Chopsaw

If you set both the deck and room to -2778mm and cut a cross section through both you will see that the top of decking is -2778 and the top of subfloor is -2778 and the 12mm floor finish will be above that. Sometimes I just use my cursor cross hairs to verify things like that in the early stages and you can watch the Z: value on your Status bar at the bottom right of your screen to confirm the elevation.

The unspecified room that exits onto the lower deck was set at -2778mm so I just suggested to increase that by 52mm resulting in -2830mm but if you change the room you will also have to readjust the deck accordingly and maybe terrain as well.

That is completely up to you and can be changed the same way. Over here 8' was the most common and 9' has become more popular and some people like even more.

Sorry yes now I see the problem. Just open the Room DBX and go to the structure tab and set Floor (C): to something like -2830mm which is about 50mm below the basement room with the door. Check your local code to see if there are min regulations for this. Or just make them the same if you can justify it.

Go to level 0 of floor plan and select Deck room and open DBX>Deck>Select "Automatically regenerate deck framing." Also go up a level and Deselect "Roof over this room" in the Structure>Ceiling tab. Keep up the good work, it looks like things are progressing for you. Interesting that the first time I opened a perspective full overview Chief hard crashed on me. Has that been happening with this plan file to you ?

You can draw a regular line or arc and put an arrow on the end and match the line style and colour but I often just run my electrical connection right to a text box that explains the situation so there is no mistake. Smoke detectors are the same problem and can't be ignored.

Trust me Chief does this too.

The short answer would be to only send to layout once. But there must be more going on here so you can open the layout box and change to Plot Lines with color fill or if you want a live view you can double click on the layout view and change how it will render in plan view. It looks to me like Vector view you had the first time but that could be Standard, or Watercolor or any of the other choices. If that is not helpful it would be good to know what version you are using.

Just ran a test for the first time on a big layout file and Adobe Acrobat printed it with a 53% smaller file size and cleaned up some issues Chief was having but also created other problems so I am not sure if I am any further ahead.

Yes that can be fixed but not sure if there is a default for it anywhere.

If you are using pony walls for your foundation you can set them to display upper or lower and it sounds like you want only lower displayed. Or maybe you just want the footings ?

Richard, GT is using X9 and my example was done in X9. Is there a solution with X9 that we missed ?

Seems maybe you have found a weakness of the wall hatch tool maybe. You can get the hatch to fill the corner the way you want but you will have to drag the interior drywall layer all the way through the wall intersection which is going to cause problems with your model.

Give the Edit Wall Layer Intersections tool a try.

Yes there is still something funny going on as the dividing line seems to stay in the same place but as you zoom in and out the level of distortion seems to vary and at times can clear to the point of almost being unnoticeable but will not stay that way. I may also have something to do with screen resolution maybe.

I think I first noticed it on an 11x17 layout so it is not print size but you are correct that it is larger higher resolution and more detailed images that get broken down and skewed. Unfortunately this is when it is most critical and you want to show precise details that you can zoom in on when necessary. It seems that there is a limit on how much data can be displayed per "box" but then it is also random and works sometimes without breaking down or skewing so there must be a solution somewhere.

Roland, I just ran off a PDF with my setup and used the CA Save As PDF @600 dpi. and ended up with 20 Adobe blue boxes. Hoping someone with a little graphic design know how can figure this out.

Yes I have run into this problem and submitted to tech and hope that they are still working on the issue. You will notice if you view with Adobe Reader that you will get a cross hair pointer that displays and if you click on the PDF it will show highlighted blue boxes that the edges correspond to the areas that are ripping. The only solution tech had at the time was to reduce the resolution to a fuzzy low 72 dpi. It does seem to be a random issue for me so it is difficult to figure out what is causing it. Rene, Could you educate us and expand on this a little if you have time. And what do you see on the "temp3.pdf" ?

I would run that error # past tech support in the morning before deleting any more stuff. Nothing in the Knowledge Base I assume ? Run what you can from the Existing plan for now.

Seems fine on my system but you could post your Video card model and driver version and maybe someone with the same will test for you. Also save the camera that is causing the problem just in case it is the camera settings. How reproducible is the problem?

Yes they are also live now but take a significant amount of computing power to keep them that way when open with a large plan file. You can open the layout box DBX and change the settings back to the old way of Plot lines if you like or just do that while working and turn on the new bling when you are done drawing.

You are so correct Johnny. I have read all the railing threads I could find and explored 5 or 6 viable workarounds over the last couple of days and not found one that satisfies my situation and all I need to do is offset 2" and lower 10 3/4". This feature could save a vast amount of storage space on the Chief Forum server I am sure. Actually called tech and gave them the request almost word for word earlier today before you posted.

You should be able to control it with a Terrain Break beside or under the ramp. Let me know how it goes. I may have a chance to look at the file later this evening if your stuck.

Justin, Can you replace your retaining wall with a flat top ramp? They come with railings.