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A plan is posted highlighting this issue. 2 saved cameras are present focuses on the trouble area. soffit issue 2.plan

If so, select the railing wall (single click) where there is currently a gable. Press the tool at the bottom titled "Change to Hip Wall(s)" Repeat the process for the railing walls at the sides. Because they are currently hip walls, the same tool will now be titled "Change to Gable Wall(s)"

Do you have Auto Rebuild Roofs turned on? (Build Roof dialog)

Roofs that extend downward to perpendicular roof planes still generate little soffit portions that don't connect correctly. They still follow the roof plane line. I have this problem in 4 locations just on this plan. I'm quite sure no one has a solution to this problem yet, but if you do, I'm all ears! If anyone at Chief could offer a solution I'd be quite grateful. If they can't, perhaps I could find out exactly what it might take to get this problem addressed. Do I really need to model all the eaves manually?

Layers do not turn off floor levels:)

@ClintonM The OP was asking about a walkthrough path for Floor Cameras. Just to avoid confusion, we are correct when telling @GeneDavis that he cannot use that tool, right?

I'll repeat what @DBCooper said, because it's the best way to learn how this plan set was created. Download the plan and layout files and you'll be able to investigate the techniques used to create each layout box. From the layout file, simply double click any layout box and it will take you to the original view.

Could you post your plan so someone can offer a specific solution without having to recreate that scenario from scratch?

You don't need to use a different software, just use the Record Walkthrough tool and press 'ctrl-s' to generate the spin. Set the camera rotation angle to a low value, 2 degrees or less. The quality won't be as good but it may be good enough depending on your use. what's this_.mp4

We're on the same page here Doug. Those types of details are usually at a larger scale and not part of the model, so a CAD detail is quite normal. For a section camera, I'm referring to a building section view, usually at 1/4" scale (or similar scale to the floor plan); a more general drawing, not overly detailed. I never have any issues dimensioning in those views and I don't think I've used a cad section drawing in probably around 15- 20 years. Gotta love it when you start referring to time in decades...

The wall framing will be continuous, however if you auto-detail a section view, you will see 2 separate insulation boxes. Pony walls would be my preferred method as well, and for better board and batten appearance, I would use material regions for the battens. Generally speaking though, a board & batten material will be 'good enough' (shudder).

Not with a wall covering, but with a Wall Material Region.

Is there any way to automatically access and report critical roof plane elevation data, like Baseline Height or Ridge Top Height? Many of my designs are more complex than I'd like and I need to report this information on most plans.

Without getting too long-winded here I'll provide some basic observations. For almost every 'plan' view drawing, you should use a Saved Plan View that is accompanied by a coordinating Layer Set and Default Set. For almost every Elevation and Section View, you should use a saved Cross Section camera and add any CAD work, dimensions and text to these camera views. These would be located where you currently have section callouts. CAD Details should then be reserved for supplementary informational drawings that are not necessarily part of the 3d model and for your own sketching / planning work.

This is correct. A bit of investigation into this file reveals that you don't need assistance with design (the house looks great) but you could use major improvements to your workflow within Chief. Altering your working methods to suit how Chief is designed to function would drastically improve your computer performance and probably cut your time in half, conservatively speaking.

If you zoom in closely in a section view, you will see that Chief's door produce a gap between the door and the jamb. Manufacturer library doors do not produce that gap.

For mm, space. For example: 12 345 Unit indicators only if there are multiple dimension formats.

This is what I do. You have to pick your poison!

Plans and Renderings

Hi Angela, you'll probably need to post the plan for help with this issue.

I recommend that your note schedule cad detail is set to the scale of the largest note. The note schedule text style should be set to the style for the largest note. Place all notes in the note schedule cad detail beside the note schedule. Set all of these to use the text style for the largest note. You can then copy these notes to different views and then change their text style. Otherwise, the note schedule will show the text size of the original note (if there are more than one in the plan).

Try the Balcony room type.

@OrinCrowder It would be helpful to others if you could mark Glenn's post as the solution.

I can't tell you why this is programmed this way, but what's happening in the scenario is sort of logical. The mulled window has casing around it's perimeter. The "mullion" has 'trim' that covers the mullion only and is not subject to the reveal settings. The depth of the mullion can be changed. This helps to identify what Chief is building, not why, or how to change it. Mulled windows or mulled doors have always had casing issues that could be considered minor flaws for elevation drawings on con docs, but are major issues for high quality renderings. Improvements to all aspects of window / door trim would be welcome, as well as to the modelling of the window units themselves. But I digress. In the pic below, I adjusted the outside mullion depth to -1". This illustrates that the shape of the mullion is indeed separate of the frame / casing. The only way to get a 'perfect' central trim is to place the windows so the exterior casing is exactly butted between units. In Gene's plan example, that is 5.75" apart. This doesn't behave the same way for all casing widths!