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Post your plan and I can take a look if you'd like.

Those walls should be your exterior wall type with the lower wall type set to use the interior wall (Roof> Lower Wall Type if Split by Butting Roof). Make sure balloon through ceiling above is checked for the side walls.

For exterior hinged doors, Chief will not build the rough opening bottom clearance lower than the top of the subfloor, regardless of the value you enter. It appears as though the only way to get the slab to extend over the foundation wall for a hinged exterior door is to leave the bottom of the door at 0" from the floor. Needless to say, there are some modelling details at play here that could use further development. If it were up to me, I'd start with the ability to properly select and model a door sill / threshold.

I'm used to the trim showing on the bottom because my exterior hinged doors are always 1.5" off the floor. It would be nice if Chief gave us a bit more control over how this functions.

It gets a bit more awkward when using an ICF foundation because Chief likes to strip Styrofoam in an uncontrolled fashion.

Now that the slab sticks through, I had to edit all my room types to get rid of the additional sub-base layers.

In the image below, the door on the right is at 0" above the floor...although I'm not sure how hard you'd need to push to be able to open it.

You can get rid of it by raising your garage doors 1/16"...if that works for you. Not ideal, I know.

There's no plan attached. Was that overlooked?

3 hours ago, BAKERSB4 said:

Thank you to both of you.  That fixed it.  I truly appreciate the help.

You're welcome!

Email sent!

It means there are too many surfaces for that export type.

Just try a different 3d file type like a 3D Collada file.

49 minutes ago, DefinedDesign said:

Lineal Feet not Feet

I'm not sure what the difference would be. Chief is automatically measuring the crown molding and displaying it in 'feet' rounded up. It is a measurement of length.

If you'd like it to be more accurate than the rounded unit of 'feet' you could change the unit to inches.

Simply double click on the 'count' field and select a different measurement unit. The price should automatically adjust but you should double check that.

1 hour ago, DBCooper said:

Sounds like more work than just pressing the "s" key to disable the object snaps.

I believe I mentioned it was the simplest method that I have found. Are you able to post a video to demonstrate your simpler method of drawing accurate horizontal or vertical lines in elevation or section view with snaps disabled? I love learning new techniques!

Until proper snapping is brought back, the simplest solution I've found is to draw the line and snap the end of the line to desired point, noticeably off-angle. Then relocate the end of the line and the horizontal or vertical snap will be active and should be simple and easy to hit.

2 hours ago, Kbird1 said:

 

Yes, this is also what I am experiencing, it make me wonder if itis related to te sticky cursor Issue as it's almost like I can't "let go" of the line in some circumstances.

 

Mick.

I did send this in to TS as 'lost functionality' and they agreed. They were not aware that this had changed and I would expect this to be fixed, however it may help if more people report it directly to TS.

Here's a video demonstrating the issue.

On 9/3/2023 at 11:51 AM, Kbird1 said:

My approach as well and I use a simple CAD Mask (Cad Box, cut to shape)  set to front (1-5 depending)

I will use this approach or another approach where I paint or assign the existing materials with a copy of each material with the pattern removed.

In the example below, I set the materials using the copy method described above. For this particular project it was quicker than cad masks.

The exterior wall is setup incorrectly. The siding layer is set as framing. Also, this may be intentional but the wall has no sheathing or drywall layers. There's probably not much point using 3 dimensional cabinets, fixtures and furniture if the walls don't have all the finish layers.

18 hours ago, DBCooper said:

f I was feeling snarky, I would say that I don't know any way not to draw a "straight" line using the "draw line" tool.

There has been a bit of a loss of accuracy when drawing lines in section/elevation views. When the end of the line snaps to a cross section line, it can lose it's ability to remain straight.

This is new to X15 and I have raised this issue with TS. Obviously I don't know if this is what the OP was alluding to.

We don't know what version you have and some techniques wouldn't be available in order versions. There are new materials that have that appearance and they look great but they are 2D.

If you need 3D, you can very easily use the multiple copy to drag and distribute just about any type of object. You could use a partition, a 3d solid, a shelf, a millwork symbol, the list goes on.

You can use a distribution polyline. You could use a railing wall which is what I've shown below. Lots of ways but manually placing solids is no bueno!

It's possible the issue is based on the type of object, or other settings within that plan file.

To analyze this issue it would be most helpful if you did a video recording demonstrating your issue and attached the plan file. Otherwise, all I can tell you is that I don't have that issue.

Someone with intuition that spans a further distance than mine may know exactly what's going on in your plan!

Check out Techo-Bloc's website.

https://www.techo-bloc.com/support/resources/technical-resources/designers-toolbox

All you need to do is move the floor column to row 2, then cut and paste the schedule. (ctrl-x, ctrl-alt-v).

5 minutes ago, DRyeHD said:

They are finding the 9' ceiling in the kitchen area for some reason

That reason is because that's the ceiling elevation for those rooms. You can raise the ceiling elevation for the Living Rm and the Dining Rm to +/- 222".

This will then require some adjustments to walls / attic walls and perhaps other items.

Without knowing what type of pdfs you are using in your layout, I'd recommend a pdf to image instead of pdf to cad. Pdf to cad can be a real mess.

1 hour ago, DRyeHD said:

Is there an easy way to get the can lights against the sloped ceiling plane?

Move them to the 2nd floor. Select, ctrl-x, move to 2nd floor, ctrl-alt-v.

To draw plan view electrical connections, I typically use a break line on both floors to 'interrupt' the wiring line. Others may have better ways.