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Excellent. I had tried that, but hadn't used the no room definition setting so it wasn't working. I had run into the problem with the railing breaking back downward before as well so this info is really helpful. Thank you very much for taking the time to download and view my plan. I had actually worked around the problem by copying and pasting the stairway to the 2nd floor and making it sligjlty less wide than the original on the 1st flloor, but this is a better solution than having two stairways accupying the same place. Still wish you could offset the railing along with the newells.

Thanks for the suggestions, but Chris's solution doesn't really work. Manually drawing the railimg won't work because there is already an interior wall where the railing needs to be. (It's under the stairs). I tried a pony wall with the lower 1/2 as an interiuor wall and the upper 1/2 as a railing but that didn't work either. I can't move the landing in or out because the platform under the landing won't align with the interior wall under the steps then. I've been using Cheif for at least 12 years and this has always been a problem. The plan is available for download at the link I posted above.

Wondering if anyone has any idea how to move the railng on the steps in to align with a raling on the landing above, The newells can be offset but the railing doesn't follow. The plan in question can be accessed here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1IuW5QSPCDAk7XrYQc8pKaDD1qJjOsJuZ?usp=sharing

Thanks for explaining that Kbird1

Actually think it may have to do with "Partition Wall" check box in Define wall specification dialogue.

So, yeah there are definitely issues with moving all wall layers into the main layer section, IOt does make wall intersections look better but creates dimensioning and platform issues. Here's .jpgs

Actually discovered that be redefining wall types to include all layers in Main Layer the intersections look better and the "edit wall layers intersections" tool seem to be more functional. I'm guessing there will be some unwanted side effects.

Tried everything I can to get the wall intersections to look right with the "edit wall layers intersections" tool but really haven't had much luck. In General wall intersections look right till you have more than one wall intersecting at the same point. Thoughts anyone ? Wall Intersection 2.pdf Wall Intersection 1.pdf

Thanks everyone. Unfortunately these go on closets where I had normal bypass doors. No room for the rails to extend past the opening more than a few inches. Will probably have top draw something. As popular as these seem to be getting I was surprised I didn't find one already drawn on Sketchup. Once the client sees it on DIY I'm doomed.

Just wondering if anyone has an idea of how one might draw a Bipass Barn Door in CA. (X13) Checked Sketchup 3D warehouse and didn't find anything there. Seems like Barn doors are the rage. I personally think they suck

Thanks Kbird1. I'm going to give it a try.

So I just added Signature with my computer specs. Updated Graphics Card with Latest Driver from NVIDIA Checked Shader Model with Direct X Caps viewer which indicates 6.5 Updated Windows. Still no graphics in X13 so back to wondering if a graphics card update is appropriate.

Just downloaded x13 and found current video card isn't up to snuff. Not really wanting to buy a new desktop just yet. Attaching specs for existing desktop. Anyone have a recommendations for a new graphics card. Hoping not to spend a boatload of money if possible since I will probably get a new machine with in the next year or so. Thanks , Chuck

Thank you very much Michael. That did the trick. I'd forgotten about the island room issues. Haven't had to draw one in a while. Chuck

Thanks Ryan, Using glass house view I found that the missing lights were in the attic above the 2nd floor. I have no idea why. Plan is very much a work in progress. Attaching below. Roberts 71921.plan

Strange issue. In a certain area of my kitchen plan ceiling lights disappear in camera view but not on floorplan. I can drag a light into that area and it disappears, As you can see in attached .jpgs there is a ceiling fan and pedant light that show up on floor plan and not in the camera view. In fact , as noted above, if I drag one of the pendant lights that do show up just outside of that area into that area they disappear from camera view. Can't find any hidden objects that may be obscuring them. Offset from ceiling is set to 0. No soffit in that area. They don't appear on floor above or below. Closed and reopened program, no change. Using X12. Been using Chief for 13 years and haven't run across this before. Any ideas.

Thanks for advice. Eventually solved problem using wall specification/materials. Even though the lower exterior wall indicated "no change" I was able to select it and change the material to the appropriate material in the plans material list.

Anybody have any idea whats going on with the intersections of these deck railings and the exterior walls? Cant get the original default siding to go away at the intersection. Have tried editing default material and making adjustments with the wall layer extents tool.

Okay, Thanks, Just reset wall materials for all three rooms to default materials using room materials tab. Then used wall materials tab to reset to desired material. Seems to have worked.

Hmm. Three Porches in a row. Separated by walls. All three have "No Change" in the room definition dialogue "materials" specification, but only having trouble changing wall material on one particular wall. Not actually sure how wall materials get set to "No Change" in the room definition dialogue.

Thanks, I'll investigate further looking at room settings. It's a wall between two "Porches" Have a wall at the other end of the center porch that isn't having the same problem.

Anyone know why exterior material on a wall would be set to "No Change" ? Every time I try to change it it reverts back to default material. Have deleted it, redrawn it Tried different wall types, but this particular wall won't let me change exterior material.

Hi Larry,. I also always check keep deck framing and uncheck auto rebuild deck framing, but when I change a deck room from Deck to Unspecified all my deck framing still disappears In my current situation I have custom deck framing under a 3 season room and want to change the room to unspecified so my electrical outlets don't show up as weather proof. Have you run into this problem ? Chuck MTL Homes

Thanks Gawdzira. I'll mess with it this evening. Been using CA for 8 years or so (self taught) and obviously don't visit the forum much. Have encountered this problem a couple of times before and managed to work around it by messing with roof framing settings, but since building has picked up and I'm really busy these days thought I'd check to see if anyone had other ideas before I spent too much time on it. It would be nice to be able to draw it the way its going to be built with both rafters landing on 97 1/8 inch top plates 9 1/4 inch rafters on the 10:12 pitch and 5 1/2 inch rafters on the 3:12 pitch. If I come up with any other solutions I will be sure to post them on this thread.

Trying again to attach .jpg . Should show problem of fascia not matching when different pitches intersect in 3D. In real life not a problem, just trim the fascia off flat on the bottom of the steeper pitch or make the appropriate miter cuts. Constructive replies only please.