VHampton

You can also make that roof with a molding polyline. The one benefit of using a molding is that the roof surface (when made with roof planes) will always look somewhat funky in vector view. You get all these unwanted facets when it gets sent to layout. PS...I'm also guessing that this method is way cleaner and reduces the probability of Chief stalling out per your initial post. Example...look at the size of my plan which is posted post versus the size of the example using roof planes. It's a fraction of the file size. Take a cross section of the roof shape...draw the profile from the tip of the ridge right down to the eave (on the left side of your cross section)....and save the line as a molding profile. Draw a radial line around the tower in plan view and convert it to your new molding profile Change the material (of the molding) to roof. Go back to section view and tweak the settings as needed to make the shape read correctly. Note...you'll have to add moldings for the fascia and gutter in the same way as you made a molding the roof. Make two more circular molding polylines. The little dormers (in the photo) can be made with walls and conventional roof planes no problem. tower molding profile.zip

If the glass wall is checked off as 'no room definition', you can use the delete the surface tool in vector view before sending to layout. Whatever is behind the glass wall will now show up in layout where it previoulsy did not.

That's correct. You can have the same texture in the same plan but they will each need their own properties if one is to be displayed in a different direction Keep the "normal" brick as it exists, but make a copy of it for the secondary brick's use. Then change the copied texture as you would like. That's how you can succesfully have brick with two different angles and direction.

Chief crashes are often associated with memory issues. Back in the days when most computesr only had a half gig of ram, crashes were a common occurrence in camera mode. That's when I came across a problem solver. The undo/redo feature in the "preferences" is often set to 10 or more. Narrow it down to one or two...or try turning it off altogther. The program won't be sending your comptuer into overdrive while trying to record snap shots of the ten previous mouse moves. In fact, turning off the undo feature will result in a noticeable increase of speed on very large plan files. Not saying that this is the solution to your crashes, but it may be a way to mitigate the problem.

Clipped gable is what that is. Unless you're Dutch ...and happen to wear clogs on the job site ....instead of Timberlands.

I noticed the wayward library browser from day one. Some days it sticks where I placed it on the second monitor, some days it doesnt. If it decides to move for whatever reason, the thing always winds up on the top left hand of the primary monitor.

Also... try turning off your undo-redo options in the preferences. Having it off will make the plan fly like the wind again. Just learn to be decisive when you delete things!

It's a Chief thing I suppose. I've never heard of the term either until this feature was introduced in the recent versions. In carpenter speak, a shadow board is just a build up of the rake board. BTW, has Wendy even signed up on the new forum? I'm wondering if this place is only for SSA members?

Any trim which gets added to the rake board is known as a shadow board.

The easiest method would be to take a cross section of the room. Draw an arch (barrel) using the CAD tools. Convert it to a molding polyline with a thickness of say 1" times whatever the length of the room is.

The program has no objections to balconies over living space. Decks on the other hand will get you a warning message. Not sure if this helps your sitution, but anytime you build a "deck" other than one in the ground...change it to a balcony.

Very welcome.

With the rainbow icon, clcik on the brick in a 3d view and open up the dialogue box. Change the grout joint to a dark grey or black. The print will show the contrast which you're looking for.

Thanks Doug. I think that typing in ResCheck as one word may be the difference!

Quick question... I think I saw a new feature in X6 where the Res. Check can be generated directly from one's project. Is there anyone who might be able to offer some insight? Both the users guide and the table of contents come up empty when Res Check is placed in the search bar. Thanks very much. Val