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I have a lot of these "retaining" walls, so I tried the molding line and that worked great too.. Even though this is def. time consuming, in the end this will look sharp!

Thanks Eric.. Thanks Chop... Got it.. see the end result.. now to do this around the whole house.

Here is my first attempt.. not bad looking IMO. One question, how do I make the pattern of the block not show the grout half way thru? Like what you shown Eric. Don't mind the deck supports or the stairs, will complete those once wall is on place.

fixed the signature and it updates the past. Cool.

Yeah I would like to accurately model the step back and both ideas look def doable... with a little work on my end for sure. By doing either, will it "retain" the terrain, or shall I do a terrain feature at the different thicknesses? Actually, I think I will do the retaining wall at a 1" thickness, to get the terrain right, then try one of these two methods for the "look" I will get back to this feed with my results... :-) Thanks Eric and Chop. Just noticed my signature says X9... should be X10. I know it doesn't matter on this subject.

I attached an example what I need to do. Actually need to do about four tiers (at each about 5' tall) for this project built into a hill overlooking a river. I know I can use Chiefs retaining wall, but can it be sloped "in" as these locked blocks do? I already think not, but I know some of you had to deal with this esp. in the mountainous areas. As always thanks...

Sending this to tech... Wondering if others get the same message. Its only when I am adding a new cap to a railing/half wall. Worked this model all day without an issue. I even saved, got out of Chief, reloaded and the first step was this, to the same error message By the knowledge base, I should be good with everything.. latest version, plenty of vid card and ram, model is on hard drive..etc....

I got it... i separated it from the room, so the whole "room" wouldn't adjust up. Thanks for the help.

Hi Eric, I tried this, but the slab keeps wanting to move as I drag the wall up. Is there a way to detach? I did not see this subject line.. but again I was searching for other key words...

A little stumped on this. I looked in the knowledge base and throughout the forum and really didn't see this mention, and if id did.. I missed it big time. I have a couple risers that protrude into the garage area, but for the life of me I cannot figure out how to put a wall on this section. Unchecking open underneath doesn't work, nor does a a rail wall... Until I get a wall, my stringers do not show nor can I turn off the balusters (not shown, on opposite wall). I tried a solid, and that doesn't work either. Any ideas experts?

Just curious, if the person needs to be using Home Designer Pro, or will Chief Premier X10 work? Don't know if the two communicate.

Was going to ask the same question as Shelle... I have a tight spot I want to make sure this works. Thank you.

In my scenario, the rail wall is the back of a sink island. So if I tried to uncheck the "no wall def", that door way disappears.

Got it. You had extended the wall the complete length and did the same with opening. Thanks Eric

Thanks Eric, But I really shouldn't have to do all these work around's, would you agree? This is what I got.. the first is without the pony being checked to a "No room def.", the second is with it checked... ugh. How do I adjust the door width/framing so that notch is not showing? Still; both scenarios has exposed stud above the pony height

I've just read about a thousand comments (OK, I exaggerated) on the issue of the Room Divider. One of the biggest PITA items I work with, esp porches with foundations, or butting up against a corner. But in this string, I am wondering how to fix a opening that a room divider connects. In this scenario, I have a pony wall kitchen island on one side and a full wall on the other (both Interior -4 wall types). The room divider was so I could label this area "KITCHEN", and to lower the ceiling 1'. So I know why the double line shown in first picture (its a structural change) but where's my drywall in the second picture? The molding is there, so?? I was really hoping X10 would fix these issues.. guess not. The third picture is the ceiling above this opening... nice gap. BTW, GO BLUE! Final 4 baby!

Believe it or not, I have that wall style as concrete... The molding is off too, that actually was my first thought of what this could be. Not at the office now, will have to post later..

Ok, I am NOT a fan on how invisible or railing walls work in Chief, lets get that out there, I fill the cuss jar quickly when working these items. I have a concrete slab front and rear porch. On the floor plan (1 floor) we define with invisible walls, then when I go to put a cmu wall underneath (0 floor) with rock veneer, I get these "thingy's" on my slab. It looks like its part of a invisible wall, but I have no idea how to fix or delete, will not pick... any ideas? NOW, they are NOT there when there isn't a foundation below. But if it was the foundation, then I would think I would have these pop up all around.

That's just a PBR camera view and not a RT Graham? I do like how the stainless looks for sure. I could never get SS to look like in a RT. Sorry I missed the responses.. but it made it to mid 60's here, and sunny... had to go for a bike ride.. SPRINGS coming, yes! Daylight savings next week too..

Thanks Graham. Well what I read, you (and many others) are the expert in this. A lot of time you've invested and appreciate yours and the others advice and suggestions. And the examples of settings, it's going to help A LOT.

Right forum, I don't know.. But I've been hesitate on making the update to X10 (until two big projects are completed) because what I keep reading above, but X9 is eating the Hades out of my C drive. There are some great comments and examples above for sure, but going to to this PBR, is this going to knock me back a while until learn all the new settings and techniques? You guys have been in it.. how much time have you lost playing with it all, to get it right? Do I say to my clients, sorry I am a week (or more) late because of X10? The designs are done, just completing CD packages and renders. Of the two projects (attached X9 renders below), I expect about 40-50 renders of the white ranch, with walk through videos for ads (builder request)... key selling part of CA. OR SHOULD I JUST WAIT and start fresh with new project and X10. I am leaning on the expert advice's (you all) before I move on. Side comment: CA is the only thing I am running, bedsides OS and small misc background files. I have moved all my other project folders off the C drive to Dropbox (smart move anyways), yet I am at 98% of using 224 GB. The 1.81 TB is 100% available. My ram is 16 GB, the video card is great, so the issue is C drive. Will X10 program files load on D drive? After I post this, will look on forum to see if it has been mentioned.

Holy cow.. your right.. I learned something new today... thanks Michael. I always been saving as a new item to change anything.

Exactly, it thought I was connection another switch instead of a light. And they too said what you mentioned was another work around, beside what I mentioned in my BTW. But don't you have to copy that part into your users catalog to modify the setting you show? I guess If I start using a bunch of these lights via Wayfair I will do that, at least until the updated catalog gets corrected. Don't think that would be top of the list, so you.. :-)

WAS THIS X10 BETA? I SEE THE LINES TOO.. BUT OTHERWISE, LOOKS REAL.

follow up.. support has duplicated this error and will be correcting.