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Your window labels are unique...3365 means 33" x 65"?? Is that normal in your region? 3365 should mean 3'-3" x 6'-5".

Also, ensure the roof butts up to the adjacent wall cladding. To do this, simply drag the roof plane edge up to the wall framing. Auto snapping will take care of the rest.

delete the highlighted roof plane. copy the right side roof plane and reflect about ridge. paint wall material.

Or one could simply use the free online version. https://www.sketchup.com/try-sketchup#for-personal

@marlem2000For symbols that are downloaded from 3d Warehouse and then need to be edited, it can be helpful to edit them in Sketchup and then save, download and import that new edited version of the symbol.

@Kbird1Thanks for the reply. After 2 restarts (not sure if anything changed there) and a night's sleep, today I feel everything looks normal again. I had been reading an e-book (for a few hours) with fairly large font so perhaps that messed with my own perspective.

I installed Nvidia 528.24 Studio Driver and I swear all system text has gotten smaller. Anyone else with a similar experience?

Umm...you could post the plan so those who are able to help don't have to guess.

to apply that molding to other cabinets, that must be done in plan view. Select the correct cabinet, and then select the match properties tool from the bottom. In search, type in moldings and check boxes that you'd like to transfer. Then use the apply properties tool and click on wall and upper cabinet to apply those same moldings.

@Renerabbittjust posted something similar to what I thought of while I was away from the computer.

To know for sure if it's the right tool for you, it'd be worth seeing what you have so far, or a section sketch of what you have in mind.

single click any room, the tool appears on the bottom

Not quick but definitely dirty! You gotta check out the tray ceiling polyline tool. One of the best tools Chief has ever created IMO.

Are your familiar with the tray ceiling polyline?

My only suggestion might not be what you want. Keep the 'R' and create a noticeably different circular symbol. Then, allow a legend or schedule to define and differentiate those symbols. Otherwise, enlarge the symbol and adjust the text to the center.

Big time! Place a cad block from the library in plan view, switch to layout and your first click places the same block. I bet I press escape a thousand times a day!

Depending on how your floor plan is setup, it can be as simple as editing the floor structure for existing rooms. In the Room Spec. dialog, go to the Structure tab, select Floor Structure, locate the framing layer and uncheck the Framing option.

Thanks for the tip Scott! I'll give this a try and see if this helps to reduce the number of crashes I'm experiencing.

For help with this, you should post this plan. That way someone can see your exact settings, make adjustments and send the plan back to you. Otherwise we are guessing at your settings. Also, any advice may not actually suit that room or view. Yes, there are some general adjustments, but PB views really are specific to each scene.

This is dependent on the path you choose to calculate insulation. If you add a layer to the wall definition, then the room (thermal envelope) is irrelevant. IMO this method is the most bullet proof and is one of the easiest ways to edit all walls of a type at once. This requires no macros, no math. If you use an added component, then you will need to define the difference between conditioned and unconditioned space which is determined by rooms. If you were to accidentally toggle a room to not follow its default, or if the conditioned space default is setup incorrectly for the room, the insulation amount would be incorrect. In Eric's example, if you reference a wall's layer, then you will need a more complex macro if you have a pony wall, and you'd need to edit the macro if you changed the wall layers in the wall definition dialog. If I were following Eric's example, I'd probably use the following in the Count column: =owner.thermal_envelope_area.round I'd delete Chief's wall insulation component and add my own insulation component. Further to the wall components, with a little experimentation, you can add in a lot of materials that follow walls, that Chief doesn't model or factor in. Weeping Tile & crushed rock, foundation waterproofing, Metric spec rebar, are just a few examples.

This would be like if you and I went for a mountain bike ride and after I got tired of waiting at the top of each hill I suggested that you should pedal faster and in a higher gear! You know things about Chief that most of us never will!

I think this is what has many of us stuck. How do you create a component that will report the same material amount as drywall or vapor barrier?

I was just referring to a 0 thickness layer added to the wall definition, just under the vapor barrier. I just created a material named Insulation Area and defined its material list property to report as 'area'. In the wall spec dialog, you would then edit all its properties so it reports in the correct categories. You could create material copies like Insulation Area - R20 or Ins. Area - R22, etc. This creates complexity in the plan and I would NEVER use varying wall types like this during design development. I would ALWAYS make a separate copy of a completed plan that I alter strictly for the purpose of the materials list.

Just to add to this, you will still be able to edit / change the materials on the building symbol. I would use a symbol for a secondary building representation. It is extremely quick and simple to do.

Hi Marlem. For that last example, you should have posted your entire screen:) That being said, you were attempting to edit the rendering techniques but you are following the wrong path! See the snippet below for the correct path. Or Edit / Default Settings / 3D View Defaults / Rendering Techniques...