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I have several projects where the properties are surrounded by forests. Not uniform trees but wild. How can I get a realistic looking forest surrounding the property on all sides without it looking too uniform and not taxing the rendering process too much?

On the foundation layer, I drew the deck on a sloped terrain using a retaining wall because I could not figure out how to put a stone face on a slab. It seems you should just be able to go into materials and add a stone material to a face. Regardless, Then I drew a slab with stone material for the deck. However, I cannot get a railing to set on the deck. They are either too high or too low. It seems like there should be an elevation setting. I need to understand what is going on.

I made a slab on a sloping back yard. Now I would like to have stone covering the wall/side of the slab.

I am drawing this house in Costa Rica in Chief. How would you draw this patio on a slope with cascading pools? I thought it would be important to show the foundation or retaining walls. So, I drew first with a slab, but that did not show the footers nor could I put stone on the outside of it and tile on the top. Then I tried foundation but could not figure out how to get the concrete patio to set right and the top was wood wall. Then I tried retaining wall, but I can’t get the concrete floor to show up on that because it is not a room What is your suggestion?

Wording for Chief Architect says, "For remodeling, Chief Architect Premier has features for showing the as-built, demo, and new areas of the plan. Chief Architect Premier lets you create framing for the entire plan or a single wall, room, or individual roof planes and it is fully customizable, which can be ideal when designing remodels and additions, or lumber takeoffs." What features does chiedf have for showing the as-built, demo, and new areas of the plan. How do people use this?

It is pretty standard in the US to have a closet shelf 80-82" from the floor for boxes and a closet rod just below that 4-6". This seems like it should work like the wall tool and let you put in a straight one or a u-shaped one. One should also be able to put multiple shelves for a pantry or laundry room or linen closet. Where would I find this tool?

Using the shelf and rod in Chief. It does not wrap like walls. Each side is separate but do not 45? How to achieve a u shaped closet shelf and rod?

I am using a laptop. The active layer display with just 3 columns turned on is taking 1//3 of my window. I have tryed to resize it but it won't. What is the key to getting it smaller?

I am new to CA. Trying to figure out how to draw a roof with eves/facia or whatever that is under the roof. Is there a name for that and do you accomplish that with a big fascia or wall or what?