GeneDavis

Thanks, @tundra_dweller, but I tried that and the exterior layers lines are still there.

I've a level 0 walkout basement, which has pony walls at the various walls that are walkout. The wall makeup is simple, 8" stemwall single layer below, OOB siding-6 above. I may have modified siding-6 to have 7/16" OSB and 1/2" siding, but what I have is a line I want to get rid of in the plan view. The line is the one with the 15/16" (OSB plus siding) offset from the stemwall line. See it in the image from layout, attached. To the R of wall break for the full height foundation, there is no line, as that wall is not a pony wall. To the L of the break, you can see the "siding" line. I want it gone. Pony wall display in the plan view is set for lower wall only. And lower wall is, as I said above, single layer 8" concrete stemwall.

Can't validate 'cause I'm just spitballin' from my phone, but I think eyedropper and painting makes duplicates.

I did a quick test plan and an unable to replicate your vertical line. I just broke a part of an exterior wall and made a segment of it like your scheme, same but no drywall inside. Something else is happening and we cannot help without your plan.

Redefine the stairwell "room" to have floor height equal to garage, and keep its spec as "open below." Break the wall where the door goes, make it balloon through floor.

In your pic, E1 is a callout. Go into your default settings and explore those for text. Play with some settings and see what you get.

It's done by you typing the word "insulated" in the comment section of the object information tab of the door's specification dialog. Same as you might want to do for those hinged doors that are foam-filled. The material spec is for assigning color and texture to the faces of doors.

How about those millions of foam-filled steel entry doors? Don't we need those auto/detailed with insulation? AFIK, insulated garage doors are built using rigid foam board. What is your preferred CAD pattern for that material?

I did a test build and indeed it applies and counts to material list, the roof finish (shingles, metal, whatever) on the under-roof of overbuilds. This is not the way it's done in the field in new construction. I'll go ahead and file a Suggestion that this be changed.

Does the count for shingled roof area, in material lists, count upper overframed roof PLUS the roof below on which the overframing bears?

Chief plans when doing electrical typically show "connections" for switching only, not circuits. Thus outlets are placed on walls and cabinets and wherever, but are not shown with circuit connection lines. I place GFCI receps where required by code and the electrical contractor has a choice how to arrange circuits.

Here ya go. I gave the extender a color. Five minutes twenty two seconds, would have been quicker if I had closed my other Chief files with all the open views.

What is a lot of work? Modeling a house in Chief? I did this in a couple minutes, but did not go the extra mile and do the surround jamb extension inside. I'll go back to the model, set the timer, and do the surround. The window is set inside the ICF wall, which is the way I do these. Fixed to the bucks with straps.

I looked closer and the cross hatch panel library element for railings shrinks and stretches depending on a wall's railing geometry. It is not fixed. I'm not certain Chief can program this to produce a 4x4 wire grid no matter the panel height or width, and height and width change depending on how one specifies rail and newel placement. May have to SUGGESTION this.

It makes a great hog panel railing look, but I'd like it to be a real 4 inch x 4 inch pattern. It's not, being around 5 1/4 H x 5 7/8 W. Is this a hard-coded thing, or is there a way to a.) make it 4x4, and b.) make the wire thinner like the 6 gage (0.162") wire of hog panel.

Unblock the windows. Open both and go to frame tab. Make sure "fit frame to wall" is unchecked. Play with inset and frame depth until things look good, then block/mull. When this is done, you will lose the surround of the unit, and let's think real world build 3D. Such a window unit will have head, jamb, and sill jamb extenders. You can create the right look with a 3D molding. I do a 2D wall elevation and get my perimeter by going CAD detail from view, then paste it in place in the live section, and make the molding.

@winterdd Why haven't you put it up as a suggestion in the Suggestions section? Which jurisdiction requires this on con docs you produce? Do they also do the "average" thing? Be specific in your write-up.

Understanding and using default settings. Use the Chief training videos.

You can designate in the room dialogue if the room's included in living area. Rooms like porches and garages and decks default as "no" or unchecked. Chief doesn't have a way to tally and display two totals. Write it up as a suggestion. It seems to be a convention in some sunbelt locales to list the two figures in real estate listings. Plans in Metro Dade FL may need this. Plans in Collier county don't.

Losing the wall removed the window but I got it back. Thanks.

Plan file here. Bly floor trusses_2024_05_30_08.plan

I figured it out. And it is an issue I filed a Suggestion about long ago. Rim joists are different from joists in the way the structural member reporting counts. One can set a rim item in the member reporting list at 20 foot length, and a second line same member but 16 feet length. But the only way rim materials report is from the longest length in the list. That is why my 15 footers were counted as 20 and not 16. Joists on the other hand are tallied the same way wall framing studs get counted. 8 foot wall studs report at 8 feet, 9 foot wall studs report as 9.

This is only a problem for me on the front elevation of this plan. There is a line that shows up in the plot line elevation view that I want to go away, but do not know how. See the pics. I show the live elevation in the plan, and the selected area is showing up in the dialog as "exterior room." Its top edge is what is producing the line on the plot line elevation I have in layout. The condition is not happening on the sides and rear elevations. What could this be and how to fix?

Thanks! I can place a watermark on a SPV, but have not idea how it translates to the layout page, 'cos I did not sent it over.

Es possible?