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When your in the plan mode or a section view (or even in layout), turn on the "Line Weights" and you should see what it will look like in the layout views. This way, if they appear to thick or thin, you can adjust accordingly.

Hey Krissy, Its def a mess, but the layout is cool. Does the architect really want these roof planes like this? Drainage issues everywhere. The first thing that pops out to me are your roof planes. First get the ridges in line with each other, esp. at the corners and straighten them out. Second, you have planes on top of planes...see attached vid. get each section as its own entity, and connect with the "Join Roof Planes" tool. Try aligning main walls from below with the walls on second floor. Turn "WALL LAYERS" on to, so you can see your walls easier. This will be a start.. take care of these and repost if you still need help. roof planes.mp4

@para-CAD Thanks man... this is great stuff. Were these done is Sketchup? If done in Chief, wow, man I have a long way to go to be at this level. The calculators are awesome.

A simple slab and post like you show (sitting on the grade), I model the slab at the shape and size I need (using the slab function and not the railing). I then do my roof planes. over this slab. I model my post (with footers underneath) and beams strategically with the roof. I don't call out porches on my room schedule (typically), but do note it on the floor plan. Doing it this way, I can have as much space between the edges and post as I want. If I am having same porch, but need a foundation under the slab, I will model this with railing walls (with ceilings/roof turned on), but specify my railings as open, no newels or post and no rails. Then I do as I did before, and model the post and beams manually. It takes only a few minutes, the 3D looks right and my porch details on the docs detail this connection.

Unless something tragic happens and I need to go that way, it will be summer. lol. But def will reach out if we do. A lot of memories at Lake Michigan as a kid and teenager. Grandbabies are awesome.

Do you need a separate footer the Porch columns? Your porch looks to be concrete, that should be suffice for support and not have the need for those "footers". How did you get this anyways? Did you add the post/w footer, then added the porch? The easiest way to do a porch like this, is to using a straight railing. Draw it at the porch size you need, then in its DBX of the railing wall, at Rail Style, check OPEN for specifying railing. Uncheck top rail, bottom rail and this will get you just the columns.

This is probably the area I'd used this the most, since I am always tweaking the attic and truss package (instead of redoing, I like a clean slate). Good point, on being on a specific floor too.. You changed your profile Pict. We were up in MI last week. My sister lives in Grand Haven, mom lives in Howard City south of Big Rapids. Way to cold up there brother!

Thanks Mark, 10 years using this software and still learning. And it's probable been there all along... smh.

I've been meaning to ask this for a minute. There are times, where I want to start all over with the framing, either it be the walls, or roof or... Is there a "delete framing" button some where? This picking each component/piece and trying not to delete other things is time consuming.

I thought this too, but in his post it says its at 48". I just find it easier to manually draw the exterior molding by using the "Molding Line" drop down. With doors, turns, porches, etc., there was too many fixes using the molding polyline tool . Doing it manually, I can control all of that. But that's me being anal. Also Cammett, make sure the "extrude inside polyline" is not checked. If it is, the molding is reversed and will show inside the wall.

Hmm.. rural Spanish hodgepodge? Up here in the panhandle, most houses are Hardie and some type of stone. Not all, but most, maybe the hodgepodge of different materials was eye appealing.

@Drew-PRH Going easy is always the best. This is pretty cool house actually, don't get much of these types here in FL. Happy New Year!

You have a hot rod now, it's going to make noise when moving, and quiets while idle. Mine isn't as pepped up as yours's, but she still screams. I don't know if there is a setting honestly.. if there was, I wouldn't take these van hines off anyways.

@Renerabbitt Thank you, I will try this out. I tried over and over again to make a room definition like you had tried, (I used invisible walls so not to get wall framing) and still couldn't get that to work. I think if WE could have gotten that area to be defined, the truss framing would have worked. I did stop short of creating a second floor though. The floor plan is in the customers hands now, so when it comes back and I do the truss designs for the constructions docs, I'll keep you posted on my results.

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