Alaskan_Son

A bunch of ways, but the first that comes to mind is to: Use the Sphere tool to create a large sphere Select that Sphere and click the Convert to 3D Solid tool Create a large rectangular Solid that intersects and covers half of the sphere in plan view and make sure it’s tall enough to completely cover the sphere from top to bottom. Select the Sphere, click the Polyline Subtraction tool, and then click on the rectangular solid. Activate the Delete Surface tool in a 3D view and then click on the unwanted flat circular face to remove it. Select the remaining half dome and click the Convert Selected to Symbol tool.

I agree with Alan, this should just be done with walls and roof planes. Having said that, I would start by exploding your dormer. Then convert the hole in your lower roof plane to a standard polyline. Then select that roof plane, click the polyline subtraction tool, and then click on the polyline that used to be a roof hole.

By the way, if you DO have Auto Deck Framing toggled off, you can also simply break and resize the actual deck framing components themselves.

Do you possibly have Automatically Regenerate Deck Framing toggled off? Because both methods work for me.

Just to be clear, a floor or landing is not required provided that a door does not swing over the stairs. It then stands to reason that if a door does swing over the stairs then a landing is required. That does not however preclude a single 7-3/4" drop-down to the landing for a non-egress door. Egress requirements specifically state that the door cannot swing over the landing. For non egress doors, the wording is changed to state that the door cannot swing over the stairs. The requirements are therefore indeed a little different.

I can't speak to TurboPDF, but I use NitroPro for exactly the types of things you're talking about and it works great.

Yes. I know. My question was rhetorical.

Just FYI, checking that box has the same effect as clicking the Reflect About tool and Reflecting About itself, or using the Transform Replicate dialog and selecting the Reflect option. I personally find the reflect About tool to be the quickest method.

Hope in one hand and crap in the other and see which one fills up faster. Seriously though, you’re unlikely to see anything you don’t proactively ask for. By the way, how do you have access to X15 Beta if you’re not a Beta tester?

Remember that X15 is still in Beta testing and is incomplete and if you're beta testing, please make sure to report findings like these so that they can get fixed. I have to disagree. The tool is way better now and at most its only one extra click. Not only do we no longer have to deal with unwanted points generating every time we clicked on roof planes, but we also have much more refined control over what points get generated as well as visual feedback helping us know for sure which edge we're about to select and where the point is going to be generated. I think its a noteworthy improvement myself.

Place this in the Description field in your window Defaults: %automatic_description.sub("Fixed Glass", "Direct Set")% I have some other macros that also switch all the other window types as well (Right Sliding = OX, Left Sliding = XO, Fixed Glass = Direct Set, etc.) so that it can all be done in one place.

If you place the %view_name% macro in that view, I think you should get what you're looking for. The Layout Box Label should show that same information as well though.

Yes. It would require a custom macro though. I offer this type of thing as a paid service. If you're interested, send me a P.M. If there was an easy in-built method I could offer you as a workaround, I would, but I can't think of any.

Might be best to post a simple plan file for this one.

The functionality has been changed a bit. We have a new Place Roof Plane Intersection Point tool in the Edit toolbar. Select the target roof plane, click the tool, and then select the desired edge. In addition to providing more refined control it also provides visual feedback as you float over the various edges.

If its something you find yourself needing, then yes. For sure. I probably won't be asking for it, but I certainly wouldn't mind having it. In the meantime it has to either be done on a plane by plane basis or by using a generic adjustment factor. As a side note, you could potentially automate a more refined adjustment factor by using the roof area along with the overhang area in your calculation...maybe using some other parameters as well. I don't know though. I haven't actually thought it through. Just throwing pencils at the ceiling till one of them sticks.

You can test and see for yourself, but no. Its only counted for horizontal peaks. Yes. You can deal with this pretty easily by just subtracting some length from each plane though with a custom macro.

I think the method posted earlier by @robdyckwas a better solution for many (if not most) situations...

My thoughts would be to install a second double layer of drywall on top of the wall (and overlapping onto the top of the existing double layer ceiling) Either remove and reinstall blocks on top of that or depending on your local requirements, the blocks themselves may even qualify. I remember one large project of ours where 4x blocking was called out at a spot where installing drywall was deemed unreasonable. You could also optionally install a double layer drywall wrap over the top of the blocking as well maybe? I don't know. Just a thought.

We have a ridge_vent_length you can use for that purpose if you want to.

First off, I should probably clarify that I was misunderstanding the original post so this may be a moot point, but I guess I should probably clarify my statement. I was specifically referring to the Ridge Cap. It shows up in the Components panel for the individual roof plane(s) that are automatically generating them. When the planes are properly joined, the 3D Molding Polyline for the Ridge Cap is generated but its only actually generated by one of the Roof Planes. It is however not sent to the Material List by the Roof Plane. It's sent to the Material List by the Ridge Cap Molding Polylines themselves. What the OP was apparently talking about as I'm sure you already knew was the Ridge Vent. That is generated exactly as you say--half by one affected plane and half bu the other affected plane. The behavior is a little odd, but it also makes sense. Unlike the Automatically Generated Ridge Cap Molding, nothing is actually being created in the plan, so there's no single object to report. With no object to report, I'm guessing Chief just thought it made more sense for each plane to report its own share rather than putting all on a single plane.

Where exactly are you seeing this "component ridge length" and could you possibly post a simple example plan with this happening? Because in my experience, when you have 2 properly joined roof planes generating a Ridge Cap at the peak, only one of them will report the Ridge Cap material. They're not each reporting half.

You can always check Retain Roof Framing for that particular roof once you have it all situated and then manually break the rafters.

Several ways to do this. Try Tools>Layer Settings>Layer Set Management though, select the desired Layer set, click Rename, and then add a space before the Layer Set name (or whatver other method you want to use).

This should be posted in the General Q&A section but try Terrain>Feature>Rectangular Feature and give it a negative Terrain to Top value.