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I place jewels, railing is continuous, invisible walls to define room.

I usually do bury it, this was down and dirty.

here is the fixed plan, go app one floor, drag that wall around corner.... AND THEN SELECT NEW WALL AND CHECK roof cuts wall at bottom (that will fix the siding glitch) 19-070 alt roof fixed.plan

Every time I think about doing railings auto, I feel I do not have enough control. So I use individual. newel posts and a molding pline for the railing. I find it easier, quicker and I have more control. I put a quick plan together you can look at..,. Untitled 6 railing 6.planUntitled 6 railing 6.plan

Okay, but now I think that means that particular wall will look like that in every view and we no longer have the option for some views to show top of wall and other views to show bottom of wall for that particular wall..... I know this is not a very common occurrence..... just wondering. Michael, am I correct in my statement?

I was wondering about this. I think what you are saying is if I have two pony walls, pony wall A can show the upper wall and pony wall B can show the lower wall. I was not able to do that. If I kept the walls set to default, but change the display in pony wall defaults, the change effected all pony walls. I was not able to have two different walls display differently in a view sent to layout. Here is a link to the file if you can do it. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/swhr0e0iyn47vnv/AADZORt07AqQaAFf_LC27bJma?dl=0

Good call, thanks.

The reason for using soffits is the soffits control the height of the exterior finish. So, if you want your stucco veneer to stop at top plates, the soffit is not necessary. However, if you want the stucco veneer to go BEYOND the underside of the rafters and up to the roof sheathing, a soffit would be needed. By using a soffit without a finish, you will now be able to see the underside of the roof sheathing which will be plywood unless you designate the roof sheathing as "decking" which will give you the 1x6 T&G starter boards. Perry, any comments to this?

I agree with Glenn. I have always used the the terrain break vs retaining wall.

Someday we should put a list together of all these subtle CA anomalies....... like the FOUNDATION layer.....

I wish CA would give us the option to have a terrain wall FOLLOW THE CONTOUR OF LAND and sit on the land (and maybe have a footing that sits in the ground) and give us the option to put a series of "caps" on top of said wall. We did a GTM Workshop on this. I do not believe we came up with a bullit proof easy solution. So, we need a "fence" (this will follow the terrain) and we need to be able to designate a "cap" or "multiple caps" for said "fence" and then we need to have the option to attach a "footing" to the "fence" and we need to be able to define the top of said "footing" a certain distance below top of terrain....... there, that is on my Xmas list.

A big thank you , you are the man. It does seem like the way they have it set up is counterintuitive.... but I ain't complaining.

Well, ain't that a pistol...... so I was initially correct when I said it does not work for vector mode , but when specifically applying the OPENING NO MATERIAL to the soffits, it is invisible even in vector mode.

Nope..... again I do not know what I am talking about. I thought we discussed this a while back. Want to see the upper wall of pony wall in view #1 in layout and then I want to see the lower wall of pony wall in view #2 in layout. I just tried it and I could not do it. I was using 2 different layer sets and 2 different plan view sets. Can anybody do this?

I think this is a little known secret that has been discussed recently. THE PROGRAM REMEMBERS WHAT THE WALLS LOOK LIKE WHEN ININTIALLY SENT TO LAYOUT. So, Send the foundation to layout showing the lower walls and then send the floor plan showing the upper wall. The view of those walls will not change.... give it a try.

Hi P. OPENING NO MATERIAL also works...... so what am I thinking of? ..... I thought those materials were shown as solid in vector mode and invisible in standard view. Have things changed?

I think that works for standard view but not vector view.. am I correct?

This is a great thread. How many times do you want to show a roof texture on your roof plan yet you want to show the roof eaves on your floor plan but do not want the fill. Another great thread.

Thanks for bringing this up. I too am dealing with impermeable areas etc..... Dermot came up with the solution. Good good stuff.

There you go. The power of the ref sets. I had not thought of this..... this is very powerful. The more I think about this, the more muddled my brain gets. There are all sorts of possibilities. Thanks Dermot.

For that I think Chris’s method might work better...... maybe.... you can also think about creating a room on the level above and adjust ceilin heights as need. ( it would be an open t9 below room)

Thx Michael..... too much detail for me...... it seemed like I tried to create a simpler symbol at one t8me but now I forgot what I did.

You can always use ref sets.......and...... put each deck on a different level so they do not interfere with each...... adjust elevati9n as needed

That works, but suppose you did want a landing showing at the second floor? The solution would be to put the open to below room on the 27th floor (exaggerated to make a point) with it's roof and adjust the height of the floor accordingly. picture shows blue house on level 1 purple on level 2 oragnae on live 3 green on level 4 and red on level 5 solution similar to eric's

Yep, and then in plan view you need to raw a fill poly line to represent the window. I don't know why they can't give us a better symbol for that window.