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I usually move roof planes with the transform/replicate tool when I need to adjust their position.

It is a conflict with the ceiling. If you suppress the ceiling on your roof planes the offending bits go away. You may need to suppress the ceiling n your porch as well. You can then use the ceiling plae tool to create a custom ceiling plane to suit your design. To suppress ceiling on roof - Roof plane dbx - options tab - uncheck "use room ceiling finish" To supress porch ceiling - Room specification - structure tab - uncheck "ceiling over this room"

A shadow board is applied to the fascia. The frieze is below the eave, against the wall.

I use them for roofs as well.

I've reported this bug also.

This is how I do it as well.

I find it helps to draw some construction lines to help me get the measurements for the dialog box entries.

If each component (door, window, etc) was given a unique prefix in it's label that keyed it to an apartment then they would be separated in the schedule by apartment. You could not generate individual schedules, but you could organize the data in one schedule.

If you get interior dimensions with the exterior tool, the walls are not closed in some area of the plan. After that, I deal with any legibility concerns with some manual editing.

confirm the "Windows. Labels" layer is on.

Mine is set to zero and I've never fiddled with it until now. I think if I wanted the effect that setting provides I would just use a back clipped section. Though, now that I know it's thee, who knows...

How you make it depends on what you know about the roof. In your case, with an existing roof, I'd create the clipped plane at the measured pitch and make the eave side the measured length. I'd copy the ridge height of the main gable and enter it in the dialog box for the clipped plane. But yes, it may involve some trial and error, or more likely measuring in cross section to get it located properly.. With a new construction project I'd establish my desired plate height and pitch and adjust the roof plane to suit.

We call it a Dutch Gable or a Clipped Gable. I've made them only with custom roof planes

I'm perfectly content with the 2D tools.

I use dropbox with no glitches.

Yes, this one.

I would refute the notion that Chief is not geared toward architects. (I have peers that still believe architecture can only happen with a pen - people can be wrong about lots of things.) I made the switch from ArchiCAD about 8 years ago and have not once second guessed the decision. The level of complexity you can impart on the design is limited only by your creativity, not the software (though familiarity with the tools will help you pull off the more complex solutions.)

I'd use a custom countertop

From Pascalli post it sound to me like he wants as true as possible representation to evaluate shading. (For rendering purposes I edit the default sun angles to the same numbers as you 65, 155, 245, 335 for each of the 4 elevations)

You can set your time zone, latitude, and longitude in Preferences > CAD > Sun Angle There are CAD line tools for a North Pointer and Sun Angle. The dialog box for the Sun Angle Line lets you set a date and time to project the sun at any time of day. I don't think you need to use the north pointer line of north is the top of your screen. If north is another direction, the sun angle line will be relative to the north pointer line.

I don't understand binary - how can you have two of nothing?

Without a closet the realtor may not call it a bedroom, likewise for permit review in some towns here.

Why such a tease Glenn? Are you going to share how you accomplished that? I'd love to know as well.

Joe, I don do it regularly, but the system I devised involved 2 plan files linked to one layout. One plan has the model, the other all the cad details. Should the other team member need to work on the plan, they could do do in a copy of the plan file. To allow someone to make a copy of the file you need to check "Disable file locking" in the File Management preferences. There was always a team member who was the keeper of the master file. The other person makes their edits in a copy of the file that has a unique name. Ideally these edits are in a defined part of the file. The keeper of the master file then opens the copied file , selects the edited portion, and executes a "paste in place" to bring the changes in to the master file. A bit cumbersome, and requires communication about who is working where when both are making plan file edits, but it works.

Thanks Scott. You can keep calling me the Maokster. I can't recall why I made the change when registering for the new forum...