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Hmmm, i assumevyou also refreshed the layout box. You might need to post the plan and layout

Did you save the saved plan view?

That said, it may be helpful to start with something. I believe renerabbit alaskanson and joecarrick sell templates

my guess is the exterior front steps should only be two risers or they are adjusting the grade next to the steps. This would give you enough to get into the garage, but then that would screw up the front windows (they would need window wells). you might want to drive by and see it or look on google streetview. I also notice the garage floor looks like it is a couple inches above the bottom of the front stairs ...or they have 3 risers in the garage and they have to make sure not to drive into it Your "porch room" is set to -53" absolute floor elevation. Why is it a porch room, as it is inside the house? It should not be a porch room second, it shows 4 risers into the main house rooms. This would imply a max of 4*7-7/8 change in floor elevation. Where does -53 come from? third your garage floor is at -26 1/8" which is above -53". effectively making your garage floor above your porch room floor If it was me I'd put the garage at -3*7.5 which is -22.5 less the door rise, say 3", which would put the garage at -25.5 relative to the entry. Given the entry(porch room) is 4 risers less than the main floor, I would put your "porch room" at - 4*7.5 which is -30". Add that to the garage puts the garage floor at -30+-25.5, which is -55.5. I would then adjust the roof on the garage to match the height of the roof on the elevation ...you could also scale the elevations and measure the front risers

did you "rebuild terrain"?

you are correct rob, if I add the extra 1/8", so the heel is 7 1/8 (3.5+3-5/8) it builds correctly with the heel

normally I don not have this issue because I make it larger to accomodate better insulation as I prefer more at the wall edge. However, for this case, the roof needs to be lowered in order to "look better" next to another roof I assume this is the structure width? I assumed this was the bottom chord height I have

ah, are you saying that is what controls that? i.e. if I made the subfascia the same height as the fascia, then the facia board would not get cut horizontally like I show? interesting

energy heel was already on, the force rebuild did not work. I seem to remember a couple years ago I did a test and it would only create the energy heel if it was x amount high. Any other ideas other than manually editing the truss?

Can I get the truss lower chord to not go across in the eave area? As can be seen the soffit is intersecting the truss...erroneously

thanks, that worked

would like it to look like the red below. I tried all the combinations under roof plane->options->eave but could not find something that does per below:

attached is not quite how you have it, but it is a way without macros. For the living area for the floors, pick which rooms are needed to be included in your jurisdiction 20.09.2025_20.09.42_REC.mp4

As a last resort if you are going to do this often, you could probably pay a freelance software developer to do it by creating bookmarks in the pdf file, after the pdf file is created in CA...and then sell it to everyone else on here who needs it

Wouldn't this be determined by your jurisdiction? I do not have to delineate porches and garages here. As such I only have 1st floor, 2nd floor, basement living area, and sometimes parcel coverage on my plans

if you were permitted to display only living area, porches and garage, it would be simpler than delineating every single porch

custom schedules, using object information panel and macros is another way. There is a thread on it. Both alaskan son and rene rabbit have a polished version for sale I believe

sorry thought you were on X17. Are you saying that when the only open file in CA is your layout file, that the project browser shows these other .plan files? If so, yes the layout is referencing other files. I'm not at my CA computer, but I think from the menu for layout it is click tools->Referenced files what does it show?

I think I see where you are going. you do not like to see the old plans in the browser, or in the drop down list when selecting a reference plan. You could just delete the plan by right clicking on it in the browser? Might want to export it first so you had a backup. BTW I sort mine by date so the newest is always at the top

Interesting that it happened with the build foundation tool. ,might want to turn on all layers to see if anything is there and take a 3d look at it. You could try the wall intersection tool.

I have seen some funny things with walls. You could try deleting both walls and redrawing using the handle from the left wall

show in the broswer or are in the plan as a reference?. plan is below. There can be many plans in the browser. it does not mean they are linked/referenced. I keep backup copies there that are not linked to anything(other than being part of the project as an un referenced file)

You need a graphics card that supports realtime ray tracing. IF you have that, then yes you will get rendering like X13, except better now

Lidar on the phone is only good for ~15 ft, so exteriors do not work that I have tried I do similar workflow, but I use a photogrammery app as a back up. Which lidar app is your preference? I'm currently doing elevations from photos, and attempting to measure eave heights from ground, and then discerning a heel height and peak height. It works for "simple houses" but not those with upper roof lines which are back from the front facade. Have you found any better technique?

you might want to post the plan