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@PitMan71 @Joe_Carrick You guys are right. I did change this to 42" after I sent this post. Even though IRC says 36", this is a vacation rental in Mexico Beach, I'd hate it if some person, a kid especially, got to excited and fell over. @robdyck I see what you mean.. don't like Marker for this type of dim. I'll stick with the manual 42". And you are so right, even if I wanted to move the dim off the rail, I cannot pick the top of rail, unless I cheated at put a line there to dim to.

I am curious on why a railing height dimension changes when moved off the railing, then goes back to how it should be when moved back on top of the railing... see vid. Recording 2026-05-29 234218.mp4

yep... and in the plan view it works, but in the camera view, it doesn't. Ceiling goes away.

I'm not sure if my question makes sense. I have one kitchen, half is under a flat ceiling, the other half under a vaulted ceiling. Because of the invisible wall to define the two areas, I have two kitchens now. I've tried a few things,, for example, making that invisible wall, not invisible.. that makes it all one room, but the flat ceiling disappears.. Any idea how to make one room label instead of how I show it?

Yes they do. Glad they know about it.

Def. the way I've done this in the past. See the attached for wall dbx

What kind of exterior porch railing wall type do you guys use or have made, mainly one that is under roof. I've tried the one out of the box for a porch defined area and I get drywall on the outer edges, I've also created one that had no drywall, but then it makes the wall above the opening concrete. Is there a setting, especially for porches, that a "wall" above isn't created? Been dealing with this issue since I can remember.. just never asked.

I figured I'd need to create a new profile anyways (wanted to soften the edges some), but was seeing if this would even work with OOTB profile. What's 2 CM, about 7/4" of an inch? And I agree, this simple test shows that it does not project to the window frame.

Trying to figure out how to make the interior (complete) sill a different material than the trim. It has to have a frame and trim works. Client request "All window sills - 2 cm black polished Granite/Quartz"

Not architecturally related... one of my buddies and his girl took the day and weekend off to go fishing here in NE Florida, you know, where we are in extreme drought, near the Georgia fires.. I did a quick ChatGPT of his lake...

I really don't want them to do away with it totally. The quick PBRs do work in a pinch, IMO, esp. when I'm just conveying an idea or an approval. I mean I don't need photo quality for every camara view. Do they need to go further, I don't think so, or like you mentioned, team up with someone. There are some on here like Rene who are just geniuses on the lighting and getting their views to look great and natural. Me, however, I don't want to figure the sun exact direction so that things in a bedroom are not to dark or to bright. Or figure out how to make a material look more realistic.. and so on on every camera view. This has taken a lot of time, and I still am not good at it. I want to drop what view I have and tell the service what I want.. and keep moving on. Like the two bedrooms. The first one is PBR, 350 passes.. the second, told Chat to "make more natural and inviting" and mentioned the SW paint number that I had showing in my model.. that's it. All these views you all showed look great to me. @robdyck Rob, I love that style of architecture.. you know its Canada when you see a hockey goal in the cul-de-sac.. "Car".. "Game on"...

A client emailed me and wondered what direction I was running with his house, since the ROW and easements were ridiculous on a small city street. The model is a WIP, but I did a quick camera view, and a screen grab at street level, and had ChatGPT merge the two, and remove trees. First pass was enough to convey the direction.

My camera view placed into ChatGPT.. just playing. I told it to place in the mountains (because that is where it's being built in NC), make landscape more realistic, add snow on the second draft. You guys didn't know I invented a snow proof flag and pole, did ya! @para-CAD I've been meaning to get a second shed, thanks for the reminder.

To the ground, that is different for sure. Can't you grab the grips and just pull it down? Recording 2026-04-20 200545.mp4

@faithmerckel Awesome! Good luck with your meeting tomorrow.