Alaskan_Son

I'd like to see an example of one of those plans if you're willing to post it (both the plan file and layout or CDs). If done properly with polyline solids there should be no reason you have to do the extra CAD work. In fact, I would probably use CAD work as the basis for my polyline solids anyway so the 2 should match perfectly.

I agree, and I believe I also suggested the same thing some time back. Material regions, custom backsplashes, etc. really need to extend to the outside finished corner.

You're going to have to be more specific because I was able to fix it doing as I suggested. After fixing the problem you need to add windows to your first floor though as you don't actually have any down there. Those openings you saw were just cutouts for the windows in the wall above. As you had it drawn up, the floor for the second level was being supplied by the room below which means that's where the windows were being placed...referencing the floor below.

Several methods depending on the desired panel layout and overall look you're going for. Here are a few. - Polyline solids. Probably what I would do. - Material regions. Could be used for either the panels or maybe for the gaps between panels. - A custom material/texture.

Your problem seems to be that you have some very strange room definitions. The entire top floor structure defaults are set to "Floor Supplied by the Foundation Room Below". Uncheck that setting for the rooms on that top floor so that you have an actual floor structure and your problem should be solved.

Its because the dormer wall and the wall below are a single wall. Move dormer to attic level (where it will actually reside) and you should be good to go.

That's a very creative solution Johnny. I think the correct thing to do though is to cut and paste hold position the dormer to the next floor up.

Attach the plan or you have close to a zero percent chance of getting an answer.

You should probably attach the plan. There should be no reason you can't just use the material painter on that one wall if you have X8. If you're still in X7, you can use the Explode Dormer tool and then just change the wall definition for that one wall, you could use a material region, or you could use a wall covering. There may be other ways as well but those are the few that come to mind. EDIT: Just tested and the material painter works the same way in X7 in that situation. You should be able to simply paint the one wall. Just make sure Blend Colors With Materials is toggled off.

This was recently discussed here... https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?/topic/8616-glazed-cabinets/?view=findpost&p=75959&hl=glazing

Go to page 0, group select everything and use the edit handle on the top to resize it to fit your new page.

Maybe I'm not understanding, but if you open that camera view and just either double click the little vector view icon or open the Rendering Technique Options dbx, you should be able to just adjust the shadow intensity there.

If I'm looking at the right spot, its a ceiling you built with a polyline solid right? I think there's probably a better way that spot could have been modeled, however to work with what you have, select that polyline solid, Convert To Solid, Explode Shape, and then paint the desired face.

Yes. Just suppress the room label and use a Rich Text box with macros. Here's a very rough idea. Insert basic macros using the circled tool. Using this method all you need to do is simply copy the same exact to text box to other rooms.

To clarify, using a custom schedule (made with a plant schedule), you can very easily get... 1. The callout label (Prefix and number WITH a circle around it) next to your posts. This callout would be automatically produced by the schedule. 2. An automatically produced list of notes with the associated callout prefix and number next to each note. The notes would be placed in the Label field of your note symbol and would automatically display in the schedule. The only problems I see are that... A. 3.1 would not actually work as an automatically numbered callout label. Those labels start at 01 (2 digits). I don't know of any way to change that to start with 1 (single digit). The closest you could probably get would be 3.01 (using 3. as your label prefix). B. The callout label (prefix and number) in your note schedule currently has no way of automatically getting a circle around it. I think this would have to be added manually. C. The callout label you have next to your note in the note schedule is placed at the upper margin of the note itself. Chiefs automatic schedules would place that label CENTERED with the note. There are a ton of other ways you can modify custom schedules to get exactly what you want, but if you want to do away with the 3 problems listed above, you would have some extra steps and manual modifications to make.

You can pretty easily get everything except the callout circle itself in in the footnotes. I would probably just manually place those after the fact if you really need them.

That might be nice. In the meantime, you can do that pretty easily by creating a CAD mask for the wall hatching. Just give your wall definition the desired hatch and then... - Turn off all layers except the Walls, Normal, and Walls, Main Layer Only layers - Create a CAD Detail From View - Group Select all the line work, put it onto a unique layer and then Copy/Paste Hold Position back into the plan - Change your wall definitions back to what they were to remove the fill The hatches of course would have to updated with any changes to the walls so you might want to wait till a little later in the game to do that.

Can you be more specific? If you drop a schedule into the plan, the label can be displayed as a callout. I'm assuming you must mean something else though.

Curved sectional and sectional sofa all turn up a ton for me as well. I'm guessing you must be looking for a more specific sort of look.

Yep. That's because we did not have those options at all in previous versions.

Yes. You'll need to remove any ceiling finish layer(s), build framing for the floor or ceiling above, and you'll need to learn how to model the ducts and pipes as well.

Yes. You'll need to remove any ceiling finish layer(s), build framing for the floor or ceiling above, and you'll need to learn how to model the ducts and pipes as well.

...or if there is a reason you had to place those manually, I usually just turn the layer off. Its pretty unusual to show cabinet hardware in a plan view anyway. Also, under the countertops Line Style tab you should have the option to Move To Front Group which should do the trick as well.

I think the reason they did that is because there's really no good way to do it otherwise. You can't make the main layer a layer of its own because the next wall layer over shares a line with it. Seems silly but I'm not sure what the better solution would be.

That particular layer is I believe the only layer that works that way. I agree though...it's an odd way to do it.