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Ron, the only thing I hope for is for your pocket door to fame properly.

I have the plan, show me a pic of the area you are questioning.

Here is a link to the BIRDS MOUTH VIDEOS. Some interesting stuff here..... but maybe more info than you want..... https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/index.php?/topic/2646-the-birds-mouth-videos-by-dsh/

But what am I missing. The roof planes are already built. If they are already built, you can't adjust birds mouth for those roofs already built. And yes Jim, other option is to adjust rafter depth, don't want to do that. I will do vid in am so I better understand.

Good stuff Jason.

If someone asked Bryce what he charges per hour, 110.00/hr, that might scare the perspective client away. But believe me, I would rather pay Bryce 110.00/ hr than somebody 35/hr and he is no good. You really get what you pay for. So what should you charge? How good are you? Are you as good and as quick as Bryce, if so, charge 110.00/hr. I ain't in Bryce's league, somewhere along the road he raised his rates higher than mine..... nice job Bryce..... but I bet Bryce is worth the money. I quote a fairly high fee, and if someone goes somewhere else, I am in a pretty good position now that I do not care. I do not want to be the cheapest guy on the block. So funny, I used to be proud of the fact that I was the cheapest guy on the block..... and it worked okay for me...... I mean how much does it cost to furnish the underside of a freeway overpass. After we pay our dues, it's time to reap the rewards. Some of us have been paying our dues since the Magna Carta was written.... is that you JC? I have been around since the Declaration of Independence was signed......

You would think so, but I think this problem is too hard for him..... is that you JPC? Dog gone you, I still don't know why we did not get together when I was in Washington.... probably because you are too important to meet with me.

I swear, it seems eveytime I turn around my computer or my iPad or my iPhone or my libido is acting different. About to do a go to meeting. I do about 5 of these a week, about to do one now, and the GTM CONTROL PANEL is actually separated from the CONTROL PANEL WITH THE ARROW TO MINIMIZE. I'll get over this, but there is always something going on.

great question Ron, the plates go down. I want top plates to stay at same location. I have 4x6 rafters on a 2X12 WALL, 2X12 WALL, I want to raise roof 2" but I want the top plates to stay at same elevation... by changing the birds mouth or cut, I should be able to do that. I think what I am realizing is we must define the birds mouth cut prior to building roof, not after.... I assume this makes sense..... RAISE ROOF 4%22 KEEP TOP PLATES AT SAME ELEV 1.plan.zip

Can I not change the birds mouth cut on the fly? Roof built, I want to change the birds mouth cut...... I can't do it, is this so?

Nice suggestion about the angle, but wouldn't this only apply to 3d trees and not 2d trees?

Show me a pic of the view that you want shadows on. Is it a vector view or a normal/render view? I bet it is a vector view. In X6 you should be able to get QUICK SHADOWS which means you should never have to use FINAL VIEW WITH SHADOWS. I never use that anymore, I always get shadows with any render/normal view I take. If quick shadows is turned on, you will always get shadows.

Take the camera view and then change it or change the default camera type in the default settings.

AKA Gavin Dennis.......

Jeez, a track pad, my gosh, I give you credit for working with that...... I have tried the track pad and I think I am too uncoordinated to use it.

I am not sure which mouse you are using, I have an IMAC and in the beginning I was using the APPLE MOUSE, I hated it when working with the MAC. I have since bought a LOGITECK USB mouse with a scroll wheel and I love it. But I do not know how to alter the PREFERENCES for the mouse but that is okay, I like it as is. I have a mouse on the home MAC and I hate that mouse, ain't that funny, I use it but I suppose I would rather have another logitech mouse for the home mac but I am too lazy to deal with it. Again I will say, you may want to consider getting another mouse for the mac, I found the mac mouse was tough to work with.

I do not have an idea. It may be mouse related. I do not understand the "pinching process". I would rather my scroll wheel zooms instead of scrolls. With the scroll wheel I can QUICKLY zoom out and then QUICKLY zoom in to the area I would like to see. Bottom line, I think the scroll wheel is controlled by the mouse preferences. I will say it again, I would rather the scroll wheel zoom in and zoom out vs scroll to another part of plan. Give that a try and see if you like it, if not, check your mouse preferences for what the scroll wheel controls, whether it is a zoom control or a scroll control.

Oh, so that is what that was all about...... I never made the connection..... believe me, no pun intended,,,,

Okay......but do both the main layers frame? No.

We can only hope they have fixed this in X7. We should be able to build a wall with two rows of 2x4 studs, and both rows frame. As it is now, only one row of studs (the main layer) will frame.

Put those items on the layer you want them on, select all and block, send to library, open new plan, get them from library, paste in plan, unblock, they will be on layer you want. Actually faster than individually selecting from library. A huger time saver. Credit to Alan.

Jim, I just checked, and you are correct, the beams stay in place. I swear in an earlier version, maybe x4, I would draw a floor beam and it would disappear. I did vids on this. Maybe I was wrong back then, but now CA seems to be behaving very well now in regards to building FRAMING MEMBERS....

Great post Joey, thanks.

That's a hundred projects a year. Over 40 years I have done between 2000 - 3000 projects. I could of Completed more, but I was busy getting thrashed on the golf course by JC.

Jeez, can you put a window in a railing? A door yes but not a window...... Nuts, something else I must check on.