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So I sent this into Brian, and this was his comment, I must agree with him, for whatever reason I have not made a stink about this before and I guess not too many other folks have made a stink about it. If it important to have this fixed, please let headquarters know that it is important to you. But, going back to my BUCKED WALL ISSUE, if the drywall did not appear outside, I might be able to simplify my bucked wall methods.... so far Perry's method is best.

I sent invite for a gtm

Thanks Joe. Did you try it? It appears to cover the window frame. This is no better than the Perry method for a number of reasons.

I was able to open and I assume Robert was able to open.

Plan reviews can easily take 4 weeks for the first time, and if plans need to be resubmitted, another 2 weeks is not unheard of. It is absolutely ridiculous. A few years ago they offered expedited plan check service for an additional fee, out in about a week, of course everyone opted for the expedited plan check service so they were back to where they were, everybody wanted the expedited service.

Thanks Bill, I would be very interested in learning the blinds attachment method. I do agree with you, Perry's method may be the best at least for me as of now. Perry's method works best in plan, section and elevation, the other methods did not work for all three... plan, section and elevation. I went back to Joe's method for a brief time...... window with 4"frame set in 12" thick wall and recessed 8"....... the problem with Joe's method..... and it is a very simple and good method but the DRYWALL shows at exterior. See pic. Why is that? Why does the drywall show on outside? Why doesn't the meeting of drywall and exterior finish NOT, I SAID NOT meet in the middle of window so we do not see the drywall on outside?

I need 2 sheets just for my energy calculations. A simple 20'x14' addition off the back of a one story, slab foundation and roof trusses, 13 sheets and one month of plan check time.

Nice job Robert.

Bill, appreciate this info, however I do not understand how this works. I did take a look at the plan and I did review with Joe Carrick, and we could not figure it out. Is there any way you could explain it to me. I will do a GOTOMEETING at your convenience if you think it would be quicker and more efficient, thanks.

Take a look at this plan and picture. Notice if the ply sheathing between exterior finish and wall studs is THICKER than EXTERIOR FINISH, the sheathing pops through. Note that on CA's default exterior siding wall, the ply/osb is 7/16" and the wood siding is 1/2" thick. The ply is thinner than exterior finish. BBB PLY THICKNESS 1.plan.zip

does not work for me either.

I have a room, if I change the angle of intersecting walls, there is not line..... I agree there should not be a line at the very shallow angles, but that's life, not much we can do about it, your model should look other that the small peccadillo in plan.

You have a good point. Do you have a defined interior room?

They look like are joined to me. I am on X7, I did nothing but open your plan. Try reopening your plan and see if it is fixed.

This might help. http://youtu.be/StD9eUlp8Iw

Still playing, the middle pic done in tech illus.., I added some plants, windows shaded and there are shadows. The shadows are not auto, there is actually an image on top of the vector view sent to layout. I thought this was relatively good looking. Top view is vector only, middle view is vector with tech ills, bottom view is duotone and vector.

So I showed my client the attached pic, and he chose the one without the shadows as what he would rather see. Why? Because he is anticipating that his clients will wonder if the stucco is two different colors (because of the shadows). We try to make it look better, and sometimes we overthink things. I like the shadow/rendered pic, but the client does not.... so who wins? The client of course.

Graham, I appreciate you understanding what I was talking about. Thank you.

My question is why not use a window in lieu of the symbol. What is the advantage? If the vent is called louvered, you can have separate schedules for foundation vents and windows.

Good stuff Yusuf, thanks.

I appreciate the vent symbols Joe. So I downloaded and then put them in a plan.... is this how they should look?

You are not stating the obvious. How did you get the shaded windows and how did you create the shadows? There have been many posts detailing how to get the shaded windows and the shadows, however I think most of us agree it is a bit cumbersome and not auto. You did not explain how you achieved your results, did you do it any differently from the other posters?

You must understand that Glenn is from Oz, they do things a bit differently down there..... it is actually a preference setting... see pic.... no bug, just the way Glenn has it set up.

Here is a picture of a section with cabinet doors and doors showing opening indicators, note the triangular fill, not good.

Glenn, I do not believe you sent that to layout, that is simply a back clip cross section, see my layout and plan in previous post.