GeneDavis

But Rene, we thought your font of choice was Century Gothic! I went all-goth because of you! So it's Ariel? Or Arial? I am so disappoint.

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Did your template plan get updated?

Maybe you should soak in some training: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/6022/foundation-slab-full-basement-crawl-space-dutch-cottage-design.html You model the building first, then Chief builds your monolithic thickened-edge slab foundation for you on level 0.

Why not just extend a section of the main roof down to cover the bumpout? And you ought to make a signature block in your profile to describe your Chief software and the hardware on which you run it.

Thanks, but no, that wall has to be "cut" by the ceiling plane in the kitchen-dining room, so that the result looks like my image. And it also needs a cut on its exterior side because above the roof, it gets siding, and below the roof, gets no siding.

An upper wall between two spaces needs to be shaped so as to ride atop a carry beam, part of a timberframe bent. See the image. Here is the file. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_m21MY0Num-MAuFgWjkOsx1WSRL2vwBd/view?usp=sharing I screwed up the model somehow. Unable to get the shaped wall with a visible wall, I did it as an invisible one, and put a p'solid in the space where needed. I would like to be able to do it with a visible wall. I drew a line around the area where I need some how-to advice.

Show us how ACAD looks. Use the same font. Has anyone suggested (in Suggestions) that Chief offer a stacked fraction option?

Great job! Now play with the pitch a little. Select both planes, lock fascia height, see how it looks at 11, then 10, then 9.5, and keep checking how much ceiling you get for each up in that upper half-floor. Then raise up both in the z direction. Look at the photo again. The front fascia height looks to be up around the ten foot elevation. Rear maybe eight.

If you can take a pic, you can measure it. Use the measurements and do an asbuilt!

You can't. Upgrade to 13 and it's there for you. See this video, go to the 48 second mark, and watch. https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/5516/what-s-new-in-x13-drafting-project-management.html?playlist=177

I'm using Century Gothic printing at 4-1/2 height for 1/4" scale, and no problems. Ever been on a jobsite where they're working in metric, and listen to the dimension callouts by carpenters laying out? Sure sounds better that way, but we are stuck with imperial.

My existing system (see sig below) really crawls through walkthroughs I create. What I am asking is whether I can expect better speed when I upgrade to the RECOMMENDED system for X13. I'm getting that late this week, I hope.

I've only X12 and my present system for a frame of reference. X13 won't run any 3D at all on my setup. No sections, elevations, or camera views.

My system is old, but it's a gaming laptop and fast for its age. I've a new one coming, i7 11th gen, 3070, 32 GB. On the present setup, recording a video seems to take forever. I am wondering what kind of improvement in speed I'll see with the new box. A lot of you have upgraded getting ready for X13, so tell us what you've experienced.

That's it, Mark. Thanks!

Not that intuitive, other than diamond and dogear both begin with a "d." You need to fiddle your way through all the arch types to get there. Even the word "arch," is too broad, and not really descriptive of a peaked diamond-shaped window.

Here is the plan file. https://www.dropbox.com/s/u5i3w3lvru9v4id/BZ kitchen dining vaulted.plan?dl=0

Tried that and failed. But thanks.

Something is kinky with a plan. Window labels are on for the auto-generated exterior elevation views. One window in a group of three, nothing is mulled, the rightmost, displays its label in zooms closer than where the elevation camera needs to be, but the label goes off when zooming out. The layout is done using plot lines. Open the elevation view in the plan file, and no labels on these. Zoom in and they appear. In both cases it is the rightmost window. This is the case for one window on the front elevation, and one on the rear. Plan views show the labels correctly, and the window schedule gives the correct counts. I have attached a closeup of the layout images, for both cases.

I'm waiting for a new laptop with a 3070, and sure hope it handles x17.

Thanks! Can't wait to try it out when I get the new 3070 machine. Here is the detail we like to use.

How does X13 handle this? My PC won't run it, so I can't see details. I raise the deck, i.e. the floor or bottom, so as to house the undercabinet lighting. In the last millenium, that meant housing pucks or boxes or whatever, and the raise was 1" sometimes more. Now with tape, it's just a fraction, but it's something. How's it go in X13?

How'd they do it on a roof plane?