BeaconHill

Thanks David. I've used the skylight tool, but a 6' x 15' skylight on the flat doesn't look so good in 3D. Might fall through with a snow load like we have had this year! I've found a symbol to place over it that gives a little pitched glass structure over it. Not perfect, but will do for now.

Hi. I have been looking in Cheif and on the internet for a skylight symbol that would be appropriate for a flat roof. Could be a dome style or more preferably the pyramid style. I'm sure I can figure out how to build one manually, but thought I would ask here first. Thanks.

*Sorry... meant to post this in the "Symbols and Content" section.

** I think I found some suitable candidates in 3D Warehouse!

Ahhh. Forgot about that tool! Would have saved me some time. Will try to remember it in the future. Thanks!

That is actually how I changed it... with the floor defaults tool. For some reason, the rooms are not following through with the default setting. I think maybe early on in the plan I changed something without going into the default setting and when I started to divide up the rooms, it carried through. I opened up an earlier version with only about 10 different rooms(compared to now with approx 50 rooms) and modified each room individually. Only once I had edited every room individually under the "structure" tab is it showing correctly. I could not do a mass selection and then edit the specs. So I guess I will have to go through one room at a time and fix it.

Hi. I have a rather large plan(12,000 sq/ft one level) that I have been working on and the client has decided they want to change it from a full 8' foundation to an on slab foundation. I know I have done this in the past, but I seem to be running into problems this time. I deleted the existing foundation and created a new one with a 4" slab and 48" stem walls. I also changed the default settings for the floor to be supplied by the foundation room below. What I have now is it still being shown with the floor joist thickness(16") with the slab below it. If I select an individual room, the "floor to be supplied by the foundation room below" is not selected. I tried selecting multiple rooms to change this, but it will only allow me to do it one room at a time. Just wondering if I missed something or do I have to select each room individually to make it work the way I want it to? Thanks.

I can confirm that the "Living Area" behaved for me in X5. I just opened up a half dozen plans in X5 and it is where I left it. In X6 it is always jumping back to the bottom center of the plan.  Even when I open up an X5 plan in X6, it moves to the center bottom. Guess I will have to look into macros.