Alaskan_Son

You bet. You might consider changing the "Solution". Modifying the wall type might help address the issue but its really just coincidental and isn't a proper answer. Changing the wall type just so happens to cause some breaks to occur that in turn separates that 1 long wall into 3 sections, placing the 2 remaining outside wall sections completely disconnected from that landing. The real problem is the floor height issue.

The floor heights are different on your landing than they are your main deck.

No. Simply select the Terrain, and set the Subfloor Height above Terrain to be +/- 2,600 ft. You might have to play with that number to get it right where you want it.

It works just fine. You need to convert the appropriate layers to elevation data and terrain perimeter during the import process.

Open the Deck Room>Structure tab>Floor Structure (Planks, Joists)>Specify the appropriate layer as Framing.

I struggle with this one myself and have often wondered what the best approach is. We can only assume what the frame size is and further can only assume what the rough opening is so we have to make some assumptions along the way. A few of my random thoughts for whatever they're worth: It can help to measure to the center of the windows and then note the width, height, and any desired frame, casing, and/or reveal information. This way any discrepancies are shared with each side of the window. Using a single side results in all the errors being on one side which typically causes a lot more issues. Remember that we have the ability to dimension to outside of casing in Chief. With this in mind, you can take note of the casing width and reveal, measure outside of casing to outside of casing while you're onsite, and then while you're drawing in Chief, you can dimension to casing and size the window using the dimension instead of the window dialog. You can also do any math and simply enter outside of casing measurements directly in the dialog followed by + or - and then an adjustment factor (i.e. 31 1/4" - 7 1/4" followed by the tab key).

What happened to yours?

I think you're full of $#!+

I think he is trying to add to a Child Tool Palette which isn't possible.

It won't be me. I've personally never needed it.

I see. Yeah, I never uploaded to YouTube using that tool. I always uploaded directly through YouTube itself. I’m away from my computer, so I can’t check myself, but what does the share button do?

I’m unfamiliar with the feature you’re talking about. I always just copied links directly from YouTube.

To rotate objects for reuse in another plan, either group select or use one of the Edit Area tools. The latter group of tools are far more robust and do things a simple group select cannot. The Rotate Plan View tool is the wrong tool for the job and essentially just rotates the drawing board. Although there are a couple other good uses, I typically only use that tool for temporarily reorienting myself for off angle work and for Plot Plans.

are we talking about standalone licenses or additional licenses? Because there’s a big difference between the two. Additional licenses have never been transferable, so I’m not sure if anyone should be surprised.

Not sure. You should definitely always send in requests for things you need though. The more request the get, the higher up the priority list it will move.

Maybe try to use a Material List Polyline instead.

As Mark alluded to, I don't believe you'll find that setting in the Defaults, only in the actual dimension string after the fact.

Open Row Object is a good way for sure. Thanks for the reminder. The Components tab on the other hand doesn't actually work like that. It will only change the Description as it reports to the Material List. If its just the Description we're talking about, there's one other way too: Open the cabinet, select the Face Item, click Edit, and then click on the Components tab. For a Top/Appliance or fixture this would be done on the Accessories tab.

Specifically what information are you attempting to change? The Label? The Description? Something else? To change the Description if your cabinet only has ONE fixture: Select the cabinet, click the Open Symbol tool, and simply change the Symbol Name. To change the Label (and/or the Description if the cabinet has more than one fixture): Drop the appliance into your plan as a freestanding object, change the Label, Add to Library (just temporarily even), and then place in your cabinet. I for one don't usually place fixtures as parts of the cabinet though. For accuracy reasons and for more refined control, I much prefer to just place the opening in my cabinets and then place the fixtures as freestanding objects.

By the way, you can also precisely shape your wall while its still straight AND THEN curve it.

I would have probably plotted similar to what you tried in your second post. Here's another method to play with though. Draw a straight section of wall using whatever tools you'd like and then use the tool I posted in the thread below to curve it...

I could easily spend several hours teaching a class on this one subject, but the short answer as that I use a number of methods to manipulate symbols including but not limited to: Using the Delete Surface tool to delete unwanted surfaces. Using the Solid and Face tools to add surfaces where I need them. Combining the symbols with other symbols to add required components when necessary. Maybe I find a tub that I like in one place and some tub feet that I like in another place. Using Stretch Planes to modify 3D geometry Using a number of special methods to curve any given portion of a symbol Using a number of methods to actually slice off portions of any given symbol Using the Material Painter and Adjust Material dialogs to modify the materials on any given surfaces. Sometimes this requires deconstructing the symbol into multiple pieces so that I can paint the sub-components separately. Using the Convert to Symbol tool to create a new symbols with the desired faces removed and or added. Commonly this requires multiple generations of the symbol to get from Point A to Point Z Lots and lots of little tricks that all add up to the ability to get most of what I want right inside Chief.

I rarely use Sketchup for anything anymore. In fact, I don't believe I've modeled anything outside Chief for several years now. I can model most anything I need right in Chief, and if I can't, I usually just find something online that's close enough and/or I import an existing model, delete surfaces, and otherwise further modify or add to the model to create what I need.

The corrupted version is still here in this thread.