robdyck

Did you try using a ceiling plane for each side of the room? It looks like that should work simply enough. Obviously just drag the sloped ceiling plane to the interior of the cheek walls.

I didn't suggest any method for that and there's no 'we' on this project. But you could make a schedule of windows or a custom schedule using notes, as one example.

You can also try using a ceiling plane in that room. If the roof is built with rafters, just delete the structure layers from you ceiling plane, making it drywall only.

Please post an image which will show up in the forum. For even better help, post the plan!

Yes, there are several ways one might go about this. It would be a good idea to start by examining the exterior wall definitions as they relate to the structure. Some of the details of the curtain wall would need to be modeled using 'manual' tools like solids, moldings, material regions, etc... I would need to see more of the plan for your structural connections before I could suggest anything further. Feel free to post a screenshot or detail drawing showing your proposed exterior wall assembly...curtain wall relative to columns...interior finish around columns...connections and finish at platform junctions...you get the idea.

Columns would not automatically transfer to a new floor, however you can easily select them all and copy them in place on other floors. Ctrl-c, switch floors, ctrl-alt-v.

A simple rectangle, or with a cap and base? Either way, you can do this quite easily using the polyline solid tools. Start to drag out a polyline solid, before letting go of the mouse, hit tab, enter your 360 x 250 dimensions. Then open the object, and specify its height, elevation relative to floor, layer, and material.

On the plans, I call for 2x4's embedded flatwise @ 24" o.c. to the exterior face of the concrete foundation wall, which provides a simple attachment point allowing the wall sheathing to be extended down. But what to do when (not if) the foundation crew says 'forget that noise' and doesn't bother to follow the plan? Powder Actuated Fasteners to fasten the 3/8" OSB to the foundation wall! That kinda works to staple stucco wire onto (the staples hit the concrete and mash up into the OSB), but for fiber cement siding??? And yes, that's how it often goes around here.

It would be pretty cool to bring GOOGLE MEET to this forum, with screen sharing!

Well, shoot...egg on my face! It was your emoji that got me...

it was a joke

Good problem to have! Keep digging!

Okay. I've got the fix...no 12" jogs when using brick. Bricklayers don't like those anyway!

Chief and it's walls...sigh! Normal: 12" away is too close:

That did not work for me.

There's no question, this is a crappy issue. Here's a re-creation: interior wall aligned: interior wall moved 1" to the left: connections adjusted:

If / when you have time, I wouldn't mind seeing some examples. I'm currently using an elevation marker in plan view, and in elevation view. The elevation view is simpler as I don't need to type in or reference the data... the %height% macro does this. I'd certainly consider using a note type for this if I could simplify the plan view referencing of those elevations.

FWIW, they can be copied from older plans and they still work in X12. I'm curious, what does everyone else do to relay height information of footings, piles, or other items? Here's an example...the pink text is using a special use arrow on a layer that does not appear on the printed plans, but I use it for quick reference.

I'm attempting (yes, attempting) to show in plan view all the footing elevations of a ridiculous stepped foundation. In the past, I used a special use arrow to report that information, but woe is me, I can't find them and I'm simply not smart enough to type all that crap in manually without making at least 1 mistake.

Where'd the special use arrows go? X12...

I've found that they work fine in a straight, simple run...in other words, no landings, no corners. But they're just awful when those mentioned conditions exist. The wall caps go wonky, the framing is weird. It can't be just me, right? I honestly don't understand why we can't have true polyline control of a wall shape, just like a carpenter can.

Believe me, you'll fight those half walls forever. IMO they are garbage. If you care about what they look like in 3d, forget those half walls and replace them with: p-solids OR normal walls shaped by adjusting the wall polylin

And you're just gonna leave us hanging with that teaser?! Would you be able to post a screenshot example?

You can do that, you just gotta think out of the box. Use more than one elevation type sent to layout. Copy you layer set for the elevation view and turn off the railing. Crop the layout boxes as desired and add CAD break lines in layout. Drawing Order tools to place the cropped view on top.

I think this is a bug and should be reported to Chief. You can't even add a zero thickness layer like housewrap to the exterior without having the framing jump out of place.