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I have imported a satellite image of the the lot a house I am working on will be built. I have the house drawn and located on the map as requested by the client. I've also, imported the survey plan DWG and it is situated on the drawings as well. Now I am trying to plot out the drawing and am having a problem. When in plan view the satellite map shows only as a rectangle depicting it's location. But if I try a 3D view then the lines of the survey map do not show up. Is there a way to see the map image in plan view or the lines of the survey map in the 3D views? For some reason I cannot get all three items in any view (Map, survey map (lines) and the floor plan).

Whoops, sorry for the double post.

I am having an issue with adding a glass panel railing to a set of stairs. I found a tutorial on the Chief Architect website and followed it. Now, if the stairs are not connected to a landing ( as shown in the first picture attached) everything works great. If the stairs are connected to a landing then the railing slopes down instead of up (as shown in the second picture). If I were to move the stairs so that it isn't connected to a landing and place the railing everything works great but if I were to grab the stairs and railing and then move it into place against the landing then the railing reverts to the second image. This has worked on other projects but for some reason I can't get it to work here. Any help will be appreciated.

I am having an issue with adding a glass panel railing to a set of stairs. I found a tutorial on the Chief Architect website and followed it. Now, if the stairs are not connected to a landing ( as shown in the first picture attached) everything works great. If the stairs are connected to a landing then the railing slopes down instead of up (as shown in the second picture). If I were to move the stairs so that it isn't connected to a landing and place the railing everything works great but if I were to grab the stairs and railing and then move it into place against the landing then the railing reverts to the second image. This has worked on other projects but for some reason I can't get it to work here. Any help will be appreciated.

I am working on a building that has a central foyer that has 12' ceilings and two "wings" (one on each side) that have 8' ceilngs. The roof of the wings starts at the 8' wall height and the roof of the central foyer starts at the 12' height. This means a portion of the wall between the foyer and each wing will be above the wing roof on the exterior. In the 3D drawings this is shown as having an interior finish as that is the wall type chosen. I have tried different ways to have that show as exterior finish to no avail. I tried to "force it" by changing it to a pony wall and that just created more problems than it solved. Then strange things happened...I would save the drawing and when I reopened it all the corner boards would either disappear or strangely appear on interior walls. Door ways would disappear in the 3D but be there in the plan (turns out the doors are there but the opening in the wall had disappeared....and a few others as well. Anyway, I have seen similar setups on CA before that looked great and know that I am making a rookie mistake here (I have actually watched a video on Youtube that addressed this but have forgotten the technique and now can't find the video). Any help will be appreciated.

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Hello all, I did find an old discussion topic on this topic and the response was that it could not be done in CA. That was 8 years ago...can this be done with the newer versions of CA? Thanks.

Thanks for the reply Bill, But the wall is showing as an interior wall. It has interior finish on both sides.

Hello All, This is a newbie question but I can't seem to figure it out. I am working on a project now that has a central room that has 12' ceilings and two side areas that have 8' ceilings. I've drawn the walls separating the rooms as 2"x6" interior walls. Problem is on the exterior. The roof on the side areas is 4' below the roof on the central area. Now the walls that separates the central room from the side rooms would be an interior wall below the side room roof but would be an exterior wall above the side room roof. In the elevations though the wall is shown as interior and has the interior finish instead of the siding. Does this make sense? I can't seem to figure this out and I did see a Youtube video that dealt with this quite awhile ago but can't seem to locate it now. Thanks for any help.

Thanks everyone, Looks great.

Thanks, I used that tool to curve the sides of the stairs. Can it also be used to curve the treads as well? I couldn't seem to figure that one out.

Hello All, Is there a way to curve the treads as shown in the photo? I have everything else shown...just not the curved treads. Thanks

Looks like they may have something there called "Kitchen Garden" but it's SSA only...didn't want to pay for a renewal as this is just volunteer work. Hoping there was an alternative.

I tried the "Plant Chooser" but it comes up empty when I look for vegetable plants.

Hello all, I have been tasked by a group who are planning a large community vegetable garden. I've been asked to show a rendering of the garden. I've been able to show everything so far, garden soil in rows, fencing and flowers, etc...but haven't been able to find any models of the actual garden plants...corn, tomato, potato, peppers, etc. Does anyone know of a resource for these plants? And the cheaper the better as this is a volunteer project. Thanks

Thanks fellows, that did it.

Is there a way to make a circular hole in the ceiling? My client would like a domed feature in the entryway ceiling but I can't seem to figure out a way to place a circular hole in the ceiling. Thanks

I have a client who wants the top half of the stair railing to be a solid wall and the bottom half to be standard railing. Typically, I can do this with just a standard wall from the floor to the ceilng for the solid wall section then let the software take over the rest of the railing. But in this case the client wants the solid wall to start at the stairs and extend to the ceiling...this way they can keep underneath the stairs open for a small kitchenette. I am not sure how to do this, any help would be appreciated. Thanks

Sweet, didn't even know that existed! Thanks, works great.

Hello, most likely a noobie question but it has confounded me. I have a room in which the client wants a mixture of hardwood and tile flooring, basically it has four regions with different flooring. I did this by using the room divider tool. Problem is now the Entry room is now four different areas labeled as Entry with four different area sizes listed. Is there a way to show that this one room (with four sections) is actually one room and have the correct room dimensions showing? Thanks

Michael, thank you...that was it. I must have been blind not to see that earlier..thanks again.

As a self and Youtube taught CA user I am having trouble with a Cape Cod style home. I drew the main level then placed a 10/12 roof on that level. Then I added a second level which CA placed within what was the attic. Everything is fine so far....I think. Now, I am on the 2nd level and need to add a shed dormer. So, I need to edit the existing main level roof plane to get the dormer to work, but it is on the main level. I seem to remember a Chief Tutor youtube video that moved the roof planes from the first level to the second level without the planes actually moving in the real world so that they could be edited from the 2nd level. Am I making sense? I figure this is a rookie question, but it is bugging me. Maybe I haven't tackled a Cape Cod drawing the correct way. Anyway, any help will be appreciated.

Didn't realize you could do that (I am self taught, so there is a lot I don't know). Found a tutorial on doing them manually on the Chiefarchitect.com site. Thanks fellows.

Hello, I am working on a project that has three front gable dormers. There is one over the garage, and a nested dormer (one large one over the dining room and entry, then a smaller one over the dining room...these have one common side) Anyway, I have tried doing a full gable return on each gable but get a different result for each one. For the gable over the garage the full gable return works perfectly. For the dining room gable the full gable return doesn't work but a partial gable return appears on the right side of the gable (nothing at all on the left). For the gable over the entry, nothing at all appears. Has anyone experienced something like this? Is there a way to fix it? Thanks

Thanks everyone, the contractor using the drawings to do up a quote was a little upset with me saying he now had to resubmit the window and door sizes to the manufacturer for a requote and how it would set him back a few days. I then asked him if he seriously thought the doors that were labeled 2668 were really 26" x 68" and not the industry standard 2'-6" x 6'-8". He then complained about the window sizes that show the width at 50, which he took as 50". I then asked him to look at the dimension less than 1/2" above the label which showed the window was 5' wide. Anyway, I am now manually changing the labels and will do a window schedule.