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I have noticed this with the past couple of releases.... anybody else notice this? Scissor Truss bottom chord frame 2" too low. I start the roof plane at the exterior of the wall and I start the roof plan at the interior face of wall.

As a fall back you can use CUSTOM MUTTINS...... I assume that is still a feature 8n CA

I did a vid on this many years ago. You can make any shaped island you want. Think positive bow and negative bows. if it is complex, draw shape of base cab with cad lines and then using the info from each arc/line to define the length/arc of the bow cabinets. you get the BOW DEPTH from the cad arcs. it is really quite easy once you d9 it once or twice.

funny you mention Bruce Goff, one of my favorites. I do between 50 and 100 remodels each year. Including a 4 hour site measure, most AS-BUILTS come in around 12-16 hours sans details, electric plans and all the BS paper work we in California need to complete. So this includes site plan , elevations, roof plan, floor plans, demo plan, 8 sections, framing plans, foundation plan and a round of golf. CA is truly an amazing program for the type of work I do. Hence this necessitated a 20% increase in hourly rate this year.

that is a fair number.... or quicker.... at least 24 hours

Interesting. you are showing plywood on the roof.... I am assuming you put that in manually?

That is 3D. I believe he was asking how to do in PLAN VIEW.

ADJUST MATERIAL DEFINITION. BTW, I may not of read your post correctly..... is there the roller at the bottom of the screen that is either clicked on or off? This might be two different issues. I could not change the color. You might be using the MATERIAL EYEDROPPER, you are changing color and the pattern/texture. try the ADJUST MATERIAL DEFINITION (rainbow tool)

This is so weird. I was just experiencing this issue. I was not able to change the COLOR of. material using the RAINBOW TOOL. This was going on for about a week or two and suddenly this morning it is working again. I am on a MAC.

Larry, try using a true curved polyline to create a true curve to that roof plane. Do not use the segmented curve for roof plane. just a guess.

I have been using this program for 15 years. I have tried user groups, private tutors etc, The best way I have found to get help is right here on Chief Talk. There are plenty of good folks on this site who will help you out....... and just think about it.... you can usually get an answer in less than 10 minutes.

Yeppers .... except I ain't smart enough to do the auto roofs

Here it is Joe,

Try Tommy Blair, he is in Houston.

Well, they bought the home, but I do not think it has been surveyed yet.... so I do not know. They might come to me this year. Whenever you buy something in La Jolla, I think it takes some time to get your feet under you again.

Do you want to share their solution?

I think Perry is right, I usually do it Perry's way.

Rich Winsor, almost as funny as Alan L. thanks, good laugh in the AM.

see how I changed it, select, open and change.

select that arrow and open and change it.

I leave interior and exterior walls on the default layer. It is not worth the hassle to separate them. For 2 stories I have learned to use room fills to hide lower floor walls that are under the second floor envelope. I just wish that the DOORS would take on the fill of the adjacent room. IOW, I can see the ref floor below that I do not want to see. So why don't I turn that layer off? because there are some items OUTSIDE OF THOSE 2ND FLOOR PERMITER that I do want to see, i.e. the first floor walls that are outside of the 2nd floor envelope.

Good info to know.