PitMan71

Well said.

What do you mean by this? If helpful send a picture or sketch of what you are trying to do. I am new to CA as well..... Roofs are simple once you get the hang of it. A little daunting at first though.

I was able to successfully add an invisible wall at the exterior most wall edges of this porch. Then I adjusted the floor to the approximate level where you had the deck boards. Then I changed the flooring to a deck board material. I would upload the file but I can't figure out how to save to X15. Shane

I had no problems moving the boards. I turned the layer on in plan view and moved them. There might be more efficient way to accomplish what you are trying to do.

Thanks.... This is a good work around. I might run this up the flagpole to support just to see what they say about it.

Good morning all I have a project with a fence that attaches to the home. For some reason just under the eave at where the fence intersects the house there is a wall artifact. Anyone know how I can suppress it? See attachment. the place I am referring to is on the left side of the home near the ac unit up underneath the eave edge. Can be seen clearly in 3d view. thanks in advance for the help. Shane 188WindwardReno 3.plan.zip

This thread helped me today. Thanks a few years too late!

Thanks to everyone for weighing in on this,.... It appears the railing and the newel post are on the same layer. This explains why they both have the same line style. I need to figure a way to have the posts on a different layer.

I call myself looking there..... I will look again and dig further. Thanks

Is this a solid fill type?

Hi All Is there a way to configure the rail wall w/post to beam config to display on plan with dashed lines for the beam and solid lines for the posts? Currently the plan lifework displays the same for posts and beams alike. Before I sidestep this with a work around I wanted to make sure there want another way. Thanks Shane

I will check into this. Thanks.

That address the porch, but what about the grade beams that have sold lines on one side..... That appears to be a change in elevation. Maybe check that room elevation.

Did anyone come to some sort of conclusion on this?.... I am running into this issue as well. I want random length plates, headers, and such to be cut from 16' lengths but rafters and such to be cut from the next increment length up if it's a certain length or more.

Yes.... I was referring to plywood decking on the roof and subfloor. I would like to see a plywood decking layout with a quantity. Common takeoff methods are to calculate the roof area and divide by 32.... it would great though is the program actually placed the plywood on the roof in a way that could be displayed showing takeoff quantity is accurate with whole pieces and cut pieces. Sounds like it may be a good enhancement request.

That is odd. Post your .plan file so we can have a look.

Is there a way to have chief display or generate roof decking pattern? Ultimately I would like to see a layout with quantity. I have done some searching on this and I am not finding anything. Thanks

When adding a brick soldier above a door or window is there a way to adjust its location so it generates above the exterior top casing instead of being in lieu of it? I like to show the brick moulding around my exterior doors and my soldier above it which is how its actually built. Thanks

Is there a way to adjust the ceiling joist lap distance over support walls/beams? Thanks

Is there a way to shift the fascia board on the roof eave down? I have builder locally that I am working with. They have a specific way they construct their eaves. thanks

Never mind. i solved my own problem. "Ignore first floor " was clicked.

Somehow I have changed something in my .plan to cause Auto Rebuild Roofs to stop working. It's turned on but for some reason the roof isn't building. I checked my template and I am having problems there too. Things work fine is some of my earlier templates.... I can't remember ever changing anything in my templates that would cause it not to work. Thanks in advance for the help. Raquel.plan.zip

You will need to zip/compress it. Be sure and close out first.

I don't mind at all. It's a bit tricky.....but easy once you know how. First I pulled it out from the edge into the room 4'-0", then In the edit DBX had to adjust the ridge height (This is the high side) and bottom height. The tricky part is you have to lock the parameter you have already set when making a change to the next parameter. If you don't do that you will be chasing it all over. BTW.... In this particular case make plan adjustments to the plane first and then open the DBX and adjust those parameters. Doing it out of order will not give you the outcome you are looking for. Side note: It seems that the ceiling plane tool is designed for vaulted ceilings that continue to rise at fixed pitch/angle. When used as designed you would want the ridge side of the ceiling plane to continue on that pitch and rise as you pull it away from the start point. Have a play around with the tool. You will see what I am referring to. Good luck. I hope this makes sense.

Only thing I see is that it appears that some of the wall is not complete over in the location where the spear is coming from. hard to say for sure with looking at the model. Post your plan and someone will have a look.