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Nice work! Just wanted to mention that if you intend to use your 'Neal Overhang' for Canadian codes, you'll need to adjust the detail to allow for 2.5" (63mm) of clearance between top-of-insulation and underside-of-sheathing for insulated and vented roof assemblies.

15 minutes ago, Jeffcrigler said:

Wow, I didn't realize ROOM could have a wall covering.  Now it makes sense.  Thank you

You're welcome! Glad I could help.

The ROOM has a wall covering applied:) Open the room specification dialog and delete the wallcovering from the room. Double click on the room in plan view or in camera view, double click the floor or baseboard to open the Room Specification dialog.

The reason you're having difficulty painting the walls in that room is because that room has a wall covering applied and when you click to paint, you are applying the material to the wall covering, not the wall. Delete the wall covering for that room and then painting the material per wall will work as expected.

If using a 3d solid, keep in mind that solids will not necessarily update their line weight settings as you toggle between views. This can cause unwanted line weights on your final prints if you don't carefully look for this issue before printing to pdf.

Draw a polyline around those spaces. Single click the polyline, then select Edit>Edit Area>Edit Area Visible...then rotate and then point-to-point move into place.

It would be  good idea to read up on this function and experiment with the various options.

In CA, there is no way to specify the riser thickness so I don't think there will be any tricks available. If it were my project, I'd model the stairs as close as possible (probably means you get treads only), and then I'd add a molding polyline (drawn in section view) to finish them off.

So, when you add a cap, it's not just 'all good' because Chief won't keep it's size correct. The profile gets skewed when on an angle. Perfect control requires using a molding polyline...which is what I would do if I need to show proper sections and renderings. Not all jobs require that much accuracy, right?

Yes, cad line, transform / replicate using a copy vertically 36" or your preferred dimension.

Top of the stairs...in that project no one will ever see it...you can't tell in the section views so it will remain unfinished!

You might get something like this...

And in my project, I needed to use a solid railing wall at the bottom to get the sloped top.

Are you OK with switching the callout location toward the front of the garage? That will bring the section line back. Left side for S5, Right side for S4...

If you make an offset to the section line, then it appears and is toggled on in 'Plan Display'. Without the offset cut, there is no section line. That's the differnec between those house sections and the ones in the garage.

For this reason, I use a callout on both ends, but, yeah your plan is just too big for that.

If you're using a solid railing wall that follows the stairs, you cannot alter those top / bottom conditions. You would need to revert the wall back to a normal wall and then manually drag the wall polyline into place. You can still add a wall cap to a normal wall for the top finish.

Tools>Toolbars and Hotkeys> Create Hotkey List

A polyline distribution path is the easiest. Use a library symbol for the corbel and have it's elevation set 'From Roof'. A little trial and error should get it positioned correctly and you can split the path for different height settings where sloped versus where level. Obviously you may need to create a library symbol if you can't find a suitable one.

Hi Garrett, make sure those walls are NOT set to balloon frame. The Ceiling Platform should be set to 'Automatic'.

And make sure that Retain Wall Framing is unchecked.

One important factor to modelling multiple buildings is to be VERY stingy with your surface count. If you do that and then import your building models, there's a good chance you won't have too many issues. This means adjusting ALL default settings prior to modelling the building to avoid unnecessary surfaces, like drywall, flooring, house wrap, sheathing, interior trim, etc.

5 minutes ago, Renerabbitt said:

Its only using a global variable for my polyline based Lot Perimeter

Curious...can you get a clean area table when there are some rooms that Chief doesn't calculate correctly? For example, if I have a porch type of room beside an attached garage, Chief will split the calculated area centering on the adjoining wall. This doesn't work for me.

Also, there can be some hassle in reporting when a garage is split into separate rooms. I have the garage split for modelling purposes but for floor area purposes, its really just one room.

The polyline system is easy enough, plus it keeps me in control.

Just now, krrbnsn said:

I'm not sure how to put those polylines into a schedule with the name "first floor" and the Sq ft. 

You'd use a custom category and you'd add the term '1st floor' in the label box, or in another OIP field.

31 minutes ago, basketballman said:

Have the courage to let me know ( privately, if necessary ) how my post is not relevant; how I might improve my answer ?

Hi Bob, it wasn't me, but obviously the reason somebody didn't like your response is because you demonstrated that you knew how to achieve the end result but you didn't describe HOW. The original question was clearly about how to accomplish it and required a description, which Gene provided.

@RingosWhen using the 'Standard' rendering technique in elevation / section view, you can also turn on the 'Hand Drawn Lines on Top' and experiment with those settings to tweak the display to your liking.

If that's a stone watertable / sill, you can modify a library material so that you get the appearance of joints every 24" as well as vertical pattern lines. 

Assign this material to the molding that's in your library and that will save some steps down the road.

A good material to start with is shown below. In the past, I've used some of the maps from the tiled version and added them to the Slate(mocha) texture. Resize to 144"x144", adjust the pattern and color blend...

Hi Angela, another option is to use the same molding as a sill for those windows. No apron, no extension, no wrap.

No, but I can convert it into a 3d symbol that can be imported in X15 and converted to a cabinet door.

Here's the X15 library object.archdoor.calibz

32 minutes ago, Ryan-M said:

Can you do the work to create an emissive face/rectangle with a specific orientation once and then add it to the library for future use?

This isn't my post, but I just did that and compared a scene using a 'face' versus and added light. The emissive properties of the face did create much better scene lighting, even if the added light did not cast shadows and have the same lumens as the 'face' material.

My 'face' was 24"x24", top at 88" above the floor (the room had a high ceiling), and I used the material 'Lighting - White' with no adjustments.