Chopsaw

I am not sure what is goon on Jason, I did a little test plan and tried raising the roof plane with TNR and it went crazy. Did the exact same thing with an individual rafter and it was fine. You might want to send this one in if it does not sort itself out. If @solver is around he might be willing to give it a go.

That might account for the irregular birds mouth but I am not sure I can explain it. These things sometimes turn into a lengthy science experiment to understand the programming.

Yea I think that is the way to go about it. Possibly the other issues you are seeing are a result of auto rebuild not actually adjusting the existing roof height for the framing change.

3.6893" vs. 7.3442" but I think you mean 7 1/4" and that would be 7.4731" for VSD.

Sorry I forgot it was so quirky. It actually can not be a window symbol. Exterior Furniture seems to work and possibly a few others. Set if to "Inserts into Wall" and set the wall "Depth" Then it should allow you to use the tool from the Active Tool Bar when selected.

Yes that tool allows you to fix it though, just the way you like. Somewhat like the Make Terrain Hole(s) Around Building(s) tool but for windows.

That is why we have a forum. But does it work for you when you select the window symbol ?

How about using the tool that is meant for that purpose ? Edit Wall Cutout Polyline.

Good Point DB. I had never anticipated using dimension overrides for this purpose but if it works to beat chief at their own game then Bravo !

Not completely. I assume you have mostly completed plan in and imperial template for a project that is to be built in imperial measure. If you are unable to enter the proper metric sizes then it may be possible to do the European cabinets in a separate metric plan file and reference that to the imperial file.

Not a problem. Not the best situation but it is workable in an imperial template. Just enter the dimensions in metric and display them in metric.

Not on my version of chief although I do typically have it set up that way for normal design work.

If you are rounding to the nearest 16th then 17.7 is actually 17 11/16". Perhaps if you are working to those levels of accuracy you should be using decimal inches ? 11/16" is .6875" Not so say these issues never happen in chief. If you are primarily using single dimension strings for precise details of fixed dimensions I would set up a special dimension set to use Distance Rounding rather than the default Grid Rounding.

How about a Rope Light ?

Good point Ryan. I guess I should have a disclaimer on my example " for display purposes only".

I think I remember having one that was too short one time and had to make the track into a separate symbol so that I could control the length. Now the library has separate components so you can place them independent of the door and size them accordingly.

Frame your roof without ridge boards and you will most likely need to do a little cleanup on the framing then add your gusset plates.

I am assuming it is the horizontally trimmed rafter tails you are having issues with ? If so you will need to apply a Rafter Tail Molding to your rafters and Gable Sub Fascia. Unfortunately I think you will need to omit the automatic Fascia for a build like that.

You are using the right approach and Robert has kindly provided the procedure to apply it. The problem being that X12 does not provide the surface area as a macro. This was not available until X14. For a perfect cube try area * 6 or for an irregular cube area * 2 + perimeter * thickness

The "Eave Sub Fascia" is what the Soffit attaches to so it must be less than the "Eave Fascia" by the thickness of the soffit and usually a bit more which creates a drip edge.

3D solid is not possible in a Cad Detail View. Sorry. Paste back and forth perhaps ?

That is just a reminder that you have "Auto Rebuild Terrain" turned off and have made a terrain modification that is not displayed. Your terrain needs to be rebuilt. No reason to have that turned off unless you are having significant computer performance issues.

If you are using stock sizes you should ask for the specification sheets so you know exactly how they are meant to be supported before you decide on your beam locations.

Give 531.61 a try. There are newer ones available but others seem to be happy with it.