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Your welcome. In a detail showing that 2" x 20" foam insul will be easy, however if you wanted to show in the model, where all your section views will show it, you can do a custom molding and set it below the slab. I updated that test model. 519850850_testcmu.plan

Well hmmm... I do trays all the time, some with room dividers, and don't have issues like this. Can you post this plan and let one of us look at it? It's got to be a setting or something. Even the ceiling in the living area looks different.

Have you checked "recess into ceiling" on that Tray Ceiling dbx?

Your welcome Keith...

@KKBKeith Hi KKB... This is one of Chiefs week points IMO, invisible walls at a corner. My work around is I draw two little room divider lines off of each end (circled in red), then connect with the main room divider line. Some tweaking of the points to connect but it usually works well. Recording 2025-08-21 203606.mp4

@Kbird1@Mark3D After reviewing your case, it appears that your issue is being caused by an attic wall that’s extending too far. The easiest way to fix this that we’ve found is to:1. In your plan view, go to floor A2. Delete the gable end wall (shown in the attached screenshot)3. Go to Edit->Default Settings->Walls->General Wall4. Check the box for Auto Rebuild Attic Walls5. The program will generate a new attic wall of the correct size where the old one was removed – this new wall should allow the fascia to properly generate.After performing these steps, you can optionally go back in and turn off Auto Rebuild Attic Walls if needed.Please let me know if this helps! You were mostly right Mick. The floor I was concentrating on was the second floor, not the attic. As I mentioned above, I usually turn off the attic walls and draw my own. This design, I added the "true" 2nd floor attic" after the fact when client wanted more storage. This moved the full length gable wall up to the "A" floor. Making it too long as Support found out. Thanks to you all.

If I had to do one, I'd do what Dustin suggested. Do you have to do these on all your houses Rob, or is this a customer request? I've never been asked to do one is why I ask.

That blue is to represent the foam insulation you had shown in your model.

here is that model for reference. test cmu.plan

It kind a can. I never figured out how to do the insulation between the slab and the header block in the program. But you can always do a molding around the perimeter and set to be flush w slab. Thats the only way I know how to do this.. You have 8" CMU, so after you create the foundation, go to the wall dbx and make the lower 8" a pony, add a 4" wall type at the top at -4" (slab thickness). The floor structure dbx just add the rigid insul under the slab. I usually just show the insul in a detail with a poly solid.

Tech support ticket issued. I will wait to see their response and repost.

That view of the ocean is perfect. Where in FLO.. I'm up here in the panhandle.

SOUNDS LIKE FUN... :-) Honestly, right off the top of my head, I'd use the same wall type, and just change thicknesses with a material region.. that in itself will take time, but you won't have 30 different wall thicknesses. You can adjust the thickness to anything you want. I'd make sure to keep the "Cut Finish Layers to Parent Object" checked.

I thought that too, at first. But no breaks (highlighted walls in orange). And most plans I turn off auto attic walls anyways, and model my own. To get this approval set out, I just brought the plane edge in 1".. Def. will need to fix at CONDOC time. I've never sent in a bug report in all these years, if Chief actually finds the issue and fixes it, do they fix that model and send it back, or inform me of the fix..? I am just thinking if I move forward on the CONDOCs, how they communicate a fix if what they have is outdated? I hope that makes sense.

I think I figured out the "why"... the overhang is 18", and it lines up perfectly over the interior lower garage door wall, if I moved this overhang 1" in either direction, the fascia appears. Besides going with a 17" or 19" overhang, I'm not sure how to fix it.

Scratching my head on this one.. done this a hundred times, but for some reason the shed roof where it overlaps the 10/12 roof looks right, but as the title states, the fascia nor the drip edge come in. I have stretched the planes back and then into position, I have even deleted the plane and put in a new one. Typically if there was an issue my frieze or soffit wouldn't show, but its there as well. I know this must be a setting issue.. I'm just not seeing it. Any ideas? Thanks in advance Recording 2025-08-15 220313.mp4

@Jerseymike Your asking for someone to place a sammich order here.. just saying. I hope you find someone for your project. That house looks like it would be a fun one, and not one to do in a few hours.

What the.... for what a future carbon tax? Because I would think this does not apply to HVAC, since garages are involved.

Ah.. ok. I've only used that tool for polylines, who would have thought it could be used for other things. Genius. I've said this before, will say it again, learn something new everyday. Thanks Chris...

Hey John, I've had similar situations, and if your not going to be doing anything to the main residence, I'd make the house a symbol. Basically copy the house file and delete all you can to make the file smaller, for example, I deleted furniture, interior lights, etc.. Then edit areas all floors, and make a block per say. It will take a minute or two, to convert depending on the PC and the size of the home. Then on your garage plan, you insert as a block.. position accordingly.

@Renerabbitt This helps tremendously, not just piping, which lately I am being asked to provide some basic routes, but molding on a partially sloped ceiling, etc.. I never paid attention to the edit plane option before and that is a great help. I use this function all day in the Autodesk products, so this is something I will remember to use in the future. I do have one question for you though. At the 4:49 time of your video, you deleted a section of the molding, but when I pick that "X", the whole line disappears. I know if I want to delete a selected edge I pick the edge then the icon I have circled in green, but what you picked wasn't that, and three sides of your profile deleted and you were allowed to route in a different direction. How did you do that? This would be helpful in so many different scenarios, not just a pipe route. I look forward to more of your wisdom. Thanks in advance

@PitMan71 I agree, this is really the only way to rotate a lot of objects at once. Make sure to pick "Edit Area (all floors)". This will get you the foundation, roof and any other floors not shown. I use this also for a move command too.

At age 59.66 yrs old, I am still learning new things everyday. I don't use grids, EVER, so I don't have this issue, but it's good to know these settings.

@Renerabbitt You and ChatGPT are on the same page.. :-) Glad to see I'm not the only one on here on a Saturday night.

Ah, so this is an actual wall with a slider placed in it.. then you did the rest. Interesting. Curious why you went this way though? I have the manufacture catalog from Kohler that has these doors. Is there something different that I am not seeing? But honestly, I'm a cad guy, so when I model something from scratch, and it works and looks legit.. I get pretty dang excited, so cheers to a great job and thinking outside the box.