GeneDavis

Everybody thinks their roofs are complex, but there have been plenty of complex roof examples done mostly auto, right here on the forum, that show auto roofs delivering most of work. Show us one that is too complex for this to be the case, and don't wing a curveball like a Chinese pagoda at us.

Floor zero has a problem. I ran check, made sure the rooms were checked to be included, and did not return a Living Area number. Check says the plan has problems but does not identify them.

I went to the CA Site, home page, did a search screening for videos, typed "material painter" in search, and it returned 33 results. There is plenty to read and watch and learn.

Use the Help files and read up on the uses of the spraypaint and roller-paint tools.

I wrote up a suggestion last fall to be able to manually draw lookouts. It might be moot if we can draw purlins in X13. As for extending the top plate of the framed gable wall, to reach the subfascia, Chief won't do this, but you can, when editing the wall framing detail.

Some of us that know how to help you (like me) are going to ask that you first really try to solve this yourself. You need to know about Chief's room definition dialog, in which you specify floor structure. You also need to know about Chief's foundation builds in which you can specify and build the monolithic slab with any kind thickened edge details you need. Have you watched the available training videos about these topics, easily found on the Chief website? Have you reviewed the help files in the program for information about these topics?

Show us your dbx for ceiling structure.

What's the meaning of "glass" as relating to size? How does outside of frame differ from tip to tip? Have you looked closely at the entire specification dialog for windows, and tried things out? When dimensioning, do you want to dimension to sides of unit? Sides of rough opening? Center?

What's a trey ceiling? I know what trey is in basketball and card games, but in architecture and building, no.

Separate thread in Chat Is better, but my experience building taught me to first strap the bottom chords in steel channel, that simple cheap acoustic one, on 16" centers, and then 5/8 rock on that. The sheetrockers throw up that channel so fast and cover it you hardly get a chance to see it. Edit: resilient channel. https://www.ebay.com/itm/RC1-Resilient-Channel-86-lengths-32-pack-/192842078103

But MOST importantly, get some training. As in . . . Get Some Training At the Chief website, search for training videos that teach wall definition, videos that teach about material textures, and about the use of material regions on walls. There are many training videos available on YouTube, some produced by Chief, the rest privately

So you changed a single layer foundation wall from having its texture as "concrete" to a stick-on-faux-stone texture? Some of us might have added a 2" finish layer to the exterior of our concrete foundation wall, and given THAT 2" layer the river stone texture. But with Chief, hey, it's flexible, and you can build it any way you want.

And though the pitches differ for this irregular ("bastard") hip, the fascia heights must match.

By setting the floor elevation at -6"? Have you tried this?

Trim's applied to sheathing not framing.

HardiePlank is 5/16" thick and laid up it's closer to 3/4" at max, so that's how I've set it in the wall build. We use cornerboard at 5/4 thickness (1") and since Chief places cornerboards ATOP the siding, I specify the CBs at 1/4". If you prefer a "flush" look then go with 1/16" over whatever you've set for siding, to avoid z-fighting. We won't do "flush" because it won't permit well-caulked joints where claps resolve into trim.

My bad. Had not tried it and thought those posting pics had resolved it with layer settings. Maybe copy the file, re-material framing as OPEN-NO MATERIAL, and see what happens with the 3D Framing view.

If you want the cab sides gabled, you're going to need even more time making p'solids.

The 3D Framing View is the key.

There needs to be an option for doing it either way.

Find a way to get some one-on-one personal training, BnC. If it takes getting into town, to a place where you can be connected to the web, work it out. Do the miles. Put in the time. If you cannot figure out how to edit cornerboards, you need a trainer to show you how.

Show us how. And how it can yield the count in 16' lengths as it can for framing with structural member reporting.

2017 SU Free "Make" can be downloaded and used. I did it three weeks ago. But no 2018.

Glenn's method will yield material counts. Not so for battens done as material regions.

For material lists we can have a "master " list. Do we for this "Bates?" And can it please be automatic?