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I have also noticed that all concrete objects now fill using Chief's embedded concrete fill pattern. My settings are ignored for concrete walls and floor structures. For basements I had control over the wall and floor, but never the footing fill. For me, this is not a problem because I always replaced Chief's fill pattern for the footing with my own, which was my same choice for concrete walls and slabs. I have that fill pattern in my library with a tool linked to it. When I use the spray fill tool, I just ensure it is in Floor mode and then it replaces all matching fills at one time.

Hey there! Let's assume for the moment that it's a bit of a nuisance to create a millwork symbol for a 2x4. You could use a normal interior wall and edit the wall framing. A few suggestions: Open the wall dialog(Structure tab) and check 'retain wall framing'. You can still edit the framing, but it won't automatically rebuild. Open the wall detail and edit the framing. Also, move all the studs to the Walls, Railing layer or a copy of that layer. In plan view, make the wall invisible after the framing is locked. If you make a custom wall type before doing this, that should allow you to preset the stud spacing and the top plate count.

YES!!! For me the lag comes with typing text and navigating dialog boxes. A couple of hours max before a restart is required. It is TERRIBLE Everything with the model and rendering is pretty much as fast as I'd want it.

Rich text boxes will occasionally do that even if auto height is checked. IF auto height is checked, a click-close or a nudged left-right should cause it to correct itself.

That's a very good question! The typed value will be applied although the value displayed will appear as a rounded fraction. You should be able to test by typing in the various values and seeing the effect in the preview. However, when I'm making adjustments to small values (like in a layout file) I will press the 'Number Style' button at the bottom left and switch to decimal inches.

The previous 2 responses are correct. When the callout is 0.35" or smaller, that problem is triggered. It must be 0.36" or larger (according to my testing).

There's no default setting that will omit the end stud. I'd let auto framing do it's thing until you get to a stage that some manual framing cleanup won't have to be continuously redone. And, if the walls are finalized, you can leave auto-framing on for the roof so that you can edit wall framing while still adjusting the roof and roof framing defaults.

@Matt_S Great! If you wanted to, you can also add leading / trailing zeroes to that marker. You can do this in defaults, or just double-click and adjust there.

@Matt_S To notify someone, type the username with the @symbols first. In the Plan Defaults, try changing the 'zero' to -11 1/2". Windows Snipping Tool has some basic markup tools at the top of the view after you take a screenshot.

There may be a bug relating to some types of decks. I encountered something similar this weekend on a project that hasn't had that problem before. 2 decks, one on the front, one in the back. Auto-building only worked on one of them after this most recent update. Exact same room definitions. I haven't reported it and I could be wrong about the cause.

In plan view on the Attic level, All you need to do there is grab the corner handle of the adjacent wall and drag a perpendicular section to connect them. Select the new wall and use the align tool to make sure it aligns with the wall below.

Hi Jonathan! Try changing the railing wall type around the Carport (Floor 1) to Siding-4 (this will address the attic wall).

"instead of" is where this is all going...and quickly.

Yes, the ceiling planes, right? What I was suggesting didn't have anything to do with auto framing, only the problem Gene indicated which was the wall top. I locked all the framing before connecting the roof valleys. In any event, it was the roof that forced the wall down as roof trusses will not cause an effect on the wall structure geometry. It's fairly common to have to edit trusses and the truss bottom chord could be edited to cleanly bear on the top plate.