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This has the limitation of only one heel height globally. If for instance one is doing an addition, and the customer wants a heel height of 12" for the addition, but the house only has 4" heel height, you will have to adjust either one or the other manually..or perhaps although I have not tried, build some, mark them as edited, then build some more with a different heel height. I find it simpler just to set the heel height for the most roof planes that have the same heel, and then TNR the others to the desired heel height, The other example is an unheated attached garage. It does not need the heel height for the insulation required here for the living space, and IMHO, a garage starts to look odd with high heel heights. As such I always set the garage to a different heel...manually

if it is an auto generated roof, and you specified heel height at 12", it should build them like that, although I typically have to build all framing to show that, as I have auto build shutoff. If you have one or more manual roof planes, when you build the roof from the build roof dialog, make sure the check box is off for the edited and manual. CA will build an auto roof over a manual roof, so you may have two roofs in the same(x,y plane) location. You will then need to delete the auto roof. To adjust the manual roof planes, as johnny says select the roof planes and use the TNR box to alter in the Z direction

the other thing I do is if you are only moving/removing an interior wall or two, I will use plines for these walls instead of walls, then turn the layer on and off. but that doesnt work so well if there is currently a door in the wall

multiple files is best IMHO. layersets method falls apart as soon as there are walls close together. you can try using no room definition walls if you want to give it a go. I do the as built, and then create copy in the project browser, and then rename that copy as my as built.

i'll double check, but auto dimensioning with the layers on as shown picks up the corner I am trying to dimension to, implying it is the main layer I'll double check this as well, it was a while ago, but I think I tried that to, but not all the way to the top where it intersects the other wall. I'll give it a whirl, thanks both

also related: watch the levels carefully, or you will go crazy changing on floor, which then changed another floor, so you go to that floor to change it, and then it changes the other floor. CA also has no concept (that I know of) of a split ceiling in a room, such as: so you need to make an room using invisible walls (shown as walls below)in the garage that matches the room above:

yes, it happens. as rosco mentions usually because there is another room or the rooms do not line up exactly. For instance for a bonus room on top of part of the garage, you would draw invisible room in the garage that matches the room above

you might want to log a ticket with support, I'd be interested in seeing what they saw. I have had similar issue but not to this degree

all layers on: like Michael indicates, I do not see them ...and turning off layer "cameras, wall elevations" does indeed turn the two below off completely

or a video of what you are doing to turn off and on and to populate

some engineers and interior designers ask for this from me. I just export it from CA and send it along. For the truss people, they have never asked for a DXF or DWG file. ...that said they have made mistakes more than once, but it wasnt because it wasn't dimensioned, it was just that they missed it or in one case, got an off angle wall incorrect

why do you do this, vs inside the dialog ? I enter the K1, K2 etc in the dialog and then just use the layer to control

ironically I just got tripped up by this yesterday, I have to remember, which I dont, that in order to make the stem wall rise above the floor in the attached garage, (And for the Stem wall top to to to actually show up as editable in the dialog) I need to check the room supplies floor for room above. Ironically I clicked on the help, hoping it would tell me how to get this to show up in the dialog, but I did not see it. Of course I hear people saying, just use a pony wall. Sure but that is more complicated...and I was almost to that point when I went back to check an old plan and did the old "compare the differences" excercise

I moved this wall out on the floor plan SPV, the dimensions on the roof SPV moved accordingly, but if I move the dimension and then try and get back the dimension to the main layer, it will not snap to it. Anyone seen something like this? If I delete it and then click on the auto exterior it then finds it correctly. But why doesnt it work when I manually try and snap to it? 06.04.2026_22.13.48_REC.mp4

there are a few in the core and bonus catalog, but I just checked and they have the same issue