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I did take a look at that, but didn't see that it explained how to do quite what I was after- change the pitches of multiple shed roof planes based on the same wall.

That could work. Out of curiosity, do you know of there would be a way of doing that, but then changing the pitches of the roofs?

My thought (which may be dumb) was to keep the wall heights on the back the same and only alter the pitches of the planes. I don't know how to change the pitches while using automatic rebuild- I've tried breaking the wall and defining different pitches by wall, but they change the whole roof, not just that portion.

Hey everyone- I'm trying to build a roof like this, but don't know what its name is, so I can't look up how to do it. tried to use google image search and it told me it was a shed roof (duh), a monitor roof, and a clerestory roof, none of which really fit. Does anyone know the correct name for this style or how to build it without resorting to manual planes or cheats? Thanks, much appreciated.

Both of those options fix the appearance of the wall, but when I delete the wall and make another wall of the same type I have to do it again. Is there a way to make that setting permanent?

Hey all- I'm trying to define various wall types- both interior and exterior with either T&G interior siding, or drywall. As far as I understand it, there are two locations where you can modify a wall's materials- the wall type definitions, and the materials panel on an individual wall. My problem is that those two sources of information aren't matching up and are resulting in an incorrect appearance for my walls. For example, I'll create my default exterior wall (2x6 with lap siding, OSB, and T&G), open it in the wall definition dialog, make a copy, and change it to drywall. Then I go to the materials panel, and it still says that the interior finish is T&G, so I change it to drywall there. Now it looks correct in the plan, BUT if I delete it, create a new default exterior wall, and change it to the wall that I just defined correctly, it will show up with T&G on the inside. The wall type is the same way I set it, but the material in the material panel is back to T&G instead of drywall. If I set the new wall as the default it'll appear correctly when I re-create it, but I don't need it as the default, just as an option in the wall types. And as soon as as I set a different wall as the default it won't appear correctly. It seems like the material panel should be taking information from the wall definition unless I change it, but it doesn't seems to be communicating with the wall type information...? Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks, I'll have a go at the material lists.

I've been looking all over trying to find a simple way of finding wall area for use in ordering interior siding material. There seem to be a lot of methods and workarounds, but no simple, standardized way to find it. Why isn't this something you can just add to a wall schedule? Am I missing something? And if not, why hasn't Chief added a way to do this, and is there a way to request an upgrade like this? Thanks

Does anyone know how to do either of these trim details- the arched top or the clipped corners- within the window specification instead of building the cases with 3d solids? That's how I've been doing it, and it does work, but is very time-consuming. Thanks!

Okay, good to know. I had thought I had deleted the additional files, but evidently not. Thank you!

I'm having a weird problem with my electrical objects- this building has a vaulted ceiling with a small enclosed loft, which I made with the build floor tool, and then divided with a rail-less deck edge, and made the main area open below. The issue is that when I place electrical objects on the first floor, they float in the air where the ceiling would be if the loft extended across the building. If I place them on the second floor, they display on both floors, but I can't edit them on the first floor, and don't want them displaying on the first floor. It's not ideal, but if I could cover the objects on the second floor with a CAD box, it would work for now. The problem is that the boxes I've tried to use display behind the objects, and I can't get them to move forward. I'd really appreciate some help with this one- I've linked the file below, thanks in advance! https://we.tl/t-sr1QtKgqRP

Renerabbitt- I did what you suggested, and it looks like it's working. Would appreciate if someone else would try opening the plan through the wetransfer link and let me know if it's working for them. https://we.tl/t-sr1QtKgqRP

Okay, I got that far, but it's still too big to attach. What next?

I'm using x17 and can't for the life of me figure out how to export a zipped file small enough to share in chieftalk. I know there was a tool in older versions where you could export a zipped file directly from a program, but looks like its no longer around. I'd really appreciate a detailed walkthrough or a video to explain it. Now for an even dumber question- how do you imbed pictures in a post? Yes, I'm an idiot. Thanks for the help!

Fixed! Thanks.

What do you mean by "drawn on the even 1/2" increment?" Do you mean the dimensions in the window dbx? Yeah, no problem about not opening the image, I just need to learn how to imbed pics.

I'm trying to dimension a floorplan, and for some reason my measurement lines aren't consistently measuring my window and door openings. I have them all set to half an inch under round numbers for width and height, but sometimes the dimension line will display the rounded number and sometimes the fractional number. Any ideas? Inconsistent Window and Door Measurements Problem.pdf

Designers_Ink, I looked in the dbx and it was already unchecked. I'll get it updated tonight and see if that fixes it.

Does anyone know how to get rid of these X's? They still display if I turn off electrical objects. It only happens in elevations, as shown. Hope it'll be an easy one.Electrical X problem.pdf