tommy1

Wow, sometime today I'll post a plan. Didn't think it was too hard to place 4 walls, auto roof and 2 ceiling planes.

Yea Shane I thought of that but due to this situation that wouldn't help for I needed one ceiling plane to show. This is the 1st. time I can think of that I can't turn something off in layer display.

My brother has been able to do it by coping the joints but I certainly wouldn't recommend it unless your very good at coping.

BTW, since I could fix this on my computer by doing this, I don't believe the problem is with you dwg import. It's probably because something is a million miles away from the plan....even a real short cad line can cause this.

Ok Mark, try this. I've seen this problem before and this is my quick fix. I tried it before posting this and it worked for me. When I hit "fill screen". it was showing as a small dot in plan view as shown by you and Mick. It also took a little time to bring up. This will probably solve your issues. It did for me. 1. Open a new blank plan. Would probably be good to be sure your default settings are the same. 2. Go to original plan with the problem and be on the 1st. floor. 3. Go to an "All On" layer set to be sure everything is on. 4. Be sure you are zoomed in close enough so you can see everything. 5. Go to top edit tab>Edit Area>Click on Edit Area (All Floors)> draw a marquee around the entire plan without going too far outside the plan. 6. With everything selected in the marquee, hit copy. 7. Go to new plan you opened and hit Control/ ALT/ V or hit paste in place. 8. Name your new plan file before closing. Problem should be fixed. When I did this, the plan opened fast, "Fill Screen" tool worked just fine. No problems. If you don't follow, I can do an online meeting with you and show you.

Looked at your plan. I believe I know a way to fix your problem easily. Seen this before. Be back in a little bit or call me 832-754-6160. Need to step outside for a minute.

If it is a plot plan from the engineer, import it in decimal feet.

Mark, if you don't get this figured out, give me a call if you like 832-754-6160.

I'm not following. This looks like a dwg of the house plan...generally not something you get from an engineer and to me would not be a plat map. Opened instantly for me. This is a dwg of the floor plan so you would have to trace it if you want to model it or draw it per the dimensions shown.

What I do is turn off snaps and move arrow away from text box.

I ran across this issue a few weeks ago and am now asking about it. Here is how you can duplicate it. So easy I didn't think I needed to post a plan. 1. Place 4 walls and place a default auto hip roof (8:12 I believe is default pitch). 2. Place two ceiling planes at a 4:12 pitch (gable style) to create a false ceiling. 3. In room DBX, remove ceiling so the ceiling planes show. 4. In layer display, create a new layer like "roof off" or whatever. 5. Place one roof plane (or more) and one ceiling plane (or more) on that new layer so you can turn it off in all views (right?). 6. In plan view, turn off the new layer in layer display. Those items turn off in plan view as expected. 7. Take a Full Overview camera shot and turn off that new layer. The roof plane turns off in camera view as expected BUT the ceiling plane doesn't. Why? Since the ceiling plane is actually a roof tool, you would think that they would be treated the same but they're not. Obviously it is not a given that if you put something on its own layer, you can turn it off in all views. Bottom line, why doesn't the ceiling plane turn off in a camera view? It does in plan view. My option in the plan I was working in was to copy the plan and remove the ceiling planes to explain a certain situation.

He was trying to lay down a specific railing flat on the ground (not upright). Had to explain that the railing is a wall and not a symbol. I had to copy that short railing to a blank plan>convert to symbol> place in library> then he could rotate it to lie flat on the ground. He also had a problem with a roof plane that he has a symbol for to fix it but without looking at the original roof plane settings, I would guess that he has the sub fascia setting wrong and was therefore losing the fascia and gutter.

Keep in mind that sometimes when you rotate the object as mentioned, it sometimes will throw off how it appears in plan view vs 3D views. If so, you'll have to make an adjustment on the origins of the symbol. If you have troubles with this, let me know and we'll do an online meeting.

Glenn has it right. That's exactly what I told him. Since he is a very new user, I wanted to be sure he understood.

I'll call you. there's a little trick to make that work.

I helped him for a while this morning online with his roof and dormers. Got most of it done but are definitely some plan issues that could be fixed. Don't know if he wants me to help clean up more of it. He's only had the program for a few weeks so you know there is going to be some issues.

Rockne, If you like, I would be happy to show you some things on roofs tomorrow, Friday, if you like online. No charge for this, just willing to help if desired. I use TeamViewer for online meetings. If you want, just type teamviewer in your search engine and it will come up. Just download the "free version". Very easy and is a secure program. The new version is TeamViewer 14. Happy to try and answer any other question you might have. Send me an email at my email address shown in my signature below or good also to contact me on my cell 832-754-6160. Happy Thanksgiving.

Rochne, I would keep the room definition as a porch. Just be sure it has a roof and a ceiling, It needs the ceiling to start with so Chief has a plate height to work with. Also, if the room is defined as a closet, then if you put a door going into the house, it will be an interior door when it should be an exterior door.

This is basically what I did.

I will post a pdf of plan view on basically what I did.

The very first thing I do when starting a new plan is to name it.

Yea. I did something similar in a new plan and everything generated just fine. Anyway, if I run into something that doesn't generate automatically correct, then I don't fight the program, doing it manually will get it done faster.

Made a small change. Moved front roof back to wall. first attempt.plan

What about something like this? Manually edited. X10 first attempt.plan

Here is your plan with roof edited to walls as drawn. test.plan