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Here is my take. Shed roof from hip to align eve. Build over existing roofs and eliminating hip. I left the hip ridge in place so you could see what I did. Or you could make it a gable end and have both gutter lines line up. 105946584_Roofchallenge.plan

I use Chief Architect to produce floor plans and construction documents. I use Sketchup with Medeeks wall, truss, foundation, and electrical plugins to produce details. Most of my details are in 3d, I have copied the details workflow from architect Nick Sonders from Truckee, CA. who uses Sketchup in its native form to produce some spectacular mountain vacation homes in Truckee, CA. His work is nothing short of amazing.

If you want accuracy, you need to use this:Leica BLK2GO - Mobile Mapping (leica-geosystems.com). Not sure it's worth the hefty price tag. Cost more than my 1st house.

Great advice. Would the same work for an invisible wall ?

That was one heck of a much-needed update. There is lots of new hardware, updates to existing hardware (SDS applied) and 99.9 % of everything is available in 3D now. Thank you Chief and crew. Keep up the great job. Jeff K One thing on my wish list would be a catalogue with all types of fasteners (nails including spikes, bolts, nuts, washers, and screws.) Flashings for wood and metal buildings especially for metal roofs.

Michael, On 4/5/2023 I bought a Dell Alienware 18" lap top as I needed something portable. Dell had a 10% off sale so I put all of the upgrades that Dell would let me put on it including the 4090 Video card. Long story short just found out 2 days ago the bastards at UPS either lost or stole the laptop. Dell they gave me a $400 credit plus 10% plus off plus a $99 back pack. Suppose to be here next week if they do not loose it again. The entire unit cost me $2685. This laptop actually weighs almost 1/2 of what my 6 year old Alienware 17" laptop weighed. Hopefully this will be the last laptop I will ever need, I highly recommend getting the best video card you can because Chief is not really dependent on the chip as much as the video card. My old lap top would freeze up viewing in 3D otherwise it would run the program OK. I sent Perry a PM about monitors and he talked me into 2-43" monitors. They are LG. Good luck !

I do not think Chief is going to gain too much by going to a subscription based software. The people with SSA will continue to pay the yearly fee so no gain there. They already have a rental version and the subscription version will just replace the rental version at the same price. Where is the increase in revenue coming from? Are they hoping for new users? I think this could force new and the existing customers who do not have current SSA to stop and start their subscriptions on an as need basis in this current housing environment. With all of the different options available out there they will have to market really hard to drive customers to Chief Architect to increase revenue.

Set the additional rough opening size to "0" in each direction. Your RO will now be the window size in the schedule and your header lengths will be correct at 3" or 6" over callout size depending on how many trimmers on each side of the window.

Nice boat house. Puts mine to shame.

Parkwest, I was having the same issue with the RTX2080TI. If you have an Alienware computer with the Command Center you need to turn off the Nahimic Audio Software as this can cause various video card problems with Chief Architect.

Unless your State amendments to the IRC require double joists under interior non bearing walls, the IRC does not require it.( R502.2). If the wall is a braced wall panel or an engineered shear wall you will need double joists, blocking or what ever the Structural Engineer requirements are.

It needs to have an ASTM, UL testing number. Any company can draw a detail claiming fire resistance but if it has no testing certification it means nothing. I went thru the same thing 5 years ago and per the IRC and IBC to be considered fire rated it must have testing documentation to back it up. Call the company up and ask for the testing information. Usually it's ASTM or UL number.

Thanks Alan. I have been involved as a Construction Manager on tilt-up projects and we use ledgers for floors and roofs (top bearing trusses) and looking at your drawing it's very similar. I have never drawn anything commercial or mixed use only single and multifamily up to 4 stories in height. Looks like you have a lot of experience with commercial structures by following your posts. It would be awesome to have the knowledge you have in designing those types of buildings. I wish you would share more of that experience with us but I know time is a rare commodity now days as we are all extremely busy. Thanks Jeff K

Does the mason install the fasteners for the plate or are they drilled and epoxied to get the anchors in the exact location needed? For heights are you stuck within the limits of the block heights? I know it commercial buildings ceiling heights are sometimes not relevant as they use drop down ceilings but what do they do in condos and apartments? I am not familiar with how they build town homes,condos and apartments in Florida but I would assume that they use a lot of block to withstand hurricanes and tornados along with dry rot issues?