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I made a symbol out of a straight railing section just to study the faces, and oddly enough, the rails go directly to the correct part of the alum. post, the vertical upright, as opposed to the base plate.

Done...Like a Boss!

Sucks to be there! I used to live in La Crete so I know more than I need to about those brutal winters! We got about 1/4" of snow overnight and it melted already, even though its below zero. Winter feels super long when it starts in October and lasts into April! Why do we live here??

Killer! That got rid of the frieze molding as well! Respect!

Not sure how, or if you should / want to?

I assume you mean symbols used as labels? If so, turn on the window label layer, and the door label layer for those views.

Don't forget Doug, that you can add all sorts of additional information to a 'template' note type and then, as Michael said, just copy, use sticky mode and drop a note into every room. You are correct, that the OIP should be available for rooms and it has been requested for a long time...but we gotta work with what we've got!

I'm attempting to create reasonably accurate aluminum deck railing including at deck stairs. I've created a deck railing wall type that has all the proper components and I'm using a deck railing wall to make the rails that will follow the stairs. I almost thought I had Chief beaten into submission, but I should've known better! This creates a few problems, some big, some small: -the hand rail on the 'stairs' wont connect to the deck railing post. When trying to have a newel post at the upper end of the sloped railing, I need both railing walls to share the same post at the intersection. -the railing wall that follows the stairs creates some sort of wall cap at the gable end overhang -the railing wall that follows the stairs also receives the frieze molding The plan is attached for anyone who feels like messing around with it. deckrailing1.plan

BILLY-1.plan

You'll also need to tell the deck room that it has a roof over it, but not a flat ceiling.

You'll need a vaulted ceiling with enough space between the ceiling and the roof to produce a truss.

The sandwich will get moldy and the spilled milk will start to stink.

What you see in my label shows the width by height in inches because hardly anyone in western Canada knows how to read a standard door / window size, at least not in residential construction. You know how many times I got asked why the doors were 26" x 68"?? Not making that up!!

A note works best. Just make a new note type and use it for your room schedule.

You got it. All I did was use a leader line and the text macro %ObjectProperties% This is already in your system and you can use those properties to your advantage. I can't say too much because I'm no macro guru, but if you try it out, I think you'll see how I got there.

If you post your plan I can take a quick look.

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Open Symbol, uncheck Flush Mounted.

1. make sure your roof is built 100% correct 2. if that doesn't do the trick, a solid or 3d molding will do what you need. Drawn in elevation view.

My workaround...Make your flared stairs. Use a second stair for the railing beside the flared stairs (You can change a straight stair to an arc). Draw a curved wall under the curved stair used for railing. This is my 30 second example. Another couple of minutes would really clean things up.

I found this online:

Will you be using a motion sensor light fixture, or a light switch with optional motion sensor? I recommend the switch because it can toggle off the motion sensor if desired. To your question...I'd make a symbol and it'll show up in the legend. I'd add "MS" to either symbol. Chief has one...Occupancy Sensor.

@rgardner I'm referring to the "Framing Back Clip" option. 3D View Defaults / Vector View Options / Framing Back Clip: It does what it says...clips the framing. Using this you can easily prevent errant framing from showing in section view; assuming you don't want to (read: not getting paid to) make sure all the framing is modeled perfectly, but rather just to suit the needs of the drawings you're providing.

Can you control the framing backclip per camera view or is that a universal setting? It's really handy to automatically simplify a section view, but not so much when it cuts out your deck framing in elevation view... Side Note...it took me one heckuva long time to figure out why my deck wouldn't show up in elevation views!! I smell a suggestion cooking...a really strong suggestion!

Window Defaults / Casing / Double Wall Options / Not Through