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That wall is being cut by a roof plane on the 2nd floor. Pull that small section back to butt against the exterior wall and your wall should then build correctly.

I'm not sure why you'd draw a stem wall if the building is supported by posts / beams, but your default foundation walls is a masonry wall. You can change the foundation wall defaults before drawing any foundation walls, or you can change the wall type after they've been created. Go to Default Settings>Foundation Defaults>Edit Default Foundation Wall or double click the foundation wall tool.

Hi Neil. These items have move because you've used 3d solids which have their elevation set 'From Finished Floor'. When place outside the building, the 'Finished Floor' becomes the Terrain. It is a bit confusing but to prevent them from moving, select them all and change the Elevation Reference to 'Absolute'. Then adjust the terrain elevation and they will stay in place.

You could turn your walls into pony walls using the same wall type top & bottom, with the wall split elevation set to match the ceiling elevation. Maybe not ideal but it seems to work for me.

3d solids seem flexible but they aren't always the best tool. If the rack is being built out of lumber and the pieces are rectangular, you might want to try using general framing members and other framing members. The material will automatically run the right way and you won't have the material merging issue. You can also use a framing post for vertical pieces and you'll have the cross box in plan view which can be helpful when doing the layout. Also, framing members can be selected when cut in section view whereas 3d solids cannot. Plus, you can generate a schedule / cut list if using framing members.

Nice work! Just wanted to mention that if you intend to use your 'Neal Overhang' for Canadian codes, you'll need to adjust the detail to allow for 2.5" (63mm) of clearance between top-of-insulation and underside-of-sheathing for insulated and vented roof assemblies.

You're welcome! Glad I could help.

The ROOM has a wall covering applied:) Open the room specification dialog and delete the wallcovering from the room. Double click on the room in plan view or in camera view, double click the floor or baseboard to open the Room Specification dialog.

The reason you're having difficulty painting the walls in that room is because that room has a wall covering applied and when you click to paint, you are applying the material to the wall covering, not the wall. Delete the wall covering for that room and then painting the material per wall will work as expected.

If using a 3d solid, keep in mind that solids will not necessarily update their line weight settings as you toggle between views. This can cause unwanted line weights on your final prints if you don't carefully look for this issue before printing to pdf.

Draw a polyline around those spaces. Single click the polyline, then select Edit>Edit Area>Edit Area Visible...then rotate and then point-to-point move into place. It would be good idea to read up on this function and experiment with the various options.

In CA, there is no way to specify the riser thickness so I don't think there will be any tricks available. If it were my project, I'd model the stairs as close as possible (probably means you get treads only), and then I'd add a molding polyline (drawn in section view) to finish them off.

So, when you add a cap, it's not just 'all good' because Chief won't keep it's size correct. The profile gets skewed when on an angle. Perfect control requires using a molding polyline...which is what I would do if I need to show proper sections and renderings. Not all jobs require that much accuracy, right? Yes, cad line, transform / replicate using a copy vertically 36" or your preferred dimension. Top of the stairs...in that project no one will ever see it...you can't tell in the section views so it will remain unfinished!

You might get something like this... And in my project, I needed to use a solid railing wall at the bottom to get the sloped top.

Are you OK with switching the callout location toward the front of the garage? That will bring the section line back. Left side for S5, Right side for S4...

If you make an offset to the section line, then it appears and is toggled on in 'Plan Display'. Without the offset cut, there is no section line. That's the differnec between those house sections and the ones in the garage. For this reason, I use a callout on both ends, but, yeah your plan is just too big for that.

If you're using a solid railing wall that follows the stairs, you cannot alter those top / bottom conditions. You would need to revert the wall back to a normal wall and then manually drag the wall polyline into place. You can still add a wall cap to a normal wall for the top finish.

Tools>Toolbars and Hotkeys> Create Hotkey List

A polyline distribution path is the easiest. Use a library symbol for the corbel and have it's elevation set 'From Roof'. A little trial and error should get it positioned correctly and you can split the path for different height settings where sloped versus where level. Obviously you may need to create a library symbol if you can't find a suitable one.

Hi Garrett, make sure those walls are NOT set to balloon frame. The Ceiling Platform should be set to 'Automatic'. And make sure that Retain Wall Framing is unchecked.

One important factor to modelling multiple buildings is to be VERY stingy with your surface count. If you do that and then import your building models, there's a good chance you won't have too many issues. This means adjusting ALL default settings prior to modelling the building to avoid unnecessary surfaces, like drywall, flooring, house wrap, sheathing, interior trim, etc.

Curious...can you get a clean area table when there are some rooms that Chief doesn't calculate correctly? For example, if I have a porch type of room beside an attached garage, Chief will split the calculated area centering on the adjoining wall. This doesn't work for me. Also, there can be some hassle in reporting when a garage is split into separate rooms. I have the garage split for modelling purposes but for floor area purposes, its really just one room. The polyline system is easy enough, plus it keeps me in control.

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You'd use a custom category and you'd add the term '1st floor' in the label box, or in another OIP field.

Hi Bob, it wasn't me, but obviously the reason somebody didn't like your response is because you demonstrated that you knew how to achieve the end result but you didn't describe HOW. The original question was clearly about how to accomplish it and required a description, which Gene provided. @RingosWhen using the 'Standard' rendering technique in elevation / section view, you can also turn on the 'Hand Drawn Lines on Top' and experiment with those settings to tweak the display to your liking.