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Has anyone figured out the secret sauce to smear on a flush eave? What the heck is up with these things? The roof produces soffit material and wall surface material in the same place. And I was gonna go the whole day without cussin...it's every single one on every house.

copy your CAD DETAIL BED #3 CROSSSECTION and use it as a guide to edit the framing in an actual wall detail. You have 3 different walls that will be framed as one...just pick one and edit. You can even copy and paste the framing from one wall detail into another. And yes, angled headers suck to edit...so use a general framing member... or open the window dbx and specify the correct header, then rebuild the framing.

See CAD Detail BED #3 CROSS SECTION

You posted this pic: In that view double click the lower wall to open the dialog box. Then: Structure tab / platform intersections / balloon through ceiling above. close dbx click 'build framing for selected object click 'open wall detail' edit the framing as per engineers notes. dimension and note as necessary if there is framing still existing in the wall above, open the upper wall detail, delete the framing, and check 'retain framing' .

Yes. You could convert those shapes into solids. I expect that there'd be better ways using Chief's framing tools...but if you're unsure how to use them then that's not helpful. For more help, post your plan. For even better help, you might consider paying someone to do some of this for you.

You could hire someone, like myself for instance, to provide you with the appropriate drawings that will satisfy your engineer, the building department, and the homeowner.

This is from a different post: but keep in mind that the location of the baseline in plan view matters as well. You really shouldn't need to think about the baseline. Rather, all your rooms should have the same ceiling height. Then, you'll want to make sure your roof height factors in 2 things for trusses: Raise / lower from ceiling height (for my region that is typically 3.5") or think of this as the bottom chord depth Roof Layers / Structure (for my region that is typically 3.5") or think of this as the top chord depth These 2 items will help you define the heel height of the truss - which matches Chief's Baseline height. This is the vertical height to the underside of the roof sheathing at the exterior of the framing layer. Then, any roof plane you draw will have the correct 'Baseline" relative to the top of the wall that the roof plane was drawn over. Quick example: In my region, the typical truss has the top chord 'pivoting' on the outer edge of the bottom chord.

That's what I thought..and did! Do you think its possible that a new material list wouldn't generate correctly until the plan is closed and re-opened? Yesterday, I had another item on my garage that wasn't populating correctly in the material list, but today it is. I had used a room molding, a baseboard, to generate the drip flashing at the exterior. I had adjusted the ID tab to "exterior Trim" but it wouldn't show up. Today, it does. And I was creating a new list after said changes.

And it appears as though a concrete base (to suit the foundation type) would be in order. Then a tilted 2x4 wall would be cheaper and simpler than the long tapered rip-cuts.

Kinda the same thing as shelves, right? Click on a door/drawer and a shelf management dbx shows up. And I don't see any reason that a field for offsets couldn't be available for the x&y&z axis. I actually think the cabinet dbx could use a separate 'hardware' tab. That's what I'd want if I did cabinet plans regularly.

I've drawn these, and built these. My 2 cents is to show the typical walls in plan view, and draw and label the tapered build-out (to the exterior) in plan view. I am assuming the inside of the wall is vertical and only the exterior is tapered. Very simple to draw the shape of the build-out in plan view, and very quick and simple to do a cad section detail, or a 3d model of the detail (if you do that sort of thing). I'd callout the detail on the plan and on the elevation drawing. On my section detail, I'd show and note the ripped tapered framing...and I'd be planning it to get 2 boards with one cut. This build-out would be applied over the exterior of any wall sheathing and weather barrier. If your p-solid is working for the look of the model, I wouldn't mess with that.

Yes...ish, but keep in mind that the location of the baseline in plan view matters as well. You really shouldn't need to think about the baseline. Rather, all your rooms should have the same ceiling height. Then, you'll want to make sure your roof height factors in 2 things for trusses: Raise / lower from ceiling height (for my region that is typically 3.5") or think of this as the bottom chord depth Roof Layers / Structure (for my region that is typically 3.5") or think of this as the top chord depth These 2 items will help you define the heel height of the truss - which matches Chief's Baseline height. This is the vertical height to the underside of the roof sheathing at the exterior of the framing layer. Then, any roof plane you draw will have the correct 'Baseline" relative to the top of the wall that the roof plane was drawn over. Quick example: In my region, the typical truss has the top chord 'pivoting' on the outer edge of the bottom chord.

I do remember watching it after school when I was a kid. And of course, not offended, ever! I'm the one who actually called you old!

Is there a way to prevent foundation bolts from generating in the materials list?

Well, I'm looking at your profile picture and I'd suggest I am indeed a young buck! But it is a matter of perspective. My life is currently right in the middle of a nice halftime show (I'm 42)!

No, but rather placing a handle directly on the recessed panel portion of a drawer / door as opposed to the frame (rail / stile).

Glad it helped!

select one of the roof edges, press '2', then select the roof edge you'd like connected. Voila!

In my case, I had used a note schedule for Exterior Materials, with only that type of note showing. Then, when adding some notes to my foundation plan, again using a dedicated note type, it gave me note #26 and #1. The project browser showed only 1 schedule so go figure. And I was definetly careful to ensure that only the correct type of note was included in the appropriate schedule.

@SNestor It usually means that note is in 2 schedules, however, I just ran into the same problem and I know for a fact, I only had one. I think there's a bug when more than one note schedule for different types of notes are being used.

Way too late in the day for that. According to the COVID clock, its already 16 minutes past quitting time anyways!

Another reason I've typed so many of those room dimensions is because I was often providing brochure style floor plans so the builders needed the correct garage and deck sizes on a brochure shown for potential customers. I always did those marketing plans last, and it was pretty simple to just have a different text style for that layer set.

Do you think it'd help if I made my plans clear and easy to read?

He was just used to looking at that nice big juicy room label, ya know?

Yup, one of those oddities that's no big deal...once you know! We should start a simple topic of oddities! - why does the 'footing' layer only affect plan view? In elevation view, the footing is a slave to its wall. So if I change a wall line style, the footing changes as well, HOWEVER, if I change the line style and layer of a roof plane, the ridge cap or gutter etc does NOT change, it holds to its own layer settings. Kinda annoying for an addition project!