Alaskan_Son

Just trace over the PDF and build one with P-solids. Easy peasy. Don't want to do it for free, but I'd be willing to model it for you...for a moderately exorbitant fee.

This setting is your problem... You had your platform building to the exterior of brick. What you were seeing was your floor framing material.

Here's another trick... With your ALDO (Active Layer Display Options) opened, select the object whose layer you would like to isolate. Without doing anything else, scroll to the All Off Set. The layer(s) for your previously selected item should be the only thing displayed. Simply check display in the appropriate box(es). Once finished with any necessary edits, "select all" layers and uncheck display to reset your all off set.

I'm sure its because those aren't the numbers we're typically trying to recreate. I for one have never altered them through the dbx except for this particular exercise.

You can actually even skip the line and just copy the actual info. Downsizing your Chief window and simply copying to and pasting from notepad makes this super fast and easy.

This is correct and what I would do as well. And actually, depending on the situation, I would even build a wall thicker than my siding if you're planning on adding any sort of wall between your posts

Try attaching a plan, but I would guess that lower roof needs to be pulled back just a bit. Might be creating an attic wall that's taking the railing's place?

Dennis, I agree 115%. That light bleed, those light leaks, reverse shadows, whatever you want to call them are a huge nuisance. Annoying, discouraging, and sometimes downright impossible to fix. Often times the only solutions result in a much less realistic ray trace. I think this should be a really high priority on the list of things that need FIXING. Not talking about a new feature or an extra option. Just want what we already have to work correctly.

I personally don't usually make that extent of changes inside the same plan. I just do a Save As and start a new version of the plan.

By doing this, you're essentially just bi-passing the automated locates. I don't think you can get what you want automatically. Problem is that there is no "center" snap settings for CAD in the Locate Objects tab.

Funny Regarding other selection methods, this thread might be of use to you too... https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?/topic/6938-select-objects-problem/?fromsearch=1

That's true. Seems like an easy solution. I'm not at my computer right now. I'm curious though, what does the right mouse button do when you're in select mode?

Regarding layerset control... I typed up a big response earlier and it was deleted somehow. I use a number of different methods depending on the situation but I must admit that I haven't found one that I'm perfectly happy with. Here are a few that come to mind. 1. Use the all on and all off layersets to your advantage. You can use the all on set in conjunction with the layer hider tool or use the all off set and just turn on the layers you want to use. The biggest advantage to using these two sets is that you can very quickly "select all" and then either check or uncheck "display" to reset them. 2. Use one of your normal working sets in conjunction with the layer hider tool. This has a potential to make a mess of your layer sets though if you're not careful. 3. Make a quick copy of one of your existing sets and use the layer hider tool. Only real downside to this is that you have to periodically go through and clean up/delete the extra layer sets. 4. Unrelated to layer control, but you can also utilize the match properties tool as a method to select multiple items. There are a lot more methods, but those are the ones that immediately come to mind.

Regarding toggling between marquis selection methods, check out post #11 in this thread... https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?/topic/7668-marquee-selection-box-redesign/#entry70465

Yes. I may not have articulated it very well but I was trying to say basically the same thing in my post above. I stopped short of suggesting one of the foam layers be moved to the exterior finish because I didn't know if perhaps the OP had a reason for making those all main layers in the first place

Don't want to sound too discouraging, but I really think it might be a good idea for you to either hire a tutor or hire a professional to do the design work for you...or maybe even both (depending on the situation).

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Go to your second floor. You'll see a wall with dashed lines where that gable should be. Select the wall and open the DBX (dialogue box). Uncheck "Invisible". You may need to change the wall type as well depending on what you're trying to accomplish.

Now that you've learned to attach a screenshot, take the next step and learn to attach the plan file. Make sure to CLOSE the plan before attaching it. There are simply too many variables that come into play with the issue you're having to tell from a picture.

Easy peasy. Check the plan I attached earlier (Post #3). If you choose a door or panel from the library, it makes materials for those items completely independent of the rest of the cabinet AND other face items.

I'm not the OP, but here's a plan... Plan for Dermot.plan

Hey Brian, Could you attach screenshot of what one of your footing schedules looks like?

I get the same behavior. As soon as the door on the side is changed to a door panel, the glass is removed.

Me too. I'm curious though...did you skip X7? We've had these options since the release of X7.

Thanks for attaching the plan...I gave you a reputation point as a token of my appreciation : ) As Robert pointed out, the biggest problem is your wall definition. In X7 you can open those 2 exterior walls and without making any changes just click OK and close the wall dbx and the problem sort of goes away. Better wall definition still the way to go though. Even adding another zero thickness exterior foam layer fixes the problem. I think the issue arises because all you have is main layers. Therefore, there's no "buffer" between your interior walls and the exterior of your exterior wall. The material region automatically cuts for doors, windows, and wall changes, and because of that lack of a "buffer", it gets confused. This is just a guess though. Another possible solution would be to build a separate furring wall instead of using a material region (or pony wall).