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@Jerseymike Your asking for someone to place a sammich order here.. just saying. I hope you find someone for your project. That house looks like it would be a fun one, and not one to do in a few hours.

What the.... for what a future carbon tax? Because I would think this does not apply to HVAC, since garages are involved.

Ah.. ok. I've only used that tool for polylines, who would have thought it could be used for other things. Genius. I've said this before, will say it again, learn something new everyday. Thanks Chris...

Hey John, I've had similar situations, and if your not going to be doing anything to the main residence, I'd make the house a symbol. Basically copy the house file and delete all you can to make the file smaller, for example, I deleted furniture, interior lights, etc.. Then edit areas all floors, and make a block per say. It will take a minute or two, to convert depending on the PC and the size of the home. Then on your garage plan, you insert as a block.. position accordingly.

@Renerabbitt This helps tremendously, not just piping, which lately I am being asked to provide some basic routes, but molding on a partially sloped ceiling, etc.. I never paid attention to the edit plane option before and that is a great help. I use this function all day in the Autodesk products, so this is something I will remember to use in the future. I do have one question for you though. At the 4:49 time of your video, you deleted a section of the molding, but when I pick that "X", the whole line disappears. I know if I want to delete a selected edge I pick the edge then the icon I have circled in green, but what you picked wasn't that, and three sides of your profile deleted and you were allowed to route in a different direction. How did you do that? This would be helpful in so many different scenarios, not just a pipe route. I look forward to more of your wisdom. Thanks in advance

@PitMan71 I agree, this is really the only way to rotate a lot of objects at once. Make sure to pick "Edit Area (all floors)". This will get you the foundation, roof and any other floors not shown. I use this also for a move command too.

At age 59.66 yrs old, I am still learning new things everyday. I don't use grids, EVER, so I don't have this issue, but it's good to know these settings.

@Renerabbitt You and ChatGPT are on the same page.. :-) Glad to see I'm not the only one on here on a Saturday night.

Ah, so this is an actual wall with a slider placed in it.. then you did the rest. Interesting. Curious why you went this way though? I have the manufacture catalog from Kohler that has these doors. Is there something different that I am not seeing? But honestly, I'm a cad guy, so when I model something from scratch, and it works and looks legit.. I get pretty dang excited, so cheers to a great job and thinking outside the box.

Same here...

Very Nice... but more cabinets? That's 55 now to chose from.. not to be hateful or disrespectful, just an observation.

I apologize.. the 30" was to be a positive as its "Subfloor Height Above Terrain"

What part are you struggling with Howard? The floor of the garage at grade? Remember, your main floor is always (well most of the time) at zero inches. Set your terrain at -30". Set the floor elevation of the garage at -30" as well. (that would be in the room dbx, under structure at the FLOOR input.

Bob is right, no need to hold the control key. Pick and edge, pick the other edge... Recording 2025-07-19 211045.mp4

I've seen this before on my stuff, its random though. I don't remember if I fixed it or not. I want to say, I changed it from an attic wall, but that wouldn't make sense with what you have at the window. @basketballman If only it didn't offset those post, this would be just about perfect. Its getting there.. Did you just upload Rob's picture?