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So...we just need Chief to consult with people who know how homes are built! Obviously the problem with manually providing the heel height info the way I have been is more prone to typo's or forgetting updates. I've made errors at least twice since I started including the heel height (which I did as soon as you could use schedules for roofs). Luckily, the truss guys know to call and ask if there's an issue...and they still thank me for giving them this info because no one else does!

It's important to note that the heel height does not always report correctly in the roof dialog. It seems to be an internal calculation of the baseline height minus the top plate height, but there are times when chief reports the top plate height incorrectly in the roof dialog and then the heel height also reports incorrectly. This is even when all rooms are exact and according to defaults, and even when all baselines are in the exact correct position. The baseline elevation is an exact and absolute elevation whereas the heel height is relative and not always exact. Chief would absolutely have to do some work to ensure more accurate reporting of the heel height and the top plate height before allowing use of these values. I always include the heel height value in a roof schedule by just using a Custom Field, and you have to be careful not to just regurgitate what Chief's roof dialog is showing. Obviously the likelihood of these values reporting incorrectly increases with the complexity of the roof.

As far as I know, using a convert pdf to jpg tool is still the simplest way.

I only suggest turning the marker on for inspection purposes. Another useful inspection tool for this is dimensioning in section view. You will notice that Chief will create a point marker when you try to dimension to the top of a railing cut by the section. This sort of tells us that we can't really locate rails with the dimension tool (at least that's my conclusion). Summary: If I needed to move the dimension away from the railing, I would also simply add a point marker or cad line and dimension to that (exactly what you alluded to).

A simple clue as to what Chief is locating can be found by going to the Extensions / Markers tab and checking 'Draw Marker'. You'll see that Chief is locating the top of plate. Because it's an auto-locate, it jumps to a different top of plate locate when the dimension is moved. The 'Why' I can't answer...just the 'what'. You should also notice that once that dimension is moved away from the wall, it is probably next to impossible (if not entirely) to locate the top of the railing. A point marker is needed.

For the roof, single-click on one plane's bottom edge, press '2', then single-click on the opposing plane's bottom edge. That will join them to form a level valley which you can take care of however you see fit.

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One of the cleanest ways I can quickly come up with is to add wall coverings to rooms. Of course, the wall covering height and elevation needs to be specified manually. Follow this by editing the component for the wall covering (I chose ID: General and Accounting Code: 5300 - Painting Interior). Then, create a materials list polyline on a per room room basis or apply the wall covering to as many rooms as needed. Keep in mind that Rooms don't report to the materials list, so if multiple rooms are included in the mat. list, you can't really identify the source of each paint material, unless you can figure out a macro to place in one of the available component fields that will report the name (I haven't figured that out). Of course, you can manually enter the room name in one of the available fields. But, this will allow you to create a material list for that category only by choosing which columns to include.

Your best bet is to look through the Armstrong Flooring catalog. If you don't have it, you can download by following the link below. https://www.chiefarchitect.com/3d-library/index.php?r=site/detail/709

Try making the same drawer using framing members. Just model it 'flat' in plan view (this will give you the mitering option). Then convert to symbol and rotate as needed. It might also be a material mapping issue after the symbol is created. Can you post an empty plan with the 3d solids as well as the completed drawer front?

All you need to do is select a molding profile for the interior sill from the library. That will provide a separate field for the Interior Sill Molding in the Materials Tab. Unfortunately, this profile needs to be the correct size in the library and even then, it will build to the bottom of the window frame. AFAIK, There is no setting to adjust the reveal of a window sill.

I also noticed it's not there anymore. But, there are higher res images available at Boral's website.

X16 Library Material: Ebonite.calibz

Boral / Boralstone / Ebonite

Unless the items are very project specific and are unlikely to have future use, I recommend creating them in their own plan file and folder, just like you would with 2D details.

I think you have the wrong layers displayed for that function. If you have Walls, Layers turned off and if you do NOT have Walls, Main Layer Only turned ON, you cannot manually hit the wall main layer. That's what I think is going on there, but I could be wrong. Changing the layer display will not affect the extension of existing dimensions but it does affect the interaction of new dimensions.

Use a stacked molding for the shadow board.. Set the fascia thickness to 1/16" or turn it off.

@JKEdmoYes, I thought so too...I've used it before. For some reason I couldn't find it so I just went with the 3d warehouse link. I browsed the Kohler library when I should have used a search!

The product shown is a Kohler Brockway 36" Wall-mount utility sink. https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/search/models?q=BROCKWAY

You'll need to remove those elevation points. One way to keep track of this would be to place a text marker in the same location, manually enter the information for reference, and then delete the unneeded elevation points.

Yes, an 'Add to Library' button would be great, or those patterns in use could just show up in the drop down list.

So did I! I'd never actually done that before.

Oh, and don't forget to check the pattern scale...it's 1.5 for your cad polylines. Looks like it works.