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A situation as shown in the OP should almost certainly have the structural requirements designed by an engineer. It's most likely outside of the scope of the manufacturer's pre-engineered details / tables, and probably outside the scope of the appropriate building code as well. Engineering would be required in Canada. And @Alaskan_Son is correct; best to have a single opening, and wood-frame the dividing portions.

I wonder what @stevenyhof defaults are set to...I've always had my wall defaults using the main layer outside, and the main reason I group select and change in that situation is because I always need those daylighted foundation walls to be pony walls. Of course I do use the copy and paste method you mentioned in many other situations. I'm sure Steve will be making adjustments shortly as some of these tips will certainly help him with the issue he described.

Most certainly doesn't work that way for me. I perform that same function and the exterior main layer of the new wall always follows the same line of the wall being replaced. Spoke too soon. I may be remembering that wrong! Although I must say, I'd be group selecting walls and performing a wholesale change using the dialog box.

They aren't too bad if the segments are edited using their coordinates as opposed to a drag-and-draw approach. @kwhitt And in this approach, why would you bother with a 3d molding for the entire thing? It's not being welded together offsite to be one piece! If pieces work in real, can't pieces work for you too? Draw the vertical in section view, draw the level channels in plan view. Do this all while the correct channel molding is selected in your library browser. Easy peasy. Anyhow, I'd me more worried about waterproofing that hardwood and baseboard!

I'd suggest using a "Doorway" to start and placing a symbol from the library to show the door in its open position. Personal experience note: Do not waste too much time until you know the make and model and price!

A pool like the last photo you attached is quite simple. Using walls with a wall cap and defining the room they make, or by using a molding polyline. One tip would be to first create the exact shape you'd like using a few polylines for referencing and to snap your walls to. Don't use retaining walls, just a regular wall that you've defined as your pool wall type.

It's easier than you might think. Main, floor, room under bridge: make sure invis. walls align with railing above. Select room, delete the ceiling. 2nd floor bridge, change the floor structure (check the plan I'm attaching). Bridge Railing, change wall material to "opening, no material". Explore the attached plan. Are you thinking light gauge steel c-channels or structural steel standard c-channels? 1220 BankROBD.zip

You want to be able to see the structure from underneath, is that correct?

2nd Floor, use Object Eyedropper, pickup room Loft201, load properties to room Bridge 200 bankrailing.mp4

Depending on how many design iterations you may go through, it may be simpler to use a 3D molding polyline for your window frames / jambs / casings and a solid for the window glass. This can all be drawn quickly using a section view, and a cad detail from that view to derive snap points and reference lines. It can be far quicker, more precise and more flexible than attempting to set the shape of each window using the window dialog.

Radius walls, yes. Square inside corner with round outside corner, No.

One suggestion for learning is to leave auto rebuild roofs turned on, and use the wall settings to control automatic roof changes. With a single click you can choose between a gable or hip roof condition on a per wall basis. And by going into the roof tab of a wall specification dialog, you can change the roof pitch generated over the selected wall(s).

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It is an actual occupational designation at least in Canada. It means you do the work of an architect with the pay and benefits of a Walmart greeter.

because you have 2 schedules. Delete one of the schedules.

here's a proper rebar stirrup to get you started. rebar stirrup.calibz

You bet! Something else you might find helpful is creating a specific note type just for calling out ADA code standards Combined with a note schedule that includes that note type only can be a simple and powerful way to identify the code standards throughout various drawings in your plan.

Sorry if I didn't understand what you meant...you may be aware that a schedule can be copied directly to a spreadsheet. Single click the schedule, ctrl-c, open a blank spreadsheet, ctrl-v in the first cell. That's it.

Just drag the file into a new cad detail. That simple...more or less! And you can copy and paste text from the pdf file...ADA Standards. To copy a graphic, ADOBE has a screen snipping tool built in. You'd have to double check about the copyrights of course.

Copy and paste the text. Screen snip the graphic after zooming in my web browser.

That does not happen when I try it out. Images from the pdf:

My preferred "whole numbers" are shown in the green clouds in the image below.

Ahh. I guess I should clarify. I'm referring more to the design criteria than the roof dialog box. In fact, I don't even use a roof plane until I know what it'll look like and then, I'm ignoring almost every option in the dialog box. I can then draw the roof plane over the wall, set its fascia height, set the ridge height, set the radius, then done.

You may be onto something by insinuating I have a complete lack of understanding...at least that's how I'm reading it. I thought you were a nice guy? This is where typing breaks down and a voice conversation tool in the forum would be awesome. I'd like to explore this further. For that relationship, Are you referring to the upper roof slope, or the slope of the curved roof?

The upper roof pitch, not the curved roof pitch. I believe Gene's original plan had an odd number for the upper roof pitch. Who cares?! (not meant rudely) I don't even look at that. All I'm looking at is the smoothness of the transition, and for simple number to provide to the carpenters. Radius, sub-fascia elevation, and the intersection are all they need.