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Sometimes it's just easier to set the limit on the decking with the straight deck edge and build the rest. Once you make the pieces, copy / paste and the exact placement tools make it fairly simple. You can adjust the grain in plan materials - copy>edit>rename. Change the angle to what you need in pattern And texture.

That's just weird. It'll allow the change to the reveal but not the drawer. Sounds like suggestion fodder.

Caitlin, What's your dimension default set to? I have found it will over ride many of the other functions. Try setting that to 1/64 or even 1/128. It can make layouts a little annoying so I'll switch back and forth.

signed an Imperial loving Canadian Despite all the BS - Luv ya Canada......eh Can you just open the dimension defaults and set your secondary format to metric? Or just copy your template and set the primary to metric if you don't want both.

More specifically it's Dutch Colonial. Very common in the Caribbean. It would be reasonably easy with poly line solids. If you need the properties provided by the wall use an attic wall behind or use an invisible wall and overlay it.

In defaults>floors & rooms> room labels>text style - change to custom text and check rotate with plan. For correcting without resetting all - group select (either similar items or by CTRL individually select> open transform / replicate and rotate 90° - you'll probably need to adjust location with this one. Hope that helps

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Ditto what Susan says. The immediate problem is in the terrain spec. EVErything is based off first floor. You can adjust the height of terrain below the first floor subfloor in the terrain specification. Yours's appears to be at the default. Bringing grade to the door sill without a stoop would require alternate construction technique such as reverse brick ledge or joists hung inside the foundation. Many jurisdictions require an impervious pad outside the door.

Sorry - make your stack bond here

Have you tried: open the soffit dbx go to materials (think you already changed that to brick) open plan materials, the brick you are using should be highlighted, if not go to it. COPY the material and open to edit. The angle on the first set to come up change to 90. If you want a single brick change to stack bond and adjust size. It can be a pita but sometimes you need to rotate it into place in a 3D view.......

Less convenient than your suggestion BUT a quicker work around is to use a CAD line. Gives you complete control of the line and it can be blocked to the text. Can be on it's own layer also. Just remember to turn off fill pr bring the line to the front:

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Mike, Depending on the style you're going for, you might consider borders in some of the rooms. For example (2) widths matching and (1) contrasting (cherry?) or some such. There are, also many very nice hardwood medallions that could be used strategically - say at room entrance or centered in the hall? At 5K, a thousand for a medallion shouldn't sink the budget.

Have used multiple monitors for years. You won't regret it! Mine are in windows, but when it comes to set up in hardware or software much comes down to personal preference. Asking, looking, and trying what others have is a great ala carte menu to tailor what works for you. You can even refine it further depending on the project, say, new, addition, kitchen etc. In windows I just take the windows I want to work with and drag them where I want. Typically a main screen and sub views to the side. I can also switch to my laptop if I want a third monitor.

as "they" say one man's ceiling is another man's floor. Keep in mind if you try to analyze every thing there is to build and every way to do it you'd never get anything done. The easiest way I do it is build that perimeter as you suggest. This can be anything you want that defines an area. Railings, room dividers, wall etc. Then spec the area you want open to open below. If you want a continuous wall in the tower then open the dbx for the walls (group select) open structure and make the walls balloon framing. May not be "intuitive" but it works for me. Hope this helps.

Go to the room above, highlight and specify room as open below. You can turn off label if you want or change it to whatever you want

Seriously? Argue about fire resistance assembly in a woo zee? In California? Now? I got two building inspector certifications in 1994, just to learn to read the code better. The #1 thing stressed in both courses was know how to read the code.in its entirety Always check a definition as used in the code, especially if it is the determinate word. Better yet ask the AHJ

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Hi Amy If I understand correctly, you want those walls to be frame bearing on a footing below the slab. Draw the frame wall you want 4, 6, etc. open the dbx and define under wall type. Or just change the ones you've drawn. In the dbx under General the first item is foundation wall - check it. Go to Foundation 4 steps down from general and open that up. You can now spec your footing size, offsets, fill, AND layer. If you put it on its own layer you'll have control over the footing separate from the wall. Hope that helps.

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Right click to highlight schedule like selecting any CAD box or poly and you can move the schedule where ever you want on the page. Highlight and open the dbx and you can move it from page "0" which is why it shows on all pages. You can select any sheet in the dbx.

The installers are no problem but verify you don't need the application (sketchup)

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How would it calculate the "exceptions" for a room using half the opening s.f.to another room and reducing that rooms percentage? How about the window dbx / schedule has ability to calc. L&V based on the other info contained in the dbx? IE frame, sash, window type.....pretty easy to see if that would then meet code whether 4 or 5% and areas with mech. venting can just be ignored.