Alaskan_Son

That material is controlled by Material Defaults>Foundation Slab. If you change that setting you'll get what you're looking for with Polyline Solids, BUT then you'll also end up with white footings and slabs.

I think you'll probably find that one of the easiest and most effective methods is going to be simply changing your material definition but the best method here depends a bit on the rendering technique you're using. Here's a start though: Pick a material that has a decent looking grain pattern. It doesn't have to be the same wood material that you ultimately want to use, it just needs to have a good grain pattern. Let's just use the standard Cedar material from the core catalog. Open the Define Material dialog for that Cedar material, click in the Texture tab, and copy the Texture Source file path. It should look something like C:\Users\UserName\Documents\Chief Architect Premier X12 Data\Templates\TemplateTextures.zip#zip:SolidCedarNaturalDC18.jpg Select a material that looks more like the one you actually want to display in your plan. Let's just use the standard Fir material from the core catalog. Open the Define Material dialog for that Fir material, click on the Texture tab, and paste the previously copied Texture Source file path into the Bump Map File field. Play with the Scale and/or Invert settings till you get the look you're after. Sometimes you can use a Texture Source and Bump Map that match, but using a different file source tends to create a more realistic hand scraped/machined look in my opinion. You just have to play with it.

Does it though? roof.plan

In the Export Drawing dialog, uncheck Export Filled Areas.

It’s been repeated several times already. The REVOLVE tool.

A zero inch thick polyline solid will result in TWO faces once it’s converted to a solid and exploded. Delete one of them.

Reading through... Then of course I assumed you knew how to carry out the Subtraction...

Read my second post again.

This^^^^ ...although I would probably make the box first and then a larger subtraction to act like a lathe.

That’s actually a pretty easy one. Just create that using a zero thickness polyline solid, explode, delete the unnecessary face, select the remaining face, and use the Revolve tool.

I just end up making these types of “moldings” out of solids.

No. I’ve been requesting this one for years.

You should be able to add filler items to get the cabinet schedule numbered appropriately and then simply delete the filler items one by one. Just don’t click Renumber Schedule.

Even a 24" box is a non-starter for us.

Make sure Ignore Top (2nd) Floor is not checked. The setting is right below the one Eric circled in the screenshot above.

Which chord are you talking about? Currently, Raise Off Plate is the distance between the top plate and the bottom of the top chord. Or do you want this setting to generate a truss that is floating up above the wall?

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To anyone following along and/or struggling with this same issue being discussed here, After reading through this thread and some other similar threads on the same subject, I've concluded a few things: If you want to see any improvement in this area, you'll need to describe your issue a little more clearly. The burden of describing the problem is on you because you're the one having the problem, and if you can't describe it accurately, no one can effectively help you with it. Plus, Chief can't fix what they don't understand either. This problem doesn't seem to have been brought up in the suggestion forum...at least not that I could find. If it's not getting reported/suggested then its not gonna get changed. The challenge is a bit more complicated than some are letting on. For example it was my supposition based on the initial post that the OP wanted to set a specific pre-determined, user-definable heel height at the exterior wall. This is a perfectly valid way of configuring a truss but would result in variable overhangs depending on the specified roof pitch. The methods I spelled out in my first post were specially geared at ways to set this user defined heel height. After reading through the thread again though, I'm starting to believe that contrary to the way the question was posed, what was really wanted was a way to FIND that required heel height at the exterior wall. This is another perfectly valid method of configuring a truss but unlike the first method, it would result in the opposite; a user definable overhang and variable heel height depending on the roof pitch. There are also other valid methods that would result in a variable truss tail or sub-fascia height but I won't go over those because I doubt that anyone is talking about that. Anyway, I don't disagree that Chief could give us a better way, but again, the problem needs to be spelled out at least a little more clearly, and needs to be presented that way as a suggestion, either in the forum or sent in directly to Chief. Until Chief gives us something better, all we can do is find ways to get it done using the tools we have NOW. There are several methods we have now of accomplishing both of the main truss configuration methods I mentioned above. As others have already pointed out, it can be pretty easily done by taking a section view and finding the required numbers, but it can also be done using formulas so that you don't have to take any measurements. I took the liberty of writing some custom text macros that carry out the calculations for you and have attached them below. I'll leave them available free of charge for a limited time. Simply download the macros, Import via Text Macro Management, select the desired macro, click Edit, change the appropriate values, and then copy value(s) from either the New Result or Expanded Macro Value fields. There are 4 macros: -One for calculating the required heel height or Raise Off Plate Value using a standard Pitch (12 in 12) -One for calculating the required heel height or Raise Off Plate Value using a roof Angle (45.0) -One for calculating the required overhang using a specific heel height and a standard Pitch -One for calculating the required overhang using a specific heel height and a roof Angle NOTE: I recommend setting your Number Style to decimal inches or decimal millimeters before transferring values. Your subfascia height in a metric plan for example might say 138 when in fact it is 137.5. It’s important that the numbers being entered are accurate.

If you think I was misunderstanding the question then you could just say that.

I may or may not have fully understood what exactly the OP was after in my attempt to help offer a solution, but it doesn't take a genius to understand the methods I spelled out if you actually put in a little effort to comprehend them. I can't help but think you didn't even read them because they included little more than basic addition and subtraction using information supplied right there in the dialog box.

They're different.

Sometimes with improvements come costs. The behavior changed when they added the ability to reshape layout boxes. By the way, if you want to anchor and resize with a specific corner anchored in position to match the old functionality, I would suggest you familiarize yourself with 2 tools. Place Point Rotate/Resize About Current Point I have these mapped to hotkeys because I use them so much. In this example, Place Point at Corner, toggle Rotate/Resize About Current Point on, select your object and drag the corner while holding the X key.

You seem to be providing conflicting information as to what you're after. Are you trying to set the desired heel height at the wall or the desired heel height at the very end of the truss? The methods I mentioned above were in response to the first example and described ways of setting the desired heel height at the wall, but the second example requires totally different methods.

...aside from all the other ways.