Chopsaw

When I opened the file it is not as extreme as your image in first post and all fascia and sub fascia is set to 5 1/2" which leaves the edge of the soffit exposed. The soffit sits on the bottom of the sub fascia so I would recommend as Ray did to make your fascia larger than your sub fascia if you want to hide the seam. Also your porch rooms that are under the overhangs should be set to "Use Soffit surface for Ceiling" or they will interfere. That should still work fine with your 11.875 TJI's. Outside wall of the living room needs to be reset to it's default top height also.

I have not looked at the plan yet but what size is your sub fascia ?

Ok that's cool, I guess Steve will have two options in the morning. I don't get requests for Frieze boards often.

Is that the same plan Eric?

Is this what you are after? PORCH - ROOF EXT Choped.plan

Place a manual break or two in the roof plane and drag it out or use the temp dimensions and it should work fine. Post the plan if you have any issues.

Michael is correct in that your terrain appears very extreme for the drive way you are attempting to place but if you can smooth that out a bit it might work out if you read this:

Slick. Thanks Michael. When did you come up with that idea ? Not so random. Happy 800th

Could you explain a little more about how you got to where you are at ? You have posted a .jpg which is great as we can all see it clearly but what is it generated from ? PDF to JPG conversion, screenshot ??? Also what version of the software are you using ? It appears as you have a transparent region layered into your layout page between your dimensions and elevation view. If it is a PDF then what PDF printer are you using? Plan and layout file would also be great.

In plan defaults there is a setting that allows the Floor Camera to view the lower floors. Default Settings> Camera > General Camera> Options: "Show Lower Floors in Floor Overview". Is that selected ?

Did you try re-establishing the file path in Preferences ?

Where have you directed chief to look for your data folder ? Preferences> General> Folders> My Data Folder: __________________________

The other option is to make a copy of your Text layer and create sub sections such as Text, Structural Text, Framing etc.. You will also typically need to add layers for CAD and Dimensions for the same reason.

It is interesting that all video cards seem to have the same limit. It just does not make sense. GTX 1080 should do more. Graham seems to be quite sure of his facts but I am not convinced.

Sending to layout as "Current Screen" should avoid most of the previously suggested potential issues.

Thanks guys, The extra details help a lot as tiles are not so common in northern climates for some reason. There may be other little things necessary depending on the roof design but I can see that the Bellcast batten makes perfect sense for installation and would fill the gap in the fascia that I was trying to avoid in the illustration. Not sure why the Ridge Tiles could not use a Distribution Path Joe ?

Here is part 2 I did not find a shortcut for side 2 but it seems like there should be one so I am open to suggestions but it seems the starter row can be reflected but then you must create a Right version of the symbol rotated 2.5° in the other direction and apply it to the Polyline Distribution Paths on the back side of the roof using the same logic as the first side. Many thanks to Joe for contributing. And please be sure to post any further questions and the results of the project so Chief can see how things are done in your country and improve the software accordingly if necessary.

Here is step 1 Likely the best strategy is to rename edited versions of the original symbol and save them to your user library.

You can group select in the Adjust lights DBX and turn on or off the group while holding down the CTRL key. But if you had a bunch of them the same you would have to name them all to keep track. Might be easier to group select in plan view.

Not really sure why it works for me and not for you but one thing you might try is to download you own from the first post and see if just that step makes any difference and if it does not then it must just be an issue with your Chief setup and the others that seem to have had a similar problem. It would be good to at least let tech know as there may be something you could fill them in on. Unless you want to check your raytrace settings one more time.

Looks like it can be done but no time today for video. Here is a test plan. Let us know if you have questions. Portuguese Roof tiles.plan

Can you post the plan or show us the roof style. Is this a unique project or will you use this all the time?

Insert window into regular wall and then convert to Room Divider.

Michael, Just in case my machine has just one magic trick as it did for Mark, give these a try and call tech support even if they do work. Backdrop 1.calibz Backdrop 2.calibz