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I believe so Richard. Chief will not recognize those lines as anything but lines. The need to be elevation lines to work, IF your trying to show the contours in the 3D model.

@JeffDressing How do I lower the garage floor to be level with the driveway on the terrain level? Think backwards on this. Your main floor is at 0", so set your garage floor to a negative number (my example attached I have -8"). Meaning the main floor of your house is 8" above the garage floor. Your terrain heigh should be about the same thing... Pick your terrain, and open it up. The "Surface At Contour 0" setting should be the same negative number as your garage floor depth. I always add another inch, but that's just me. See if that helps.

I have before without issues, I haven't tried it in 17 though.

@Ed_Orum I’ve had this come up before and have gone back and forth on the best approach. A few key questions come to mind: Is the garage being built at the same time as the house, or before or after? When you say the garage will not inherit any properties of the house, can you clarify why? For example, will it use different building materials, a different framing method, or a different construction standard? How close will the garage be to the house? If it’s located a significant distance away on the property, it raises the question of why it would be shown on the same plan set at all. One possible approach would be to reference the garage within the same overall plan set but place it on its own dedicated sheets, showing its location clearly on the site/plot plan. If the garage construction is planned years down the road, it may make more sense to issue it as a completely separate package, especially since permits are typically time-limited and may expire before construction begins. That said, at the end of the day, it’s generally best to accommodate the client’s request—as long as it’s legal, ethical, and doesn’t create downstream issues. I do understand why the builder would prefer to submit everything at the same time; it likely saves both time and permitting fees.

Hi Gary, I tried this on a 2x4 wall and got the same results. I'm thinking it has to do with wall framing, and that makes sense. When I change that wall to a 2x6, the niche filled in, except at the bottom corners (1 and 2 attached). However, when I continued either wall in the plan view, the whole box did fill in (3 and 4 attached) .

Hi Gerald, Please see the very quick vid wo sound. I don't know what version your running, but this vid was using X16 Basically, go to the roof build pull down and select Tray Ceiling Polyline From there, draw your shape. Once that is determined, pick the outer "box" of that trey and the dbx will pop up. You can set this trey to be vertical or at a pitch (degree). I hope this helps. Recording 2025-12-05 175408.mp4

I made it a symbol, then once its in your user library you can rotate it. See the attached. make a symbol open symbol and rotate on the X axis don't forget to make it a 2D block Recording 2025-12-04 205110.mp4

No. 500 sample passes take about 20 to 30 seconds. The one attached took 25 seconds and that's with all the light on. Maybe someone on here can explain computers better. Try ChatGPT and ask "how can I make NVIDIA RTX 5070 8GB, Intel i9 32 GB Ram go faster" . I just did, tons of suggestions.

@rlackore Thanks Robert... never crossed my mind to just drag the handles. The other way you mentioned worked great as well.

Were these over areas that didn't have a ceiling heights? Guessing here..

I have two dimensions to a point, both are CLs, however I only want one CL symbol to show for good drafting practices. They both are centerline line types, but when I uncheck "Mark C.L." in the dbx, it changes the line type to a solid. How can I keep it as a centerline LT and not have the symbol? Recording 2025-12-01 213216.mp4

Great suggestion and has been mentioned like Gene says. But def. a plus one here. I'd like more controls over the landing also, esp. the framing as mentioned, flooring on anther suggestion.

Your welcome Michael. Glad I could help.

Actually, two things. Your lines are not connected AND the one side is at 0" See vid Recording 2025-11-19 203634.mp4

check one of your elevation lines is 0. See if that helps