PitMan71

This is great information. Thanks for sharing. Sorry that you are having issues, tho. I know that has to be frustrating. Hopefully you can return the laptop and get what is needed. Good luck.

Okay...... You might try pulling the front facing wall left edge to the left into the room on the left..... Ultimately, this would be way easier with manual roofs. I would suggest this as it expands your flexibility in situations like this. Automatic roofs are great, but can only get you so far because they are limited to solving based on the location of your walls. In your case, technically the roof can be solved in the way chief is solving it AND the way you want it. Either you manipulate the walls to get what you are looking for or the roofs themselves or graduate to manual roofs. Manual roofs aren't limited to the location of walls. Stay with automatic to get the roof as far as you can and then make the manual changes. I am new to Chief as well. Manual roofs appear daunting BUT really simple once you get the hang of it.

Can you post your plan or a picture of what you are referring to? I pulled up chief to try and recreate what you are talking about.... I do see where the wall connects through the brick, but its a transparent connection and doesn't seem to affect the way the connection appears. The reason the deck railing is connecting in that way is because it's connecting its main layer to the brick wall main layer which is the framing. In order to get the deck railing to connect to the brick itself is to make a copy of your brick wall type and in the new wall type moving the brick materials from the exterior layers to the main layer in the wall type. Might end up looking like the attached pic. Caution: This may work as you intend, but it could cause unintended issues. Either way, I think it's worth giving a whirl.

You are wanting the 12' plate roof to continue left and die in to the 9' plate roof creating a valley instead of what you've got here. Does this sound right?

Following.

You mean from the library?

When you create a text box in your layout view, look in macros under layout info.

Hello Wesdutka The room divider is like any other wall. Click on it and then open the DBX. On the general tab, under Options make sure the "No Room Definition" is NOT checked. Also, I would check the wall type and see what it is reporting. If that doesn't work post the plan so we can have a look. Thanks

Thanks!

So you use the region to create the batten boards? Thanks

Here you go. The two wall properties on DBX are.. STRUCTURE >> "Balloon through ceiling" is checked. ROOF >> "Roof Cuts Wall at Bottom" is checked. SO... I did all this and it didn't work on the piece of wall. After closer inspection of the DBX under Structure.... The Default wall bottom height and Default top height were unchecked. When I checked that and applied the above settings again it worked like a charm. When breaking and adjusting the roof hole for the dormer it seems that the program knows what you are trying to do since it tends to break and snap when you move the roof edges to where they are supposed to be. Anyway, the one side that I did with the hurdle of finding the top and bottom wall height setting took me like 5 minutes. Also, for some reason when I initially stretched the dormer wall, the 4 siding finish didn't go along with it..... I had to fix this in the end. BUT it bears mentioning to trust the process and do all the steps.... from the middle things look like a train wreck. I hope this helps you. Good luck. FIX1479184323_May1ReynoldsNewGarageDormer3.plan

Hey Jeffrey. Building dormers manually is totally fine. What you have to do is break the roof hole such that part of the roof is beneath where that triangular piece of wall would be. Then pull the wall into the room to fill the triangle. Break the dormer wall at the point where it interacts the short wall in the bonus room. Lastly, you will adjust the new wall properties a bit to where the program cuts off the bottom of the wall at the roof. Sounds complicated but it's really not.

Post your plan so we can have a look.

Hey Molly, Thanks for posting the plan. this seems to be a bug. The cabinet only extends its to kick toward a corner cabinet. If it's a regular cabinet the extension isn't there. I would send this to support and see what they have to say on the matter. Be sure to include your .plan file. They usually respond within a few hours.

I have seen this when several wall intersections come together, especial if one wall is different than the others..... Anyway, I corrected the issue by clicking on the rail (porch) wall and edited the intersection. Basically the tool gives you additional handles. I grab the handle furtherest from where the wall intersected and pulled it back to where the rail wall actually intersects. This tool is among your tools at the bottom of the window when you click on the porch wall. See attached for picture. Give it a whirl.

Glad you got it figured out.

Welcome to the community! So.... I downloaded your .plan.... your tile textures did not tag along. Bummer. BUT here is what I would try if I were you. Open the opening.... Go to the Jamb tab and turn on the Jamb.... Maybe change the thickness to what your tile would be say 3/8". Then go down to the Materials tab. Click on Jamb and select the material you want it to be. See if this helps. Another thing you could try is changing to a different tile material to see if the behavior is the same as when you are getting with the material you want to use. Good luck.

So I solved my issue by reducing all line weights in the layer set I was using. BUT I am not really sure what layers were the offending layers. How do I determine what those layers are?

I am finishing up a job and my wall details have some heavy line weights, particularly floor, drywall, roof, and eaves, that I can't seem to change. Any idea what I am doing wrong here? Thanks in advance for any guidance. Catz Lake House.pdf

Hey It would be helpful if you could provide something that shows us what you are trying to accomplish. I read your post, but I am not quite following. Thanks

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.