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15 minutes ago, solver said:

Let the program build them.

Hey Eric,

Can LeRoy let the program cut those, without having the program redo everything else and put back to the default?  Looks like a lot of editing has taking place already.

These both are great..  always wondered how they built up the flare.  

A molded poly seems like the easy way to go too.  

Thanks Mick, thanks Gene

I'm excited about this new project.  Going to be a design challenge, but fun.. and beautiful in the end.  House is being build in Cape San Blas FL, so it will be on concrete piers, ~15' above grade, 2 stories of living spaces, and then a crows nest on the roof.  A lot of challenges, and a lot of future questions on this forum as I get into it.  Architecture style is Cape Cod meats Coastal Living.  Client is from New Jersey.  

My first question, after you see the attached, is the exterior wall.  Clients wife loves this.. and I'd like to get as close to possible.  I can see the wall flares out near the bottom.  Obviously this is a roof plane.. so do I build up this roof plane as I would the wall dbx? In regards to the vertical wall.. is it vertical or a optical illusion from this picture?  My layout will not have such a tall wall, since we will be incorporating a lot of decking..  must have sight of the beautiful Gulf.   

Never have done a Cape Cod style before, wondering if any of you guys are experience on things I need to keep in consideration.  I got me a book of 'A field Guide to American Houses" that was recommended on a previous post. that I am going to look at today, but always will take advice from you pros.

AH.. no problem...  so I am not crazy "this time"..

5 hours ago, solver said:

What I get.

That's what I get also Eric..  and that's why I thought I had to add  my statement to change from zero to whatever the overhang is for others who might have the same issue.

Curious though Eric, you quoted Michael on the length shouldn't be zero when you uncheck the Default to overhang.  But I do not see Michaels comment on this thread.  Weird... 

That worked, thanks Michael...

Added, as per what Michael suggested, you must put in the distance of the overhang, not leave it at zero.

Well to keep the same fascia top height, I moved the roof plane out to get deeper soffit, then reconnected, and got the same issue.  Are you not getting the same thing I am?

Mood point on making soffit wider though, since client is set on the two bump outs being almost flush with eaves..  He doesn't want a bunch of ridges/valleys.  House is as rectangular as it can get.. no thrills or frills.  Even putting washer and dryer in garage.. who does that anymore??  

"JOIN ROOF PLANES" is what I meant to type

Hmm.. never really used vector view before.  Def cleaner and easier to see.

In regards to increasing depth.. I did try that for a test, and it seemed to work but as soon as you reconnect the planes, the soffit issue reappears. 

This has happened to me now on my last 2 or 3 plans..  When I lay out out my roof planes, with the overhang set, all my eaves and soffits line up nice, but as soon as I put a bump out of any kind, the soffit changes shape.  I fixed previously my putting in a poly solids and called it a day just to keep moving.  Now that it's happened again, I figure I need to share and ask the pros.  Is there a setting that I cannot find or have overlooked?

I recreated the same issue with a test model...  see attached. 

ROOF SOFFIT ISSUE.plan

LOL.  I love your email.. just saying!

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Something this small, I would just draw lines to replicate the grout line, and be done with it.  I never know what the client will end up using, so I don't show these lines.  But since your doing interiors, I guess you need to.  Drawing lines is far better than the frustration of trying to offset.  My $.02.  :-)      

Wow.. never knew that.. for years been locking things..  that was it.  I knew it had to be simple, and I was overthinking it. 

Thanks Chris.   

Just curious if there is a way that I can set it where my text can be easily picked without having to lock items?  I thought by changing the order that would do it.  When you r ripping through the model annotating, having to stop to lock a items, like interior fixtures or cabinets, just to move text, is a buzz kill.  

can you put the three windows as you want, then mull them?

Just had to do this.. making the railing off to the side and changing to a No Room Def worked perfectly.

Just saw this post, was looking up the bookshelf doors as well.  Then I found under the Bonus catalog "Doors No.3 Specialty" there is a inswing and a outswing bookshelf door.  Just modify to your liking (the 2D symbol isn't the greatest though). 

Other cool doors in this catalog; like a star ship door (in case you want to design a Death Star), or the security door folder has hatch doors so you can design cruise ships.  Now that's a challenge for someone bored... 

Are you converting that picture to a new material?

>USER CATALOG

>NEW

>MATERIAL

>give it a name and on the TEXTURE tab, browse for that file...

stretch to fit

> then you can place in your frame

As you get more experienced Philip, you will find that you will hardly use the auto function.  I haven't in years.  

Hi Scott...

The ad states your needing a design-BUILD firm.  Just making sure that's what your looking for.  I'm not affiliated with a build firm down there, is why I am asking.  

1 hour ago, glennw said:

You may be able to use an addition framing layer on the outside of your wall definition.

Now that is thinking outside the box Glenn..  Next B&B, I'm trying this.

Called belly bands here too..

10 hours ago, BnCKelley said:

Thanks y'all I'll try these and see if I can come up with something

Its pretty simple BnC.

Pick the outer edge of you build, then select "Make Room Molding Polyline"

The height is just what it means, the height you want this band.> OK > The whole area will highlight > Open the object> from there you can build your band with the style you like.  Can build on top of others also, to get the stacked look.

I use this method also for brick ledges.. 

9 hours ago, joey_martin said:

different lengths of railing I turned into symbols

That's a good idea Joey..

On 12/7/2020 at 8:27 PM, Alaskan_Son said:

perpendicular Room Divider wall to more precisely control the break

That's what I ended up doing..   ended up looking great.. IMO

23 hours ago, solver said:

railing wall thicker

Thanks guys for the direction.  

That did it..  unchecked full wall width of rails.  

Watching your Railing - Part 2, to see if it gave me the fix.  

Yes they do. I made a sample deck off to the side.  The first problem going with a larger sq. column, is it hangs off the edge of the deck, if you use the dbx.  So I made my newels 0" in size... placed the symbols of columns.  I cut the wall, and where I don't want railing is an invisible wall.  How do I get the rails to sit back?  If I can figure this out, I should be ok.. just a tedious process.