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To change the default program that opens those files, right click on the file select Open With>Choose another App then select X12 and select the "Always use...." check box.

Right click on the downloaded file and select "Open With"...then choose X12.

What's wrong with having to cut individual pieces of siding or drywall or smear on some stucco just to cover up the holes? Don't you have a tool trailer beside your desk like I do? And don't forget to wear a helmet!

Dealt with this hundreds of times. A p-solid is the simplest. Elevation view, draw it on the wall, size and shape it (accurately so it blends), replicate it back 1", paint it, place it on 'material region' layer.

And wouldn't it be nice if when you place a cad detail from the library that an option to keep the original default and layer settings would be available?

Kyle, you should submit a feature request to Chief for this. I have, but I feel like it needs more support. These types of things are a huge suck on drawing productivity.

A low slope roof would be necessary for sure. There are other options to at least consider or present to the client. https://struxure.com/

Well obviously! I second that motion...

Sounds like an emergency committee meeting is necessary to discuss revisions to the budget. All members are encouraged to attend. Pizza and beer will be provided by Newell's Designs! Dress code will be enforced. No plus one's.

If you post the plan, I'll take a look. I have some ideas as to what it might be. If you don't want to post it here, send me a PM and I'll send you my contact info.

For an electrical plan, I show a 220 plug centered on one side of the garage (although it seems to we'll need one on both sides sooner than later). From what I can tell, it seems most charging stations are not hard-wired.

For some reason, whenever there's a vaulted ceiling, Chief decides to bump the wall framing up to meet the roof structure. That's what is happening with your exterior wall.

Absolutely!

Nope. But you might find something interesting in Chief's Recorded Webinars.

That's me. Takes me back to when I was just a troublesome wee lad... but that's a different story and waaay off topic.

@HumbleChief How do you like them strapples? Use a lookout, stretch it, reposition it, replicate it, reflect 'em all about the peak.

You know you would! But I bet sometimes you'd slip up and call them strapping.

You would, wouldn't you?

You could also use ceiling planes for all soffits. This does NOT fall under the category of 'easier'! Let us know where you end up.

Umm, I don't think this works...almost all gable roof planes also have an eave and this is where we want the soffit going in opposite directions, right? Or am I missing something Michael?

A few other fairly quick options use a molding polyline around the exterior of the house for eave soffits. These can turned off on an edge-by-edge basis use a 3d molding at gables drawn in a section view that faces the gable end, but cuts the roof plane (for the snap points).

I'm not sure if this is reasonable, but the simplest solution I've found (it still sucks) is to use a shadow board at gables. You can specify a molding and it's offsets so it just covers the existing soffit, and give it a copy of the soffit material, rotated 90 degrees. There will still be some issues almost cetainly.

There's also the super lazy way which is to not show any trusses at all. That's my go-to!

This it can do. It just won't create the trusses. If you really want to create a trussed roof fast, then the transform / replicate tool and the multiple copy tool will be your best friends. You should be able to draw all the trusses for that house in about 5 minutes.

No Problem. If you really want to show truss framing in your section views, then you can do it the lazy way and only create a single truss just in front of each section camera. Then, it's not nearly as much truss editing.