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@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.

LOL....

My trot is to the table to carve that bird when she's done... elastic shorts today.

So in the room dbx, you have it marked "Floor Under This Room" instead of "Floor Supplied By the Foundation Room Below", which is what i have?

I'm wondering if there is anyone working here on Thanksgiving Eve? If so, maybe you can help me? I have a CMU stem wall foundation, that will be topped of with a slab. When I pick this option in the DBX, the model and the section view do not show this as it's supposed to be. Any hints?

as Bob explained...

Happy Thanksgiving to you all Chiefer's... I have another small house, 1200 sq. on slab, pretty simple house actually (needed this break honestly). I am putting the air handler in the attic. I've done this a hundred times I think, however on my truss plans I always note for the truss manufacturer to make available space for these units with a W x L. I'd like to step up my game and actually show this space in my design, but how do I make this happen? Do I need to create a floor for my attic, even though nothing is on it and designate a "room"? Or do you model those trusses separately?

What is this? Is it the same as when I put a spot light behind my camera to lighten up a room more? Very realistic pictures, I am almost getting there. I def. would like everything to be out of the box, instead of going to a 3rd party site, for those quick jobs and for those clients who don't need to have it look so real. Are the wall cabinet doors different on purpose? How'd you do that?

That's what I was thinking too..

What I would do is go to the attic level, and extend that gable wall all the way to the edge of that roof plane. Then manually draw a flat ceiling plane for the soffit. Then you won't need a roof definition below and I believe you can create framing. A solid would work too, but will not provide framing (if you need that)

Again, I learned something new.

@westvale I guess I never noticed it did that, but I don't think I ever changed the size either to have noticed. If you generate a block*, it changes it, but to more like the actual fixture instead of the standard wall mount symbol. Would you be ok with this?

can you do a material region (or a 3D solid) on the siding and a ceiling plane for the soffit?

As Mark was stating. Update your wall dbx, then that "gap" goes away. You should be able to adjust wall location by updating the dimension text.

@davyjones Have you tried drawing/modeling a foundation wall with footer (perimeter), then go back in and draw/model another foundation "footer" per say around the inside perimeter? What's this for anyways, kinda unique? I bet you get comments on your name a lot, don't you?

Click inside a room, look at your layer display options... Interior Area Interior Dimensions Standard Area are all available for display. Just pick the one you want.

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Did you build your flooring?

When you pick that story pole dim., where is the snap showing? Have you built your framing yet? What I do in a case like this, is to move that "section line" just inside the exterior facade, to see the structure, that should tell you what that snap is grabbing. Is this happening just with garage doors?

I absolutely love this show. Been watching him for years now and have learned so much as well. You will learn a lot on every aspect of a build.

On the second floor originally, but then I tried the first to no avail. Yes there was a 4.5" gap (2x4 framed wall w drywall. I'll check out that help dialog inside the stair dbx and see what it says. Thx DB

Even though I drank an Nespresso, my brain is not figuring out why I can't get this wall to follow the stairs. Its a railing wall, height set at 42", so I'm not sure why it doesn't follow. I shouldn't have to use a ramp IMO. Regardless, the client ended up going with open railing to get some natural light in that stairwell, but in the future, this is possible, isn't it? Another question.. on the stairs dbx, the "railing" tab, what is "railing transitions and smooth transitions" used for? I picked both and don't see anything different. Just curious.

Never saw that before. Did you try rebooting?

@ChiefUserGLC I can accept that sir. And I appreciate the explanation too. Not going to down vote you... I am not perfect either!

To add on to what others have mentioned: You didn't say if this was all in one room, where as you could add platforms, or was there a corridor or rooms underneath these seats. I'll take the down vote, I don't care. But GLC you could have made your point wo this statement.