Joe_Carrick

That would make it much more difficult. It would require some slick work with contours but it wouldn't be easy.

I just change the rafters to 48" width, 48" spacing and material "Insulation, Foam"

Terry, The width and height (also the color) are just a material definition. Those things can be easily modified to create a new material. You will need to edit both the pattern and the texture so they match. I'm not sure exactly what you want to end up with, but I would imagine you need to have a stucco finish on the exterior and probably furring and drywall on the inside. Straw Bales need protection so they don't get destroyed. Water and critters can make a mess out of them. I would add those layers to the wall type.

I'd probably use a custom Wall Type similar to a Masonry Wall. But the Masonry Units would be "Straw Bales".

Chief also provides the ability to define your own "Molding Profiles" which can be used as "Rails". The possibilities are basically unlimited. You can also use "Panels" to fit between Newel Posts. There are several predefined in the Library and you can define your own custom panels as well. The trial version is by nature only a small subset of the possibilities that are available.

OK, so I learned something new today But I'm still not a fan of using some of these things - for various other reasons.

FWIW, I was once a newbie with Chief. Most of what I've learned has been via trying things - and of course the help of many others on these forums. I have used the ML several times and have always found it to be pretty accurate as long as I was careful to make the model accurate. I avoid using what I call "dumb CAD" because it's not BIM. IOW, I avoid PSolids, Primitive Solids, etc. They don't have any "Intelligence" that can be reported in the ML or in Schedules.

Terry, If Chief was calculating the insulation based on the Wall Type it would be in the "Wall" section of the Materials List. Off hand, I don't know exactly where the 12" ceiling insulation is coming from but I suspect it's the Rafter Depth, not the Ceiling Joists. IAE, don't sweat the 6" vs 5.5" Wall Insulation thickness. It's just symantics.

Wendy, When I want that kind of thing I suppress the Road Curb, depress the road surfact with Terrain Region(s) and add a Terrain Curb.

Terry, 1. Ignore the Material Definition in the Wall Type. The material might as well be "Fir Studs" a. It has nothing to do with the Material List for spacing of Studs b. It has nothing to do with the size (width or height) of the insulation. c. It will not set the spacing of the studs in wall framing. 2. In Defaults>Framing>Wall set the spacing to 24" 3. Build the Wall Framing 4. Create a new Material List a. Batt Insulation will be # of pieces of 6x24x93 b. This is basically a stock size (Owens Corning Insulation) c. The quantity will be correct to insulate the walls. d. The quantity of Studs in the Materials List will be correct. There is no way to tell Chief that you want to use 6x24x48 batts. If that's what you want to purchase you can edit the Description or Comment fields or export to an Excel Spreadsheet and make adjusts there. Note, You might need to look at the "Structural Member Reporting" settings to get studs reported in pieces vs feet but the quantities will be correct anyway. A simple way to check the framing materials is to select a single wall (with framing displayed) and open the "Components" dbx. It's a small Materials List of just that wall.

Terry, You are correct. The insulation for 16" stud spacing would be 15" and for 24" stud spacing it would be 23". Chief should probably call it out at the 15" and 23" widths. IAE. Chief gets the insulation width based on the "Wall Framing Spacing", not from the Wall Type Material. Edit the Wall Framing in Defaults to 24" spacing and you will get 24" batts in the Materials List.

And some people thing Chief's system is complicated.......... Scott takes it to entirely new level of complication. 15000 annosets and layersets..... In this case just for the purpose of moving the PL, Roads and Sidewalks. I'd just use Shift/Select or change the Marque Selection in Preferences.

Also it's notable that Driveways and Sidewalks only have a thickness that matches their "height" This prevents a custom Text Macro from using the thickness as a part of the Label. Note that Chief's Object Specific Macro for a Driveway or Sidewalk doesn't include "thickness" while a custom macro could.

Larry, Maybe it doesn't matter to you, but driveways have their own layer and defaults. Sidewalks are another option, but they also have their own layer and defaults. Depending on use, this can cause other problems. The real fix would be for CA to fix it so that slab heights could be relative to the terrain. Maybe they'll fix that in X8

I don't think Chief has any. Most of the molding profiles are designed for residential projects. But, they make it easy to create your own - or just modify an existing profile and save it as a new one.

Scott, You don't have to change the height to cut/relocate the hole. Just grab an edge of the countertop and move it. IOW, any edit of the countertop itself will do the job. Or, just "Rebuild 3D"

Scott, That's the hole in the "Slab" which should be slightly smaller than the Tub. Then it depends on the Top of the Countertop and the Height of the Tub being equivalent. Chief makes the "Slab" height match the "Countertop" height. These things can be adjusted in the dbx for each object. This is the same thing that happens with oval sinks. It should also be noted that if there's a Base Cabinet (0 height and 0 toe-kick height) then the Symbol will automatically match that but you have to get the countertop thickness set to match the overall cabinet height. That's just another way of getting to about the same place.

You may need to create a Rectangular Slab with a hole in it to match your Tub. That needs to be a part of the symbol and it needs to be identified as "Countertop". Chief always cuts a rectangular hole in the countertop matching the overal size of the symbol. It uses the material name "Countertop" so that it matches the Countertop material.

OK Scott, Here's a Plan. I had to place this particular tub free standing and edit it to "Insert in Countertop". Then I just moved it into the 20 1/2" thick Countertop. I set the Countertop thickness as 20.5" because the tub is 21" tall. Tub in Custom Countertop.zip

If you want a monolithic Tub Surround (sides and top all the same material), you can just place a thick Custom Countertop that sits on the floor. You don't need a Cabinet.

Open the Tub "Symbol dbx" and in Options check "Inserts in Countertop". That makes the hole automatic. You will still have to make the cabinet "empty" or just use a countertop sitting on a wall surround. If you want to skip the process of making the cabinet empty - just use a custom countertop about 14-15" thick (no cabinet) with the bottom of the countertop sitting on the floor. There are Tubs in the Library that already work this way.

ROFLMAO - CGU

Hi Jon, Interesting..... I use Mozilla Firefox (browser) and Thunderbird (email client). I guess Chrome has some limitations that I wasn't aware of.

Jon, Please try again. It should bring up your outgoing mail with a message to send to me. I will then send a PayPal reguest for funds.

No argument about the casing - but that's a different issue. It's simply a carry-over from the "Dog-Ear" Arch.