Alaskan_Son

Try attaching the plan.

Structure tab

You can also force what you are trying to see by breaking that string into 3 separate dimension and setting the one in question to a smallest fraction of 1/1. I don't think that would be a very good idea though.

Your problem is that the dimension in question is part of a string and the numbers in those strings have to add up. The dimension on the opposite side of that window is just under a 3/4" increment which is forcing it to round to 1/2". Therefore, your problem dimension is forced to round to 1/2". Change your dimension defaults so that the smallest fraction is 1/4" and it makes more sense.

Might be a better way, but the first thing that came to mind was just to place a break in that wall, make a copy of your wall definition for the short section (so the definition is technically the same but they are 2 different wall types). Drag that small section over so that its really short...maybe just to the center of that adjacent wall...and then make your connections.

To date, I have never experienced that. I wonder if its one of your Windows settings that affects the clipboard that's causing the problem.

I think you should attach the plan.

Default Settings>CAD>General CAD

Looks like you problem is that you copy and pasted both of Joe's suggested macros...including the "or". I believe it is one or the other, not that whole thing.

Didn't really give a ton of thought to your whole list, I think you're probably right about the rest, but this one in particular stood out to me because we definitely CAN do this.

Steve, there are plenty of different setting that will get you your desired results. Yours are actually fine as they are. Just click the "Align With Wall Above/Below" tool. I suspect you made changes to your wall definitions after you built them and then just never realigned.

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Thank you Greg! I didn't actually expect anybody to make one for me. That was excessively kind of you :-). I'm away from the office right now. More likely than not I actually won't get around to using it till tomorrow sometime. Thanks again for taking the time Greg.

Thanks David. I actually personally prefer modeling things like that in Chief myself and I'll do that if I have to. I was just hoping perhaps somebody might be able to save me a little time if they already had one they were willing to share.

Anyone happen to have a symbol for the sink in the attached pic or know where I could find one? I'm just hoping to save a little modelling time if possible. Already checked the manufacturer website as well as the 3D warehouse. Thanks for looking.

No, not a snow load thing. I was one of the few framers I knew of who did it that way. Not many people really knew how. Its actually pretty complicated if you're not mathematically minded. If you can do the math though its really pretty stinking fast and clean. I just sheathed that whole side of the roof, did the math, popped my lines, installed clips or sleepers, set all the trusses, installed rat runs as necessary and sheathed it. If a person couldn't do the math, its really a lot more complicated than you might think to get them aligned. It was my preferred method though.

Sorry, don't know what to tell you. Works fine for me. Here's a copy of the PDF. See how this looks on your end. I'm thinking this is probably one for tech support. Arsenic2-Layout.pdf

Are you asking if we have built in Chief or in real life? Because I've personally framed many overframes with trusses in real life.

Can you attach the plan and layout?

Do a save as and just try it. I don't see why it would be a problem. I'm sure you'll have a little cleaning up to do unless the building is a perfect rectangle but other than that you should be fine. Just do one floor at a time.

Nice job Bill. Good information.

This is not correct. Read my post above and give it a try. It only works up to a certain point, but it should work just fine for your average cantilevered eve/soffit detail... At least that's what I thought we were talking about.

Yes to the added feature, although I also believe we need a toggle for those extra snaps (maybe as you suggested through the dimension tool defaults). They could get to be a huge pain really fast. I personally almost prefer to just cut/copy and paste lines from a CDFV over the problems that could arise with excessive snaps. When you need one...great, but when you don't need them...you're gonna be hating it when your dimension keeps snapping to the wrong place or when you think you had the right spot but it turns out you didn't.The ability to snap to door and drawer fronts, the ability to snap to cabinet openings, and the ability to remove door and drawer fronts as well as shelves and/or drawer boxes via toggles would probably top my wish list for cabinetry tools.

Thanks for the info Joe. I know I've had issues with text and CAD blocks in the past as well. You may have very well pointed to the culprit.

You should automatically get a cantilevered truss situation so long as you have "Trusses (no Birdsmouth)" checked and a "Raise/Lower From Ceiling Height:" of more than zero.