Larry_Sweeney

Amy......If I take a grey textured vertical siding and "blend" a reddish-brown color with it I get a reddish-brown textured vertical siding. I gather what you are telling me is that I CAN in CA just "tint" (semi-transparent) with a reddish-brown color in a way that the grey is still showing through. I've never been able to get this look. Could you explain or show an example how this is done. Or if you could point me to a video or somewhere in the ref. manual on the procedure, it would be much appreciated. Thank you and have a great day.

Randy....I don't say anything about the first floor plan. I just stated I went back to the floor plan so I could move the trusses. I am building the trusses off the second floor plate. I'm building trusses or should I say I'm trying too.

I have 5 different trusses on my project. Everyone I made needed to be "fine tuned" for one reason or another (some a lot). After adjusting them and getting them right I locked the truss envelopes and went into the floor plan to move them around for 24" centers and to multiply them where needed. As soon as I moved the first one, I noticed in my truss cad detail that the truss changed back to the way it was originally when first made losing all the changes I made even though I had the envelope locked. Is this the way it should work? What's the use of having the "envelope lock" if as soon as it is moved it changes back? Please tell me there is a work around to this or did I approach correcting the trusses all wrong?

Jon......Thanks for the info, but when I started to go through the process of downloading the program it started to give me a whole bunch of other crap and I stopped the whole process. I'm not much of a "computer techy" and things like this really bother me. Whenever I download something anymore my heartbeat goes up about 30% because of some bad pass experiences. I'll have to go back to the site and look at it a little closer. What I know now though is that when I try to open ChiefTalk now (or anything else) I get taken to "advertisement sites" first. Now I have to figure out how to get rid of them. Thank God for grandchildren . They are "my" computer techys. Have a great day OldCKD......Do you have a name? (the handle doesn't fit the picture ) Thanks for taking the time to find and do the jps. They are very close to what I'm after (especially the first one). I must get a program and learn how to do that. Have a great day.

"OLDCKD"...........When I blend a light grey color with my textured red vertical siding I get a textured light grey siding. I wish for a way to get a semi-transparent light grey over the red but with the red not being completly covered. I guess I'm going to have to invest in Paint Shop and learn that program. Man, I'm getting too old to learn new stuff!

Nicinus...Post the plan! You will save yourself and especially everyone trying to help you much grief.

Dennis......Is there a way to add a semi-transparent color (washed over look) to a color already on the siding? I have a "barn red" color on the vertical siding. When I "blend" a color to the vertical siding texture, what I get is just a different color on the siding. May be that I'm just not "getting it" to what you are trying to explain to me. You have seen from the picture in my first thread what I'm after. I'll give you a Dropbox link to my model and you can see what I have for a color at present. Maybe what I want is not possible. Dealing with colors and textures is not a "strong suit" of mine. Appreciate your time. Dropbox link---- https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/49042923/BOYD%20STATION%2002212014%20CREAME.zip

I have a client that I'm designing an office building for that has a "barn look". He sent me a picture of the finish "effect" he wants on the exterior (attachment). Is it possible to get this "washed" effect in CA and if so then how? As always, all advice is greatly appreciated.