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Totally understand.

Especially if someone is a newbie and trying to learn the software. I have been using this software since 1996 (3D Home before that) and I still get confused at times!

David Michael over at https://www.chieftutor.net/ has them. Some of them may be free - don't remember right now.

ahh... a new addition to remember!

Remove the CA arrow in the stair dbx and add a manual one - easy to control that way. Put it on a layerset that you want off in other views but can be turned on in your reference layerset.

No one I know!

Been running my RyZen for over a year; runs CA just fine.

I know you did not ask for any design input, but looking at you attached picture the two 2nd story roofs (gable and front hip) really need reworked; they are going to be trouble down the road and gutters will almost be impossible to install between them with the eaves so close together. I would probably bring the 2nd floor front wall (hip), which is to the right of the 2nd floor gable, over to meet the side wall from the gable and totally eliminate that space between the two exterior walls; been down this road before. Just my 2 cents.

Would a note on an elevation to mull the windows be an easier method? Might leave a little more room for error but the windows would still show up on the different floor schedules and be included in the job. Could possibly place a note in the window schedule for each unit included that it is a part of a mulled unit. I have placed them on the same floor and moved some of them up, but they don't look right in the plan view - pick your poison I guess.

I do this also while I am at the remodel site, or at a house with the brick a client wants to replicate; works great. Just make sure you are as square and plumb to the brick as you can be. I usually take several shots on multiple walls and vary the number of bricks in the shot, just in case I may like one shot over another. Photographer's rule - take lots of pictures.

Making a new Saved Plan View is just as easy, to me, as making a new Annoset, but with more features. Save an existing SPV under a new name, change the layerset, dimension default, floor, zoom level, reference set(s), etc. and you are good to go - that simple. The floor and zoom level in SPV's are two I appreciate the most. I don't have dozens and dozens of SPV's; I keep them to a bare minimum to meet my needs and workflow.

Must be the "cupola" to the large bunker underneath.

In my neck of the woods we have subdivisions and lots everywhere with this style front; clients want them. I do several a year.

You forgot "nuts." I don't get very many flat lots!

Thanks, Dermot; I did not know that.

The foundation walls above grade are the problem; you want those solid. If the lot is totally flat, using a pony wall for the foundation might work, but that brings in other potential problems as other posts have shown - especially with basements and windows and doors. On a sloped lot, I use the "white angle hatch fill" technique like Chris. I use an angle hatch at 45° with a border line weight of "0" and a fill line weight of 75; works good and easy to control the look.

This is my workflow now. I had the annoset workflow similar to Joey before Saved Plan Views (SPV), but the addition of saving the zoom setting and, more importantly, the floor in SPV's is much better.

Completely agree.

Maybe he thought they had to go on the 2nd floor which was created because of the loft.

Sorry, I didn't really notice you wanted the "b" in the number column; thought it was just in the label.

It would be a good idea to "tag" Eric if you have further questions (on this topic). @solver Sorry, Eric, if I am overstepping.

Just change the label for that cabinet like Joey says.

Toooooo much work for the return, in my opinion - just my 2-cents. Not sure your reasoning for wanting an accurate floorplan showing the blocks (if that is what you are after) but no mason, again my opinion, is going to necessarily follow a plan showing the individual blocks - too many variables for that to work. Just use good notes and wall styles.

Are you using "perspective crop" by any chance when you set up your perspective camera? I had something similar happening because I use perspective crop still, even though it has been technically discontinued (deprecated) by Chief. I worked with tech support and they arrived at the Perspective Crop being the problem and basically suggested "don't use it." They gave me a workaround I will list below, but you can do a search for "perspective crop" and will come with this thread: Perspective Crop tool still works in X12... By Chrisb222, February 15 in General Q & A Rate this topic Chrisb222 Posted February 15 Not a question, just an observation. I was pretty miffed when I read in the X12 update notes that the Perspective Crop tool had been removed, as I use this tool extensively for setting up 3D exterior views. The language in the notes was pretty clear that the "deprecated" tool was REMOVED, but it still exists in the customize toolbars dialog, in case anyone else wants to still use it. It works the same as it did in X11. (In my opinion the tool was NOT deprecated, I use it all the time.) Not sure why they would say it was REMOVED when it's still there..? From the update notes, emphasis mine: 1. Perspective Crop Mode In Chief Architect X8 through X11, Perspective Crop Mode allowed older functionality governing zooming in cameras from Version X7 and prior to be preserved in saved cameras in legacy plans migrated forward. This deprecated tool has been removed from the program in Version X12 .... Support's answer - hope this helps: Close Case Reply - Support Answer - Grant S Monday, Apr 20, 2020 - 02:40 PM PDT Mike, This seems to be related to a recently deprecated feature called Perspective Crop Mode. If you open these camera views and press the F6 hotkey (hotkey for Zoom - Fill Window), it should pull the view out of Perspective Crop Mode. With the view out of Perspective Crop Mode, make sure you save the view and then update the view on your layout page. All views on your layout can be updated by going to Tools > Layout > Update Layout Views > Update All Layout Views. Grant Chief Architect Technical Support

I think that is the confusion with me - raked walls instead of sloped walls. The walls in the original post may indeed be raked, just hard to tell from that angle.