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20 hours ago, Ringos said:

"My cupola is stuck in the 2nd floor which looks like the attic. What do I do?"

 

Break the roof around the cupola to allow it to come through. 

Make sure to make the ceiling is high enough in the cupola that it will stand above the ridge. Adjust your roof planes around it so it can stick through. I don't do cupolas often but they are pretty straight forward once you get the hang of it. Practice on a blank plan and then move over to your current plan. On This house mine was created on floor "3" which is technically the attic on this plan.

Can someone point me in the right direction to create this cabinet? Ideally I'd like to make the top half separately from the bottom half. I just need to figure out how to create the arched top door like in the photo below and keep the face frame the same piece.

Whenever I design a house with a monolithic slab that have a wall that is under 12", the fill style of that wall changes to concrete. How do I stop this from happening or change these walls to have no fill like the other walls? See pics and plan attached.Test Foundation.plan

I work from home and an office and I get this message everyday. Called Chief Tech Support and they helped me change the settings but It still persists. So for now I make sure I go into my digital locker and deactivate my license and reactivate it whenever I move from office to office. That seems to be an annoying but reliable fix. 

Does anyone have a tile like THIS? 

I work on both a Macbook Pro and a Windows desktop and run into this anytime I switch machines. I just do what Perry says and it fixes it. Kind of a pain in the butt, I just figured it was a operating system hiccup. You learn something new everyday.  

37 minutes ago, Gawdzira said:

"Is 1970 angled cedar siding making a comeback?"

 

Bite your tongue.

I live in a neighborhood built in the early 1990's and some of these houses have it. Lol

You might get better results if you created a new post with your problem and plan attached.

I've been through 3D warehouse as well as Chief's library catalogs and haven't come across anything that looks realistic. I'm on the hunt for something like Heat & Glo's True 42" Gas Fireplace Insert. If anyone has a symbol they'd like to share, I'd be greatly appreciative. Thank You and Happy New Year!

Post the plan and Ill take a look. Just a guess but it sounds like the stem wall top isn't following be top of the slab. Make sure BOTH fields have the same number. There are other factors that could be affecting this as well but it's all just a guess until you post the plan.

I'm not 100% sure what your talking about but I'll give it a shot. If you want to lower the porch slab and keep the porch beam hgt at the same hgt of the main floor, then just change the two numbers next to the red arrows in my pic and it should drop the floor and leave the clg/beam height of the porch alone.

Hey guys. Thanks for posting your doors. Joe sent me a pm last night with a video walking me through the steps to create the door. Attached is what I came up with. I don't have a lot of time to create symbols lately, but this was extremely simple once Joe pointed me in the right direction.

Steel and Glass Door 36_ x 72_.calibz

I was curious if anyone had a door like this in their library they'd be willing to share. Quite a few builder's in my area have been requesting this style of door lately. Size probably doesn't matter at this point, but 72" x 96" is the size I most commonly use. Thanks in advance! 

To solve the next problem after the "soffit fix" you'll need to poke around in the roof's structure tab and get your framing sizes correct. Hopefully this gets you on the right path. Good luck!

Open the porch dialogue box and select "Use soffit surface for ceiling" under the structure tab. That solves one problem.

18 hours ago, KristianBouw said:

my air conditioner is broken 

Well get off the forum and call a service tech. Lol. What an odd thing to add to a thread. 

2 hours ago, joey_martin said:

 

I use the material region tool. Takes more time, but looks better.

Joey, you never cease to amaze me. I get so excited when you comment on a post. Lol. That board and batten looks amazing.

21 hours ago, joey_martin said:

Made my own closet block years ago to give me the look I want. Just CAD lines blocked and added as needed.

Off topic question... What font is that? Very nice and clean layout.

HERE is a link to the video.

Yes sir. I'm watching it now. Thanks!

What did I miss? Was this in a video? Lol

28 minutes ago, diyDehnel said:

the program chooses to simple change a dimension I have previous set EXACTLY.

Hmm. I've never had this happen to me. Now, on the other hand, I have accidently moved walls by my own mistakes. Perhaps you're doing the same thing?

Mike beat me to it. I've used some of these in the past. Might not be exact, but close enough to get your point across. 

13 minutes ago, Chrisb222 said:

Another point: I try to keep auto on as long as possible when in the initial concept phase. Homeowner wants to add 2' to the garage in both directions? Bam, roof follows right along.

That is a very good point.