mgabriel

I believe there is a question implied in there somewhere.....try making the attic wall invisible and see what happens.  Haven't tried it, just a suggestion.  The timbers will be pline solids.

Yep, up at 5 AM here myself.  I get more work done before 7 AM than most do all day.  No interruptions....

Do you ever sleep???????  Isn't it 4:30 AM in Cali?

symbol type....when you create a symbol you can choose: fixture, molding, etc.....

Rebooted and the problem seems to have subsided for now.

Running on Mac here....just discovered an interesting problem and would like to know if it is CA in general, CA on Mac, or ME and CA.  I tried to create a symbol, but could not select anything other than the default option in the "type" dropdown list.  Then I tried to change wall type in the wall dbx.  Again, couldn't select any other option than the default.  I could drag the cursor down the dropdown list and the individual selection options would highlight.  When I would get to the option I wanted, I click, but nothing happens.

Anybody else having this issue???  I have already reported to tech support, just interested if the community is seeing this.

Try this one...no bug and ironically easier to accomplish in X5.

157 Main St. with addition v1 with Overlay.plan

Sorry, I didn't realize you were using X5.  I can revisit this tonight on X5, but the steps should be the same.  I didn't use any new X6 tools to produce my results.  It should go faster now that I know the process.  Most of the time learning these things is in understanding the order of steps and proper inputs.  I found this as a challenge to help broaden my understanding.  We do some room additions and I wanted to understand this better, so helping you helps me...thanks for that!

Symbols and stretch planes are your friend.  Unfortunately, these will be independent of your railing which is defining the room.

OR, stacking molding plines....I used this method to construct a screen porch enclosure once.

Don't think the file uploaded....try again.

157 Main St. with addition v1.plan.zip

Took some experimenting, but I got really close.  Lots of building and locking layers to make it this far. 

Items to note.  Don't delete the roof plane off in space.  If you do you will lose the existing roof trusses (even though the truss layer is locked).  Also, one truss appears in plan, but does not render in cross section or 3D views.  An error is produced during truss generation stating the problem and I will report it to CA. 

Hope this helps. 

Steps for the next time:

1) Create the original roof planes and build the associated trusses.  I then placed the "existing" roof planes and trusses on their own respective layers and locked the layer to alleviate any accidental selections and changes.

2) Drag the existing roof plane on the side of the overlay off into space and leave it.

2) Create the two "outside" roof planes.  These are the planes of the original roof that are outside of the overlay area of the new roof.  Placed on their own special layer.  Properly joined these two new layers to the existing front roof plane.

3) Built the two new roof planes and properly joined the new roof planes and the "outside" roof planes.

4) Built my Truss Base in the overlap area.

5) Built the new roof trusses.  Used the multiple copy tool and "click and drag" to place the new trusses on the room addition and the overlay area.

6) The overlay trusses were still ever-so-slightly too low, so I raised the Truss Base and forced a truss rebuild on the overlay trusses.

7) Finally, I made a small triangle roof plan to fill the void created by the differing ridge heights.

Your welcome...I had a similar problem early in my CA use and it took some time to figure things out.  Then the great DS Hall helped me with a bug issue on the truss base, so I thought it was my time to help.  Good luck.

Sorry, more details:

Create your existing roof structure.  Create your new addition roof planes (do not build roof framing yet).  Use the roof plane edges as a guide to place the Truss Base in the area where the roofs overlap.  Once the Truss Base(s) are created, build your roof framing with your trusses.

You have to create an area on the existing roof with the Truss Base tool under Build>Roof>Truss Base.  That should fix your issue.

Your foundation wall are/could be outside of the first floor walls.  Use the wall aline tool and your reference layers to assist you in your wall alignment.  Also, other rooms of which you do not want roofs, open the room dbx and select the no roof option.

On the MBP, swipe 3 fingers up on the track pad and get all windows exposed for the current application, swipe 4 fingers down and see all the active windows for each app running....or is it 3 down, 4 up....errr, you get the idea.  I find this very helpful in onscreen navigation.  Also command+tab is helpful for quick switching between apps.

Dan,

I have noticed a lag when looking at any camera views on my MBP.  I am still running mountain lion.  I don't remember the details on the hardware, but I could provide the info if needed.  I have noticed this on all plans I have tinkered with lately.  I have been seeing a 5-10 second lag when I switch from the plan view tab and the camera view tabs.

Your 108" dimension is from finish floor to finish ceiling.  You have a 5/8" finish floor system so your stacked cabinets need to be 108 5/8" to the top of the crown if you are sitting your cabinets on the subfloor.

Not currently in front of CA, but does your basement wall have the siding in the wall definition?