joey_martin

Thanks @rgardner I'm in north central Indiana but we are licensed in Illinois. Shoot me an email and I will have a look. joeymdp@gmail.com

I assume you placed long crickets in there to shed the water in those valleys. At least I hope you did.

I have an off the shelf HP with an older nVidia card, so I can't use RTRT, but other than that I am using it for multiple projects right now. Seems fine for me.

Use the landing tool to make those individual steps.

Thank you Robert.

I don't have it. I know nothing of Ruby or macros other than the OOB macros.

Almost 17 years with Chief and still can't simply get the length of a board to show as feet - inches. Anyone know why this aspect is so far behind? Is there a macro?

Look in the roof dbx. Make sure you migrate your user library forward as well.

Start at the foundation level, and work your way up. You need to specify in the wall set up what aligns with the outer edge of the foundation and it will start to make more sense.

Send him/her the model.

He isn't using a slab...

2 Things. 1) Try reversing the Main Layer of the interior wall to match the main outside layer of the exterior walls. If that doesn't work... 2) simply grab that segment of foundation wall in 3D and drag it up to snap into place at the correct elevation.

Go to the wall definition and change the side of the wall that receives the dims. ...all the back to versions before the X....

Not if their smart enough to keep the architect/designer on to watch over silliness like that.

You will also be shocked at how often...well, maybe...at how often roofing contractors over estimate roofing materials and end up cutting into their profits. I will tell you 100% that the Chief numbers for roofing materials are accurate. They can add 10% for waste, or what ever percent they use, and they love saving $$ and time.

If that's the case, your model is the problem. My guys love that I can shoot them quick numbers right from the model. Need roofing? Give me 5 seconds. Need flooring? Give me another 5 seconds.

Maureen's method would give you that wall if auto roofs are turned on, I would just draw a roof plane and set the fascia height to match the main roof and your done. Size accordingly and add the bracket.

I doubt it can be done automatically. The CAD standard are for vertical dims to be read from the right side of the page.

Did you select the wall and rebuild the framing for it? Perhaps it shot up there when you turned off the FLAT CEILING option and added the ceiling plane.

Do the math and use the transform/replicate tool to do an an exact rotation of the polyline.

From experience..... You current work flow needs to change, honestly. I don't mean to sound harsh, but I have been exactly where you are, and it simply doesn't work. I/we had a pretty long meeting (couple hours) and hatched out what we NEEDED in our templates, and what we WANTED in our templates, and came to middle ground that we could all live with and work comfortably with. We picked a common font and came up with layer sets (that we're all pretty similar) and now have a template that we can all share seamlessly when working on projects together. Take the time to hash it out and you will all be better in the end.

NOOOOOO!!! Don't make a CAD detail from your elevations. You lose the ability to easily update those elevations when making a change. You need a layer set to send with your vector views to layout.

Don't use walls to define those piers....save yourself the headache and just used a solid with the brick material applied.

It has to do with how far you have the "reach" set, and those windows and doors become interior to the located exterior walls. I always leave porches to dimension during my final cleanup and fix and simply drag the auto dim out to reach it.

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