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If you build this in Chief, there's no need to make different materials. And the only thing you need to 'build' is a custom cabinet door. In the example below I made this door using 2 different objects, replicated. 3d solids for the stiles and panel, 3d molding for the rails. Woodgrain textures that are vertical always show the right way on moldings! Convert to cabinet door symbol and apply to a full height cabinet.

Can you post your sketchup file?

In Chief, you could try 1 of 2 things (that I know of): place a manual backdrop using a 3d solid or molding and paint it using a material created from your desired backdrop OR create a new copy of that backdrop using a different size image (lower overall pixel width). Both will probably require a bit of trial and error.

A few suggestions to start: Save the camera. Lower the exposure to 0.30. Increase sunlight to one of the dropdown options. Increase backdrop intensity to a value between 500 and 5000. Post the plan.

You can save a terrain perimeter in your template plan. But no, there is no setting for a 'default' elevation for the terrain perimeter.

double click the 3d Solid icon and check its assigned default layer. You may have changed that at some point.

Scott, notice that this method will force build a double newel post at the wall break location. You may be able to remove those in the Rail Style tab for Start/End Posts.

Yup, that's what I would've done too. Then you're always seeing an end in section views.

It's just the automatic attic wall. You can change the wall type or make it invisible.

Symbols don't generate cross section lines. It does generate clean cad lines though when you create a cad detail from view...

Symbols don't generate cross section lines. They will generate edge lines in section view depending on the symbol settings like smoothing angle for example..

Well that's anti-climactic. Glad you got it sorted!

The number of the item is sort of like secondary information, it isn't info. from the object, but from the schedule (about the object).

Same would apply to a base cab., no? And handles, they're aren't supplied by the cab. mfr, but usually the dealer, no? And the countertop... And I'm not ordering or installing cabinets, I'm just designing a home. And when I've got a few iterations of the kitchen to show the client, I'd just like the backsplash to move with everything else, that's all. Just my thoughts, but Chief fixed something here that wasn't broken. For those who didn't want it, all they had to do was leave it unchecked in their templates. Meanwhile cultured stone materials are still force-building brick ledges and now they're also thinking about force-building treated lumber?

Original cab. schedule: Reordered, cut / paste:

If I was doing a kitchen plan, that would make sense, but for early conceptual plans in a home design, manual backsplashes would be ridiculous. Making a library symbol was the answer and wasn't a pain at all. Took less than a minute. And look who came along for the ride!

Edit the symbol to not insert into the wall or the Wall Cutout Polyline.

In similar scenarios, I simply use a separate schedule for each type of item. It reduces the overall length of the schedule and makes organization and plan reading a breeze.

@GeneDavisNo, it is a bifold with casing and jamb turned off. That's it. Simply make a copy of the door you want to use in your library and then edit the symbol.

Is it just me or is this setting missing in X14? A very common scenario... Chief X13: Chief X14:

You don't need to make a symbol of the cabinets before doing this. Just copy the objects you want into an empty plan file.

You need to place a symbol in an empty plan, generate a 3d view and then the export tools are available.

I think the bi-folds are what's up. They appear to be above the floor. If you want a gap under the door and if you want it to model correctly I believe you'll need to make your own symbol. Look closely at the difference, top & bottom. Mine has a 1/4" gap at the top and a 3/4" gap at the bottom. CA's: Mine:

As you already mentioned, this already happens. The question is: why? I can't help but wonder if further development of this is warranted or beneficial. This feature seems either too specific or not specific enough. As I mentioned in an earlier post, there is often no need to use treated wood in this condition and this would be based on regional building codes, material availability and builder preferences. Furthermore, there are different grades of treated wood which are used for very different applications. Simply marking a board as 'treated' in the materials list / schedules would not provide the Chief user or the end user (builder) with enough information to identify if a particular board should be treated lumber for use above ground, in contact with ground, or below ground (and the resulting different types of materials needed).

If it helps for your rendering intentions, you can convert a single or group of cabinets into a symbol. For instance you could convert all the wall cabinets into a symbol and then have them fly into your model.