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If I'm not mistaken there was a time when an interior wall would frame to the lower of 2 varying ceiling heights. Currently, these walls now default frame up to the higher ceiling. In the iamge below, I have 1 room where the ceiling has been raised by 24". I'd prefer the wall to frame to the 9' height, NOT 11'. And I'd prefer not to use a pony wall to accomplish this, althouhg that's probably what I'll do. Have I forgotten a simple setting somehwere?

Probably because Chief doesn't have a specific tool to make a gate that matches the host wall / railing / fence. Instead, you need to use a door. To make a door that matches, draw a section of railing as long as your preferred gate (36" or 42" long for example). Convert that railing wall to a Door symbol and add it to the library. Select this symbol from the library and insert into your railing / fence. Before doing this, you may need to set stretch planes depending on the type of railing / fence. And of course, assign it to the layer of your choosing, usually the same as the railing or fence. Does that help?

Pony Wall Defaults...

I was thinking about the same principle for a retaining wall made of boulders. I'd like variation in boulder colors so how do I go about doing that? For your case, I don't think you'll find an easy way. Multiple dist. regions will result in stone overlap. You could attempt to create 1 symbol made up of the various stone sizes but it will probably prove to be difficult to create a symbol that tiles nicely. One thought is to create a symbol by using a cad detail from a cad fill pattern of a random edged stone. Then convert the polylines to a 3d symbols for terrain use and paint them using various materials. Another option might be to find a similar looking texture image that can be edited to be transparent between the pavers. What do your patio stones look like?

Can you post a link to the plan?

Another thing to consider is the image size that you use for export. For the best combination of quality and speed, make the image as large as possible that can be rendered in a single picture. For me that is about 3500 pixels wide. Once I go larger, the image is tiled which obviously takes longer to process.

Change the # of sample to something like 20-50 for very good quality and high speed. Use a higher value for better quality...like 200. Bottom right side of the screen is a counter wihch shows progress and speed in samples per second.

These walls do not have default top / bottoms. This will create unwanted lines when wall structures overlap. It can be difficult to find all the settings to model the building correctly so you can make a choice: Spend time finding / learning / adjusting those settings or make manual adjustments and then spend time cleaning up section & elevation views. Split level homes are almost impossible to properly controll all wall elevations and intersections with default settings. Before I'd adjust the default wall heights, I'd add material regions or 3d solids to remove / cover unwanted wall layers.

The extra lines at the interior wall corners (angled wall with door) are because all the wall materials have been painted. Merge 'Drift of Mist' and 'Drywall' and those lines will disappear. Paint that material in Plan Mode with the default material.

I would model that using 2 walls adjacent to each other. In this example I used a 2X3 interior wall butted against the adjacent wall. For final plan views, I'd use a cad mask to cover wall fills.

I checked your plan and when I first generate a camera overview view the line was present. As soon as I scrolled in, it disappears and remains hidden, unless the camera is relatively far away. This telegraphing of lines at sharp angles or at distance in a camera view is normal. When I create a Section / Elevation view this line doesn't appear. Your walls are built and align correctly however I would recommend that you avoid painting siding materials wherever possible and instead set the desired cladding in the wall specification dialog.

@VANTHOF @HBBBCA Early on I experienced this and here is what Chief suggested: Try this to get your user library into X17. Open X16 Right Click on your user library and export the library This will result in an *.calibz file Import that file into X17. This should result in your library and all of the referenced files being imported.

Chief already has their catalog. https://www.chiefarchitect.com/3d-library/index.php?r=site/detail/1285

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That's one of the first things available in the window dialog:

@PitMan71 Thanks for posting the update from support! Helpful and good to know when we're on the same page!

I can't find any reason; it looks like you've built everything correctly. I would also suggest reporting this. Until then, increasing the fascia depth to 10.6" will provide a match to 7.25". Just keep an eye out for when this fixes itself and then needs to be changed back to 7.25"...and then back to 10.6"...and so on!

I'm afraid to say it won't work any better in X17 if you aren't able to maniuplate these settings in X16. I also use it all the time,quite customized, with only occasional issues.

It would actually be faster for someone to provide you with the correct polyline based on your survey than it is to try to type up the methods and instructions. For learning / practicing, a training session would go a long way. If there's anything else I could do to help, feel free to send me a PM.