DavidJPotter

I seldom think about it, commonly I just want to see, verify changes I made in plan view or an elevation view. It does not matter which camera used for that purpose. Such considerations are purely individual and not otherwise. Getting your work done is more important than how it is accomplished. DJP

Welcome indeed! DJP

Terrain holes do NOT "alter the terrain" other than making a hole UNLESS they are programmed by the end user to do so. As I see it now you just need to make the hole smaller to reduce the reveal of the front of the house structure so it reveals only as much as needed to poke through the terrain. DJP

Of course you can using Chief. In terms of real help here, you need to post some images or ideally a copy of your plan file so others can really help, in detail. DJP

No. No freeze ups, no crashes in Beta Testing or since. It does seem a little slower than X13 but only slightly. DJP

When I started, years ago it took me over a year to learn the software to a point where I felt "competent". Your intention followed by study and practice will get you there if you persist. There is a lot to learn (settings, icons, tools and figuring how the software is programmed to work and not work and how you must respond to obtain your products). DJP

I commonly help people like you. DJP

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Have you created a second floor? DJP

Using Text and 2D CAD you make your own manually. DJP

Manufacturer name and product name would also be helpful. DJP

One would manually create custom symbols to emulate the specific railings in your posted photo using 3D solids and if a lot of railing is required you could also make a symbol that could be repeatedly copied for larger runs of such a railing system. One's main tools are one's intention and persistence along with study and practice. DJP

I also have X12 active and would be happy to assist you. Let me know, please. DJP

Manually by turning off casings and applying molding polylines that you can individually adjust per side. DJP

Case in point, this most recent project I did of a 1910 fire damaged house in Gonzales, Texas (West of San Antonio), I did completely manually. It was too complex to try to set up for "auto-roofs". My point is that you do what is necessary to get a project done. The method is NOT important, the result IS. DJP

Your most potent tool is your intention to get a product. Roof creation is based upon strenuous study followed by practice where you fail-fail-succeed. There is no other workable way to obtain your own competence. DJP

A great question for Tech Support or Customer Service or as DB said, take a look and experiment for yourself. DJP

With roofs, any roof designs I commonly set up for auto-roof generation and when done if not quite right, you manually edit the roof geometry to what is needed and wanted, always. DJP

I think what Joey means is that Exterior Dimensions are literally that and if your wrap-around porch is between the exterior of the house but wrapped around, the auto-exterior dimensions will skip the exterior walls enclosed by the wrap around porch areas That probably means that those areas missed will have to be manually dimensioned by you, that is all that you are looking at. The software is programmed to work a particular way and sometimes you have to manually step in an do what was "automatically" missed. DJP

Using railing walls set to "Post to beam" works for simple porches but where you need more control over the posts or columns, I often just set the "Newels" to zero inches and then manually place my columns of posts from the LB - Millwork -Columns. The point is getting a product and not, as much what you did to achieve it IMHO. DJP

Of course, they are equivocal. DJP

Initially, I simply checked "Roof Tab - Auto Roof Return - Full" on the long wall and then manually added the roof returns on the bay window walls. Doing it that was lessons the chances of bad manual roof connections. Doing it all manual as you have seen, often makes simple tasks too complicated. I agree with Eric in that Auto Roofs for this house would have been easier to do. To learn more about auto Roof settings go to the Build Roof dialog - Roof Styles Tab for more data. I almost always start a roof system automatically and then just manually edit what it got wrong. The product is the thing, not how it was created. DJP