Alaskan_Son

You betcha.

Attach a plan for a better answer, but I would guess that your default walls are set to "No Room Definition" for some reason.

Just putting a space seems to solve it as well and the space ends up at the end so it really becomes a non-issue I think.

Sounds like you "understand" it about as well as I do : )

You actually just have to shift select it one time or marquee select it.

Video card has nothing to do with ray traces. The video card is used for standard rendering techniques only. Ray traces are 100% CPU.

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I for one just draw the existing structure and then make sure not to modify it. If you wanted to you could even put all the existing structural components on their own layers and lock them to avoid making any changes by mistake.

Ya, some sort of visual clues as to what we're doing would be nice. I've watched the video and I'm usually able to get things stretched to the way I want them, but I still don't really understand them all that well either. Granted I haven't taken a lot of time to wrap my head around them, but its one of the few features in Chief that I can truly say is difficult for me to understand. I've even sat down with the express purpose of figuring them out and then decided it wasn't worth the hassle...not something I often do. I'm sure I'll return to it one of these days and get it figured out, but it doesn't seem like it really needs to be that difficult.

Can you attach the plan?

For the record, I didn't even know about the double click/break line thing until you brought it up on this thread. Thanks for the tip Glenn. I'm sure its going to come in handy.

Curious David, do you happen to know why Sketchfab is free and how/why they are financed?

Nice tip Dermot. That ones new to me as well.

You've been around a while Joey, I'm sure you know that attaching the plan will get you a quicker and more accurate answer. In the meantime, just drag the walls down in an elevation view.

You can also try to build a wall and in the wall DBX specify it as "no room definition". Put the wall roughly into position then reshape it as necessary in an elevation view.

You need to... 1. Select your line 2. Double click the break line tool at the bottom of your screen 3. Click once to break your line

On a bit of a side note, did you try to check "Edit Object Parts"? Edit>Edit Behaviors>Edit Object Parts or Shift+F8

Do a save as of the plan giving it a new name, delete all the unnecessary components and attach that trimmed down plan. It really really helps a lot to see the plan and exactly how you have it set up.

You should probably attach a plan so we can see exactly how your moulding is set up, and I for one can't quite understand what you are trying to accomplish. Can you clarify a bit?

Yep. Everything has its cost. One of the reasons I sometimes discourage "progress". So far CA seems to be doing a pretty good job balancing speed, efficiency, and functionality with the number of available features and options.

See post #10 in this thread... https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?/topic/6460-time-tracker-accurate/

Swang, Not sure of the "why", but all you have to do is simply draw the 4th wall and specify the room as "Open Below".

Maybe it would help if you would clarify exactly how you want things to appear. Nothing looks incorrect to me. It looks like you have 2x10 rafters and 2x8 fascia. You just haven't built the framing (or the layer is turned off).

Posting the plan is definitely a good idea, but at the very least...a screenshot, drawing, or something to clarify what you're trying to accomplish and maybe a description of specifically what problem you're having.

Or perhaps hire someone like Kathlene Moore to do the renderings for you... http://castleview3d.com/