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Not a bad idea - i'll try that...thanks! The roof I have shown so far is a fraction of the work i have yet to do on that house, but that baseline build first may be what i need.

Yes, you're right. I posted the wrong version of the house sorry - I meant to post v3....however, the problem is still the same even when I change that roof pitch back to 3.5. The issue is that when I build a roof plane over a balcony with the same room spec info as the adjoining room, the roof plane is set to different baselines and fascia heights.

Why is it when I draw a roof plane over a balcony, that has the same structure heights as a floor, the baselines end up different?...and then if I manually enter the baseline I want it changes the fascia. I need to be able to lock 2 items to get the roof plan to correctly model in this location it seems - but I am sure there must be some easy explanation. Thanks in advance. Small Lot Conceptv2.plan

and if you click the "tack" icon you can keep making copies based upon your drag.

I thought that was funny since link or location should be on the marvin tab in Chief' website. Having to download and install a library from Chief only to have a symbol tell you to go somewhere else is odd.

I went and downloaded from Marvin - and inserted a few windows without the problem you are having. Just FYI so it may be on your system. Unless you want me to check a specific window for you on my system.

What happens to be is even dumber (more dumb). I download the "library" and get a symbol that tells me to go somewhere else and download.

A 3d molding would work well for a cornice. If that building is representative of your "fist project" as others said that might be a large first step. Chief can do that all just fine, its just not a beginner project.

I think the only thing Chief would need to do in order to drastically improve their multi-unit modeling ability is blocking of walls/windows/doors with instancing. Considering how many changes are made from concept to final CD doing everything in CA would be a lot more work....but no question it could be done.

^^^ that looks to be the issue. Wall materials regions would be an awesome solution if Chief would have allowed us to go around the corners with them.

If I was going to build a scaled terrain model in real life the last thing Id do is grab a roll of cellophane wrap and try and stretch it over toothpicks. Yet, I feel this is exactly how Chief developed our terrain tools. Not a fan, and I dont see any difference.

Not that I know - and if you draw in a certain view it means you won't be able to edit fully or even snap in other views. So then to get around that if you go make psolid sections in different views and put them together and block, moving that block often results in glitch-outs. I have been able to use "place point" to get some better control - but as Larry said needs work badly.

Since profile lines are kinda painful to apply in CA, the live view full color (then convert to greyscale) allows my elevations to pop with the shadows. Since there is no such thing as "plotters" really anymore, why not use greyscale I say.

Thanks guys - I understand the difference so i'll work with that.

Sorry, not a great video but I think it may help. Also, I am working from home today and my son is on spring vacation (you hear in background).

Its not letting me select that line at all...its one of the auto generated lines (does that matter?).

Id like to be able to move the terrain elevation data (actual number that breaks the auto-contours) so its in a different location. I'm cropping the site down to fit my sheet, and that data gets lost in the crop. Thanks!

....or use the Material painter when in 3D view. You can then experiment with different types of materials, and if you want to adjust something slightly use the "rainbow" Adjust Material Definition tool.

Check this out - sorry took a but longer to figure out. Sorry I am working from home today so you may here my son in the background (its spring break for him).

Nice Val. Justin did an amazing job with the pool, but i'm curious how having a terrain under the pool works with having a terrain for the house - can you have 2 terrains or did you export as a symbol or something for your composite model?

Yeah, id say Richard uses Archicad like I do Vectoworks. If you office does a fair amount of mid-large commercial projects Chief alone isn't going to cut it. Doesn't mean you can't use CA if you are doing some interior design and unit "staging" etc. Its just CA has given almost no time and attention to tools related to commercial - outside those tools which happen to be also useful for residential. Consider this - I dont think i've seen a single training or webinar video produced by Chief showing a commercial structure being designed/worked-through. Perhaps someone can point to one, but i've never see it. I did this presentation model in CA a while back. Once past the presentation I took the project into Vectorworks to complete.

I haven't used it yet but are you telling me the area ends up with 7 decimal regardless if you want that or not? So you want it to show 24.50 SF and it shows 24.5072054? That is nuts if thats what we are talking about.

oh, and no curtain walls in Chief. Some have gotten "railing walls" to sorta look like curtain walls...but its not the same thing.

Yes, Chief can do all this. Just not as conveniently as other apps designed for commercial. Even looking at the site, the parking etc...those tools are all in other apps. Yes, Chief has blocks and symbols, but not "components" as you probably understand them from Sketchup. No, Chief cannot block certain 3d objects like walls, windows, doors, and other things. Yes, many have done commercial in Chief.

Since you cannot block walls/windows/doors etc in CA, imagine having 5 units per floor (x9) = 45 smaller condo units. In apps like Archicad/Vectorworks you can have "versions' of those units such that it populates the entire building with "copies". If you make a change to a single "unit" it can update all the units in the building. In Chief that would have to be done floor-by-floor and unit-by-unit. Further, the structural elements typically between floors 3 and 4 are the same as 8/9 etc - and again, in CA every floor structure/element is individual and not part of a more organized workflow that would allow changes in one area to reflect through the entire plan set. Yes, CA can be used for these buildings but it will be a lot more effort. Chief just isn't designed for these types of structures - but it can obviously be done.