PitMan71

Yes. Click on object, You will find the tool at the bottom. It give you the option to bring to front or back. Have a go.

Sounds like a headache..... Be sure and read the post at the link above.

This is genius. It will save me hours of head scratching.

I just did this and it worked.

Click once on the soffit covering it. Then try using your tab key to tab through the objects in that area.

Thanks.... Im gonna go try this now.

I have a project coming up that the foundation is brick piers as shown in the attached images. What is the best way to draw these the way they are shown here? I have looked at the foundation tool with piers but it centers them under the edge of the wall and it doesn't appear they can be moved. Anyway, I will probably be doing a few like this so I want to get it figured out. Thank in advance for tips on this.

I ended up getting this working. I had to select "Higher Eaves Boxed" on the Options panel. Thanks to everyone for chiming in.

Anybody got any thoughts on this? Or is this one of those situations where there is no good answer?

I agree. even I learned some things.:D

Hey skip How I would do this.... Copy the material definition to your user catalog and rename it something to dilineate it from the original. Once this is done you can then open nd edit the material definition. Once in the editor, the top panel is "Pattern". Under the pattern section, change it from hatch (or whatever it is set to) to "no pattern". This should keep the image in the 3d viewer while suppressing the hatch texture. Give this a go and see if its what you were needing.

Pretty cool website for creating seamless brick textures and images. https://brick.com/md/

If it disappeared. Use this button to turn it back on. Happens to me a lot.

The grade level in the story pole dimensions is set in the Story Pole Dimension defaults under the locate elevations panel. It is at the very top. It isn't based on where the actual terrain is located. May not be what you are needing, but it is worth a check.

I want to extend my roof overhang over an exit door for partial cover. How can I do that and not have the soffit stick through the sloped roof? See attached for what I am referring to. OR is there a better way to do that rather than extending the roof down?

Thanks.... #2 This is pretty much what I ended up doing..... regarding #1, totally agree. This garage is attached by way of a breezeway. I should have been more clear on that. Thanks to everyone for the information. This is all a great help.

This is the first time I have had this come up.... I have had to shift a detached garage on a plan both forward and over to fit on a lot. Being detached I have elevations of just the garage. After moving the garage around all of my notes/dimensions on the elevations are now not lined up. What is the best practice to get things lined up again? Thanks

This is what I am thinking too. This is actually what I do. Thanks for providing some insight on this.

Thanks

Anybody with X16 upgraded to Mac OS Tahoe 26 yet? Curious if causes any issues with Chief. Thanks

Thanks for the reply. that is what I use.....Generally it will grab the angle you move the cursor in. BUT on occasion for some reason it will be a random angle. For instance if I grab and object and move the cursor to the left it will prefill 180d in the angle field. Sometimes though it will be 178.65d or something and I can't figure why it will vary like that. especially when you move the cursor in that direction and it seems locked. I use the tool a lot and I would rather not have to check the angle every time. I was hoping there was a setting somewhere that I didn't know about. Thanks again.

There a few things to remember in addition to what these guys have mentioned. I am new to CA as well, when I learned this it helped me a lot. Roof planes and walls have certain directives. When I get in a pinch it helps me to think through which of these items is calling the shots. In your case the roof interrupts the wall. There are settings in the wall to control this under the structure panel. Particularly the "Ceiling Platform" "Balloon Through Ceiling above" setting the top left AND then sometimes the Roof panel "Roof cuts wall at bottom" check box. Not having your plan to dig into I would bet the gable wall is an attic wall and It can be grabbed and pulled out over the roof, BUT your will need to move the edges of your roof plane out such that it is not over that wall. Something else to consider..... In my experience the roof and gables will look unfinished until all of the manual roof edges are connected to another roof (hip, ridge, valley) or intersecting a wall ace. Lastly, you can draw walls in the attic on the attic wall layer if you need to. Chief will give you a warning reminding you that you are drawing a wall in the attic where the walls are mostly generated automatically. Speaking of attic walls if you screw up one and you need it to regenerate, just delete it and chief will automatically generate a new one. I have only been using chief for a short time as and I recently started my design practice so I still speak "newbie". If you ever have questions feel free to DM me.

Morning all.... I use tab a lot to move and copy things to directly input distance. I like the fact that it automatically will update the direction and distance from where the cursor is currently. Makes things fast and efficient. Inevitably when I get going I fail to look at the actual angle of direction and it will bite me with some sort of random unlocked direction even though it would seem that it should be -180, 90 or whatever. I know that likely has something to do with Object Snaps. Is there a way to force the input angle to snap to a certain angle increment like say 15 degrees?

A couple things. When you make a thicker wall I suggest just doing a stud on both sides with an air space gap between to make the thickness. On the Sheetrock openings remove the jamb in the opening and it should let the base turn the corners. I know this doesn't look "right" in plan view but in 3d it will look nice..... Chief can do most anything you just gotta learn what its nuances are and work around and within them, if that makes sense. Give my suggestions a go and let me know how it works out. I hope this helps.