Alaskan_Son

Not exactly true. In X13 you can edit the material name in the individual framing objects' Components panel and you can also use Structural Member Reporting to control the material name for anything set to Report Actual Lengths.

I see. I couldn't make sense of what David was saying. I get it now. I can't reproduce, but I get it. I never actually create new folders by right clicking, so that may be one of the reasons I never see it. I right click for a lot of things, but for whatever reason I always click the New Folder button when creating new folders.

Huh?

Around here DF (Doug Fir) and HF (Hem Fir) are the most common. SPF (Spruce Pine Fir) is a premium product and is probably the 2nd most common. 1x framing material is pretty much always Common Pine.

Are you talking about the Material Name? In the X13 templates, I believe the material is just Fir Framing. The OC references have all been removed.

Actually, there IS a pretty easy way. When I don't know what layer is controlling any given object in Plan View, one of the things I'll do sometimes is just create a CAD Detail From View. Select the line in that view and inspect its layer.

Select the Main Layer in that Wall definition and then post another screenshot.

You're welcome Kate.

Just guessing, but I suspect you are activating the Break Wall tool and not the Add Break tool in your edit menu. They're 2 different tools.

How did you come up with your list?

You're not missing anything, but there are some things you can do to speed up your process probably. For example: You can create these excel lists fairly easily on your own. Here's a quick video... https://rumble.com/vjdt2f-using-excel-with-chief-architect-to-create-filter-and-sort-bonus-catalog-li.html

My thoughts EXACTLY!!

Annotation Sets were renamed Default Sets at least a couple versions back. In addition, the general functionality of Annotation Sets was largely if not completely replaced by Saved Plan Views which I highly recommend you familiarize yourself with.

“Michael’s method” was very specifically in response to... You mentioned “conical” once but I wasn’t sure what it was in reference to as your entire post, it’s title, and your screenshot seemed specifically aimed at plan view shape. If you were talking about a wraparound 3D curve shape that’s an entirely different thing and you’ll need to use multiple planes similar to what Eric showed. Like I said, there are 2 entirely different things being discussed in this thread. You’ll need to clarify which one you’re after. For the wraparound 3D curve, not only will you need multiple planes, but they’ll need to be drawn very precisely (both with regard to shape and distribution) and appropriately joined to avoid all the little errors that would result otherwise.

It seems that there are 2 entirely different things being discussed here and they require very different approaches: 1. Simply adjusting the shape of a single roof plane in plan view to get a curved edge. 2. Building a roof with a complex segmented/truncated cone shape. I think it’s important to clarify what the real goal is.

There are a few methods, but the quickest general approach is to do as Chopsaw mentioned above and use boolean operations. You could easily just draw with CAD and then essentially convert the CAD to roof plane(s) similar to the following: Prior to Polyline Union.... After Polyline Union... Last step is to convert arcs to polylines using as many or as few Sides as you wish...

Here's my advice in a nutshell (just the basics and leaving out all the various options and power tips): Get some basic roof elevation information. Open a blank plan and generate a quick terrain based on that roof info. Copy/paste hold position the required roof shape into your new terrain plan. Draw railing to the desired roof shape on your terrain using a No Room Definition Railing Wall set to Follow Terrain. Open a 3D view in your terrain plan, turn the terrain off, and Convert the railings to a symbol. Place the railing symbol into your original plan and position it where it goes.

When you have a bunch of CAD segments that are disconnected but otherwise share the same end nodes and have the same basic properties, you can do this to quickly connect them all. Group select any group that you want to connect with each other Click on either the Trim or Extend tool Click a blank area of your screen to finish

We've used them whenever we don't have the headroom for a standard belt drive. The operation is a little different because there is some lag time when opening and closing due to the door lock needing to engage and disengage. Because of the locking operation, unfamiliar users may think something isn't working and interrupt the operation with multiple button pushes. Also, you have to make sure to remember and plan your outlet and any roughed-in sensor/control wires accordingly.

I’m not commenting either.

Select the desired face item, click on the Appliance/Door/Drawer Specify button, and then study those settings.

The thing is that you can use things like that with Auto Rebuild. You don't need to turn the auto feature off to utilize temporary points. You just have to think a little outside the box. You use the temporary points to quickly find things like required Overhang settings, required Upper Pitch In From Baseline values, etc. I put the deck room into a different Roof Group so that it would generate it's own roof independently of the main roof. The problem though is that the main roof needs a Hip Wall and the Deck roof needs a High Shed/Gable wall, so I drew in a .01" thick invisible wall at this location.... ...that's the wall controlling the overhang. By the way, there are other options as well such as using Roof Baseline Polylines.

Yes and no. In this case I can certainly agree, but then again, where do you draw the line? Complex auto roofs usually require placing gable lines, placing wall breaks, going into multiple dialog boxes, changing various settings, etc. Is this really that much different just because a couple of the extra steps are out of the norm? Its all time consuming. We just have to decide on a case by basis where to draw the line. For me, I guess that line typically lies wherever I have to place a wall break or draw an otherwise unnecessary wall.

Therein lies the rub. The devil is in the details when forcing automatic roofs to do things they weren’t really designed to do. In this case, it requires using an extra wall, using multiple roof groups, and to answer your question more specifically, it requires setting that intersection in question by using overhang dimensions.

You bet. For the record, this CAN actually be done with auto roofs, it's just not worth the hassle in my opinion...or I don't know, maybe it is. Probably depends a bit on the rest of the project and on how likely the other roof planes are to change. Quick Example.plan