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You are correct, my bad. Here is the problem with putting the terrain on level zero...... the driveway will only be on level the level the terrain is on, so if the terrain is on level zero, you can only see the driveway on the level zero (foundation plan), I want to see the driveway on the main floor plan level (level one), so now to see the driveway on level one, I need to use level zero as my go to ref set layer.... if I do that, I cannot refer to the second floor with my ref sets.... i.e., cantilevered floors etc...... so.... that is why I choose to put terrain & driveways on level one. Of course if CA gave us the MMRLS, IOW the SUPER MRLS. i would not of needed to waste 5 minutes of my time posting this.

Yes, I turn the the terrain off in section view. I would rather not, but because I generally use a long FOCAL VIEW, often times the terrain if not flat, shows more than I would want to see. I suppose what I do is to have the terrain on to get the profile of the terrain at the line of section cut, I then use a psolid fill to define the terrain, and then I turn the terrain layer off. Not perfect, but the best solution that I know of.

If I had to choose either or, the way it is set up makes more sense to me because my clients would get the actual clear dimensions. But I hear your issue... I, like Joe do not know of a solution to get what you want.

Most likely this will work, but this may effect the room finishes and the ceiling heights... therefore, not a good solution unless you truly understand the ramifications.

I think I agree with this Trick? you want a trick? Try this, start the camera in the room that is dark, and then back camera out of that room into the new room. I think the camera will recognize light sources from both rooms. I use the renderings more than the ray traces.... the renderings are pretty good and much quicker....... point is, I am not quite up to speed with the ray trace capabilities.

A valid point, but I am not sure I think this will solve this issue. Yes, if you put the terrain on level zero, any cantilevers at level two will not remove the terrain. However, suppose you have a cantilever at level one, i.e. cantilevered bay/box window, that will now remove the terrain that is on level zero.... therefore the solution does not work for all scenarios. So I go back to putting the terrain on level one for reason's stated above, and I manipulate the terrain to show how the terrain is truly built.... model it like it is built. I never use the HIDE TERRAIN INTERSECTED BY BUILDING, this gives me the ability to do blah blah blah...... but what ever floats your boat is the best solution.

Interesting, I have decided that level 1 is the best layer to put the terrain on. Why? Because if the terrain is on level one, that would be the level the driveway would be on. Why is that important? Because if you have a driveway, by using ref sets you can show the driveway on level zero (foundation level) and you can show on level 2, just in case your driveway is on level 2 (i.e. walkout basement on level one with the main level on level 2). Now, if CA ever gives us the MMRLS, (the multiple multiple ref layer sets, IOW the SUPER MRLS), we could choose multiple layers on multiple LEVELS to reference and therefore, it would not be as important to put the terrain on level one. But back to the genesis of the post, I never use the HIDE TERRAIN INTERSECTED BY BUILDING, this gives me the ability to do blah blah blah...... but what ever floats your boat is the best solution.

Attach the plan..... but the quick answer is the soffit elevation is a function of the SUBFASCIA. If you post a plan, I bet you will get more answers. You have been around awhile, you know to post the plan for the best answers.

A thousand words.....

A solution is to cut that little wall out, move window over, and then put wall back in place using PASTE IN PLACE.

I never use the post to beam. It is difficult to control post locations and end of beam locations. My posts and beams are manually built. It is probably a faster way to get what you want. And the real advantage is, it now displays correctly in plan view.

lol, I look back on that post and I wish I knew what all of the acronyms were.

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Back in the GOD, I wasn't making AMM as I am now, but I did ETW. I didn't NAM as I do now, but somehow, I look back OTGOD's with fondness. If it wasn't for CA, I would not MTM I am making now. I remember back in '95, me and P took up the challenge of WFHD drawing to working in CAD. I have not looked back, and I don't think P has looked back. And finally, TGIF, because tomorrow is Saturday and TWW starts anew for me.

Okay, so what quality does a court have that is different from a non specified room type that would effect the way the walls in front build. I think I understand how different room types effect structure, but what is the difference in this case?

Actually, for not solving the problem you are required to take three of them. ", I think it is not a good idea to leave rooms as "unspecified." ​This should not be necessary... but I hear you

Thanks Chop for recording this. Listening to it, there was some good stuff that might of come out of the workshop....... i.e., the little nugget that S.H. gave us in regards to a new feature in X-9.

Yes, if fixed the 2 windows at bath. It did not fix the second floor window over front door. I do not know why you thought that would work is a mystery to me. I did change it to court.... which gave me a slab over the garage, I then changed that floor structure for the "court" to ply over floor joists and it is still fixed. Thanks Richard. Now if you can fix my second floor window over the front door, I will give you the choice of 2 of my 5 grandkids. I think this is some kind of exoteric bug..... or is that endoteric bug?

Here is a link to the embarrassment plan. See if you can figure out how to remove the first floor walls that cover up some second floor windows. https://www.dropbox.com/s/pz0n2q7yjw7c0kw/JUSTICE%20PLAN%205A%20workshop%20a%20embarrassmnt%20plan%20a.plan.zip?dl=0

Thanks to all of you that attended. If I get one golden nugget, I figure it was time well spent. I picked up a couple golden nuggets. A special thanks to S.H. and Phillup for attending.

here is the embarrassment plan, see if you can fix the filled windows. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/s8yiieqwqn655hv/AAB4_7VCE_-8pBedIqBp46tLa?dl=0

I just sent out the invites, if you did not get one, email me at dscotthall@mac.com

It seems as if it is the lower wall that is causing the problem because if you change the wall to just about anything else, you can see the wall. It is something specific to that particular wall.... I think. If I use a 6" co crete stem wall, all is okay.

Nice call, I cannot figure it out either.

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