Alaskan_Son

You can't create a roof plane that references itself. That would be a circular reference. Besides, it's called an upper pitch.

Yes. It's being measured as Levis shows. The baseline is the other way. Its a gable end which has no baseline of it's own from which to measure for that Upper Pitch.

What I was saying is that you didn't need the extra schedule before either. Never needed a second schedule. My screen shot was from an x11 schedule.

No need for the second schedule, and there's no need for the extra macro either...In X12 you can add the schedule number using the window label, but prior to X12 it was controlled via the schedule...

Here's how those Flat Regions work... ...and Flatten pad does the exact same thing.

Actually, the room isn't doing anything. What happens when you check Flatten Pad is the exact same thing that would happen if you were to place a Flat Region (Cut/Fill) shaped exactly like your exterior room perimeter on the lot. Chief just modifies the terrain to essentially create a flat spot on the desired footprint without adding or removing any material from that area. It might dip down to make this happen (cut) or it might rise up (fill)...

I was thinking perhaps you just know someone named Norman who's a jerk and you naturally confused the 2 terms.

Not 100% positive this is the solution I would ultimately end up using but here's some of the first things that come to mind...

Select large p-line, click the subtraction tool, and then click the shape you want to subtract (smaller p-line).

Actually, Chief calls it a Half-Hip...

You don't need to use that Hole In Polyline Solid setting. Just use boolean operations (polyline subtraction).

There's actually a built in automatic functionality for that...

No. You can use any number of things to fill in that area. In addition to: Walls Walls (No Room Definition) Optionally manually adjusted wall polylines ...you can also use: A second (Copy/Paste Hold Position) ceiling plane that is the full height if the drop and set to be solid drywall in lieu of the framing layer One or more polyline solids One or more molding polylines (along with a 3D molding symbol can even provide unique framing components) A material region (which has some quirks though) An overlayed soffit Etc.

This is exactly what I was guessing but wasn't sure.

I'm curious about what we're looking at here. The one on top looks clean, but also cheap and unrealistic. The one on the bottom looks awful in my opinion (the backsplash, upper cabinets, and photo hanging on the wall immediately jump out). The one in the middle is hands down the most realistic but it looks grainy and incomplete. Which rendering is from which software and using which rendering style?

On that elevation region, do you possibly have Interior Is Flat unchecked?

No. You can pretty easily accomplish this with a macro/keystroke recorder though. Object Layer Properties>Tab(x4)>Space>Enter

This one isn't anything special. Chief simply DOES curved doors.

Who says Chief doesn't do curved doors?

Actually, to be more precise, it just needs to be converted to an actual polyline. A circle is not a polyline. It can either be converted to a multi-segment polyline or to a couple arcs. Converting to a polyline solid does the trick, not because its a polyline solid but because its a polyline. During the convert process, it's just broken into 2 arcs automatically. Semantics? Maybe,,but I think it's good to understand whats actually happening. You can get to the same end any number of ways. No matter what you do though, a true CAD Circle object cannot be used with boolean operations.

I can't speak for the rest of the guys but I'm only gonna offer my thoughts and advice on this if you post the plan...even a stripped down version at least. Every little detail matters and in your scenario, there's a lot more than just a ceiling to contend. with. You can build the ceiling with a Ceiling Plane but that won't solve your wall problem...in fact it can even make it worse.

That's a good solution. It should be noted that a person should still know how to appropriately control the floor elevations. No one wants an 8" thick apron to trip over.

Agreed. A Terrain Modifier won't do that though. What's needed is some accurate Terrain Elevation Data, and as such, you would need to do work with more than just the few feet in front of the garage.

I might be able to do that. Terrain seems to work fine to me though.

You did realize that the garage is a totally separate structure in the example right?