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textures and bump map files came through.. all good.

Always amazed by your work Rene.. thank you.

Have you tried a ceiling plane at zero pitch? That's the only thing I could think of when I had this situation

hmm... never thought of the molding suggestion... that's why I came here. Thanks Eric and Chop.

Hey Chiefers... Its been a while since I've been on here, hope you all have been just as busy as I have. Haven't had any real issues that I couldn't figure out myself until now. Really not an issue, but... I have a house, going to be gorgeous BTW, that will have two trims color packages. Brown and white. The gutters come in as white per the default. And since you can't change individually per the roof plane dbx, I've had to paint. I don't like to do that, but it works. The thing is, usually it changes all the gutters to brown, and I have to go back and "repaint" the one I want to keep white, white. Fine and dandy, until I modify something else (usually not related) and they all go to white or they all go to brown, just to repeat the above process. Any ideas on how to not have to keep repainting? The trips to Home Depot, to buy more paint, is killing my time. :-)

To answer your question brushmark (my fellow Michigander).. its not just you. You fill find many comments on this, including mine from the past. It is what it is..

This is a quickie.. actually faster to ask you all than search the archives for an interpretation. I am maxing C drive.. all of X9 is on this drive. When I loaded X10 I put all the data on the D drive. If I delete X9 all together, this should not mess with anything, right? I have X9 on my other pc... so if I need to load on that version.. not an issue. This big monster gaming system, has doodle squat when it comes to C storage.

as promised, the end result. Thank you Eric, Chop and Scott.... took a little time, but was not hard at all.

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..