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Do you have 'Winders' checked? That will make them extend to the wall.

I agree. The only settings that I can find that will consistently control the framed wall height automatically are in the roof dialog. And yes, it would stump anyone because it's logically incorrect. The summary: ROOF TAB: Trusses (no Bridsmouth): Unchecked Raise/Lower from Ceiling Height: 0" Automatic Birdsmouth Cut: unchecked Raise Off Plate: 0" Birdsmouth Seat: 0" STRUCTURE TAB: Roof Layers / Structure: Enter a value equal to your desired heel height. This would also set the baseline elevation at the exterior of the top plate. Ignore the fact that this will cause odd sized rafters where rafters would be built automatically or manually. This leaves us with 2 choices because we will have to fix / lock either the wall framing or roof rafters. If you are using a complete truss roof, then you probably have very few rafters (if any) to fix. Alternatively, we can keep the Flat Ceilings, then open the affected wall dialogs and check Retain Framing. Then remove the flat ceilings. And in X14, all the roof trusses will still be modeled incorrectly at the exterior of the top plate, as Chief will build a bottom chord that extends out to the truss tail.

Break the wall at the landing and reverse the layers for one of them.

FWIW, if you have the correct macro, you can display this information in metric as well. I have my macros pre-set in the story-pole and I use Chief's story-pole almost all the time! For information about the macro, contact @Alaskan_Son

I placed a door in a wall (glass panel, with 1/2" lites). Then converted the door to a symbol, (Fixture, Interior). Then placed the symbol in plan view, and replicated 3x, 3" away. Select all 4 symbols, convert to new symbol, set sizing to 20" wide (Symbol Specification dialog). Then added it to the cabinet as a custom shelf, and clicked 'rollout'. Does that make sense?

Here's my 2 minute cabinet. dryaway cabinet.calibz

Also, Rev-a-Shelf has closet items.

Yes, it looks like you have a great start! However I misspoke earlier and instead of breaking the ceiling plane, a ceiling hole should be created instead. You can copy the existing ceiling hole selecting the inner line and pressing tab 3 times (watch the bottom of the screen to see what has been copied). Copy that poly line and then move and shape it to the edge of the room. Sorry for sending you down the wrong path earlier!

There is no visible difference after exploding. Then click on the ceiling near the inside of the wall. You may need to press 'tab' 1 or more times to select the ceiling. If you post that plan, more specific help can be offered.

That looks much cleaner Alan. Nice work!

The symbol can also be rotated in a section / elevation view.

You'd need to move some information to the object information panel. That would give you more schedule control, less redundancy. Of course, you'd need to rework your use of the label.

Single click the tray ceiling polyline, then select the ' Explode Tray Ceiling' tool. Then, in plan view, select the outer ceiling plane and use the 'Add Break' tool to create a recess around the window.

you'd need to spot the plan.

Main layer only doesn't apply to 3d views. Your best bet is to make a copy of the plan file and remove the unwanted layers from the ICF wall, just for the purposes of those 3d camera views.

No. Use the "Convert Selected to Symbol" tool

This is very helpful and modifies how I might handle this. To start I'd create the terrain 'as-is' with out any modification. I would keep this as a separate Chief plan file. Using the terrain, I would create a symbol of the terrain (with or without a terrain hole for your property) and copy that symbol into my home plan. Then you could create the terrain for your property line without worrying about transitions and the ripple effect. This would allow you to easily modify the terrain within your property boundary to create the grading you'd like to achieve for your property while not affecting the adjacent lands.

I'll perform a similar operation on the other side of the elevation region. Here, I've distributed the elevation points along a cad line at even intervals. All that being said, I would agree with you; the Terrain Break is not modelling the way you would expect for a 100mm transition.

Let's take a look at these 2 elevation points. We need to add more data between these to 'iron out' the terrain contours in that area. To do this, I will draw a cad line and use as a guide it to place additional elevation points at the half-way point and at half the elevation difference. I'll keep repeating that process until the terrain is smoothed out. All it took was the logical addition of 4 more elevation points to reasonably smooth the terrain. This isn't the only method, or necessarily how I would do it for my own project, but this is a simple concept to explain and understand.

In this area, you should keep in mind the 'wave' concept as Chief models the terrain around the elevation region. So, clearly Chief doesn't have enough information to produce your desired result. This means you should provide more elevation data around the perimeter of your elevation region.

Those aren't transition lines, they are terrain contours. It may help if you think of Chief modeling terrain like a wave. You have provide concise information for concise results.

Of course it does, you have elevation lines running through retaining walls. Instead of elevation lines, those should be points along the terrain perimeter.

If you'd like a continuous slope along the sides of the terrain, you'll need to provide Chief with more data. You can do this by using elevation points and using the transform/replicate tool to create a percentage graded slope. Alternatively, you can start placing an elevation point halfway along the property and keep repeating that process as necessary.

Try deleting the retaining walls...is that close enough to what you have in mind?