isn't a Materials List thing, but in my experience this info is typically presented like schedules are, so might as well use them.

Manually. On Floor 2, break the wall at that intersection and use the diamond to drag a new wall across the house. (less if they're not sharing a ridge) Open new wall, Roof panel, "Roof Cuts Wall at Bottom" Changes wall shape from to (You shouldn't need to but I had to manually pull the right roof plane under the wall -- it's supposed to happen automatically but it can be finicky sometimes.)

Naw, the Swing amount is shared across all panels on the door. If it's absolutely necessary to show you'd have to do some sort of manual override - maybe set that door to a hidden layer and paste a CAD Block, etc.

The Room Finish schedule is going to list all Finish layers, so if it says "White Tile, Felt Paper", that means that there's a second layer in your room's Floor Finish Definition. Locate the room(s) that have Felt Paper listed, open em up and look at the Structure panel, Floor Finish - Edit and delete the Felt Paper layer. Unless Floor Finish has Default checked - then just change your Floor Defaults or Floor Platform defaults.

Someone please correct me if I'm wrong but I don't believe you can get it to build like this 100% automatically. Setting your room(s) to Garage will kind of do this automatically though! Garage Floor to SWT: 12' Min Garage Height: 60' The main issue is that they don't sit at grade. But it shortcuts the room in the right direction. Open the Floor 1 room and set Stem Wall Top to 12" (above grade) Floor to 0" (grade), Stem Walls will remain at 60' and come up with the new SWT height, building from SWT down an additional 4' below grade.

Hey - ya know. I never actually considered using Subtract on a dang roof plane!! Didja know it works flawlessly with Splines?!

No worries -- its not a technique option, on the Layout, click to select the Elevation and hit Open Object. It's an option for the Send to Layout process, not the View itself.

Hip shot guess: Open the Spec on that new elevation, I'll bet it's a Live View while the others are Plot Lines.

Nope, they're a symbol object so when the panel is resized, they just stretch. On the Fence dialog under Newels/Balusters there's both Railing height and Newel height options to set the posts and panels to different heights. You'll probably need to create a custom panel symbol that more closely fits what you're after.