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Robert............................Will do. I'll put the answer they give me on this thread when I get their results. Thanks again for your time and knowledge. Have a great day!

Robert.............................Thank you. I never thought about addressing which side the drywall should be on 2x furred wall, though it now makes sense. I've added furred walls many times to remodels and never remember running into that problem. I guess luck was with me. I still have a problem with the door. Did you notice that the door shows a lintel on the inside? It's not marked to have one or shouldn't be marked. If you copy that door onto a non-furred wall, the lintel is gone.-------------go figure! Well, that's what happens on my program anyway. If you get the same results when you copy the door to the other wall, would you have any suggestions on what's going on there? Your time and knowledge are much appreciated.

I made a simple plan of the problem that I'm having in a larger as-built plan I'm working on. The same issues show up on the smaller sample plan. This means that #1. - I'm missing a "step", #2. - I have a problem in my template plan or CA has a problem. The odds are that it is either #1 or #2. My dilemma came about when I added a furred wall to the original walls of the as-built as I started the remodeled drawing. I had all the original doors and windows in place on the as-built. I examined the as-built in camera view and everything that I had completed looked correct (casings & jambs). When I added the furred wall, what i show in the attachments is what occurred to the doors and windows on the furred walls. The window jambs don't build across the furred wall, and it looks like the interior casing is the same as the exterior casing instead of the clamshell casing I have designated in the window casing dbx. The door is still hinged on the original wall, rather than to the inside of the furred wall and I have no idea where the interior door casing is coming from. It's not what I have in the door casing dbx. I've studied my Wall dbx.'s along with the window and door dbx.'s and I don't see where I missed anything. I don't remember ever having this type of issue before. I'm hoping someone will steer me to what I'm missing. I'm sure that this has to be a "no-brainer". SAMPLE 2.plan

Brad........................Thank you. I was hoping it was a simple solution. Have a great day.

Okay, I found out how to turn off the recessed light I wanted too in the physically based rendering view by way of "light sets" dbx., but can anyone explain the lighting under the bar area counter? i

I usually don't do to many renderings and especially Physically Based ones. I'm showing two different rendering techniques of the same view in the attachments. I turned off the recessed ceiling light shown in the "standard rendering view", but when I go the "physically based rendering that recessed light is shown on. Also, in the "standard rendering view" it's lighted under the countertop in the bar area and in the "physically based rendering" it's shown correctly. (?) When using the physically based rendering technique is there some other way/place to turn off/on certain lights? I could not see or find any other way of turning off individual lights other than the light data dbx. for that light fixture. Why in standard rendering view is there light showing under the bar area? I hope I'm just missing something simple.

I found out what I was doing wrong by watching "Walkout Foundation Plan setup" by Design Build Solutions, LLC on YouTube. I went into "Edit Plan view" and changed the dbx, to "Lower Wall" which changed the pony wall default setting for the Pony wall in the "Foundation Plan View". My problem as stated in the above thread was occurring because I was trying to change the wall setting in the actual plan view and it had the default setting "Upper wall with Lower wall outline".

I'm not sure if this is possible. I'm using a pony wall in part of my "walk-out foundation". The pony wall is made up of a 2x wall for the upper (above floor) and a block wall for the lower (below floor/walk-out grade). For showing my foundation block layout on level "0" ("Foundation plan view"), I want to show the lower part of the pony wall consisting of blocks, which I do by checking "Lower Wall" in Wall Specification dbx. along with the other foundation walls that are block only. By doing this everything (all the block foundation walls), I want, is shown on the "Foundation Plan view". I then had planned on making a plan view referred to as "Lower Level Plan view" which would be showing the entire layout of all rooms at floor level consisting of all the framed walls and the other block foundation walls that are not pony walls. In making this new plan view I changed the pony wall to show the Upper wall in the Wall Specification dbx. and by doing this I see exactly what I want in my "Lower Level Plan view". My issue arises when I now go back to my Foundation Plan view. My pony wall is now also showing the upper 2x wall instead of the lower block wall. I was thinking that using different plan views I could show either level of a pony wall and it would not "carry" to the other plan view. I guess this isn't the case-----Correct? I suppose I should not use a pony wall for the blocks below the floor and instead have those blocks on another level below. If this is the case, I'm going to have a huge amount work to do in making another level at this point in this design process. Do I have options? If I end up having to make another level and not using a pony wall is there a good way to show (and dimension) all the block walls used for the whole foundation on the same "Foundation Plan view" from the different levels? ---------- Is this where a Reference layer for the blocks below the walk-out grade should be used? How would you go about with measuring the "referenced blocks in the Foundation Plan view? Are there some good videos, that I should study, which shows the best way of "treating" this issue? I know this thread has been "extremely" wordy and I'm sorry about that. I'm just trying to make a "clear picture" of my problem. Thank you

Mark.........................I did forget about the 3D edit plane. I plan on "playing around" with your ideas/advice, along with Alan's input in another thread, later today. This morning, I have some commitments I must attend too. Thanks for all your knowledge/advice-------------much appreciated. Have a great day.

Alan.......................Interesting. I'm calling it a night, but I'll do a follow-up tomorrow and let you know. Have a great one!

Mark...........................Yes, I had thought of using a molding p-line for the drip edge, but you still need to deal with the shingles above and on a complicated roof it could/would be a real PITA. Thank you and all the others in this thread for taking time to try and solve this ---- much appreciated. I think I'll send it in to support to see what they say. Have a great day.

Glen.............If you look closely at the eave "shadow board" it's a drip edge, which is a pretty common item used on shingled roofs around here. On the gable is a 1"x2 1/2" trim for a shadow board and also a drip edge. No 1x2 1/2 on eave because gutter will be attached later. All items are drawn correctly and (I think) "attached" correctly. I haven't, as of yet, tried playing around with manually moving the molding p-line to see if "my problem" could be corrected. I think I'll submit to support just to see what they tell me. I've never showed the "shadow board drip edges" before. Now I know why.

Alan.............."You might need to model a custom eave line profile to match the angle of the roof" I'm not sure if I'm following what you are explaining. Are you saying you think I should angle the eave to match the pitch? (perpendicular to the pitch) I don't think that will work because I plan to install gutters.

Alan...............I downloaded Dropbox, made a sample plan showing my "shadow board" problem and sent it to the thread I've been asking for a solution in. I had used Dropbox many years ago, but somewhere along the "way" it got deleted. After you mentioned it in your thread above I thought I'd give it a try again. Hope it works for me. Have a great day.

Sample 1.plan If I did this correctly, this should be a simple roof plane showing what I show in the pictures I posted in the thread above.

Michael...................I "think" I understand, but this was a brand new plan with only one roof plane and three different shadow boards. Two are on the gable and one on the eave. That's all that is in the plan. I don't understand with only those items I can get 87 reference files attached to the plan.

I was going to submit a VERY simple plan to a thread I started earlier today. All it comprised of was one single roof plane with shadow boards on the eave and gable ----- nothing else. When I backed up the entire plan it had 87 reference files and the plan was 22 megs. Can anyone explain to me in "old timer layman's terms" what the H--- is going on and how to fix this. Thankyou.

I'm showing a drip edge on the eave and on the gable I have a drip edge and shadow board. At the intersection of the eave and gable the connecting drip edges don't connect correctly as shown in the attachments. I also show the profiles I'm using on the eaves and gables in another attachment. Is this something I just got to "live with" or is there a solution/work around. Maybe a different profile? Thanks for taking the time.

Ethan.....................Thank you. It was a long day and I guess I was having a "senior moment". Well, that's my excuse. Have a great day.

Is there a way to put one type of shadow board on the eave and another type on the gable? What I'm attempting to show is a drip edge on the eaves and a drip edge and 1x3 added on the gables. I know, of course. this can be done manually, but it's a PITA. That is if you also want the roof surface added also. I think this is my only option, but hoping I'm missing something.

It's difficult at times to get a good understanding of the terrain when looking at a render or vector view so being able to show contour lines in this view would be great. Is there a way to show contour lines in a render or vector view? "If" memory serves me correctly, some time ago (and probably longer than I think ) there was a video or discussion with a work around showing how to do this, but I couldn't find anything about it. As always any and all help is greatly appreciated.

I'm, I guess, sort of in the northeast area. I live about 10 miles north of Bloomsburg. I've been a Chief user since v10 (2006 I think ). I've built custom houses, restorations and have a custom cabinet shop for making custom architectural details and period furniture. I'm not an architect, but I've been designing projects since 1972. I've been using cad programs since the late 80's. Back in the early 2000"s I got discontinued my general contracting business and devoted all my time to my cabinet shop and design work. The last few years I've been doing only design work (and occasionally what my wife tells me to do ) I thought about retirement, but I'm having fun and I'm basically working every day. I'd say about 70 percent of my projects are from concept to completed construction documents. Like I noted earlier, almost 100% of my design work is using Chief Architect. I still, after all those years, probably only understand and use about half to two thirds what Chief can do, but I can usually get my projects completed and my clients are very happy with what I come up with. If I can help you in any way, I'll be glad to try. Otherwise have a great day!

How does one go about getting a wood porch floor to overhang the trim board (I call it the "skirt board") by 1" or whatever is desired? By default, the overhang is flush. Calling it a deck you can call out the overhang distance in the deck specifications, but with a deck there is no skirt/trim board. Am I missing a simple step somewhere or a work around? Up to now my work around to this is to use a p-solid for the porch floor and make the overhang whatever I want, but there must be a better way. Thanks, all advice is always much appreciated.

Yes, that's how I do it now, but it would be great if this could be "built in" to the window specifications. When you have thirty or more windows of different sizes in a project it can be a PTA. This not only true for the exterior sill, but also the interior window stool. I wish I could understand where CA came up with the size and shape of the windowsill and stool that is built into the program now.

It's a "fairly" simple task to get the right look for side casings and lintels once you are familiar with the program, but we aren't discussing anything about the sill. I wish CA would do some work with their exterior (and interior) windowsills. There should be some type of setting for sill thickness, slope angle and whether there is a "subsill" or not for the exterior sill. Also, show me an actual window that has a window stool attach to the bottom of a window frame like the way CA places a sill (stool} on the inside of a window. They (CA) have been "building" their windows like this since "day one" and it's about time they make it right! I can't believe this doesn't bother anyone else. Sorry about the rant. I "need" my morning coffee.